A typical country scene. 4^th July. There is a round chamber in the foreground, it already has duct to it, that was finished the day before by a different farmer. The planned duct route is straight ahead. It can’t be continued yet because that distant field has grass yet to cropped. For the first few feet beyond the chamber the ground has been stuffed with several plastic sacks so that we already have a trench prepared which gives us access to the chamber to get the new duct into it. The two piles of soil will be used to backfill the hole. At the wall we have already dug underneath it and put a metal pipe in. The corrugated iron covers the hole safely until we are ready.

12^th September. This is two months later, we have waited all this time for the weather to be right for the farmer to cut that grass. We have started work in the intermediate field. The digger has started by the shed to find the point where the moleploughing can begin. The digger is now tackling the rough ground and the tractor with its moleplough attachment is about to set off.