Mongo's Hole

I guess there will be many unexpected things that happen during this project. This week, during a stroll around the field with my very good friend Mongo, we found a hole! A new hole. Mongo being Mongo, wanted to investigate.



Possibly this is a result of the drying of the field, we haven't had rain of significance for many weeks and there are a lot of cracks from the clay drying out. Could some underground water course have dried so much that it has caved in? We don't know. The hole is only 30-50cm deep but clearly something below that level, has dropped - and we are in mining country!

A quick call to the Coal Authority to enquire as to whether I should be concerned , suggested that I should. Given the virus lockdown, they were impressively reactive. I had 4 calls from different people in the space of an afternoon, and tomorrow contractors will be arriving to fence off said hole! They don't mess about these people.


I think (hope) they are just being cautious, they don't appear desperately worried but said if people could be walking around the area, they would rather play safe for now. They will do some research on the site and come back to me with their thoughts. It might be an opportunity to learn a little about what is below the soil and what impact it might have on the tree planting. 

Mongo is happy to have a hole named after him. 


Update :

The Coal Authority continue to be very efficient (and perhaps over cautious) as this setup arrived precisely on time and as promised today. 




Comments

  1. Unknown6 November 2020 at 13:12

    ....and Mongo didn't even tell his wife of this accolade!

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