The All Zimbabwe Adventure Fencing Open

Subtitle: Fencing C to B:

I know you all want more fencing highlights so here is our entry in the Adventure Fencing class of the All Zim Open – aiming for the Davies Cup.

 

Looking west to east over the Adventure Class stage

Looking west to east over the warm up to Adventure Class stage

 

Taken standing on the Adventure Stage with arial obstacle included (electricity lines)

Taken standing on the Adventure Stage with arial obstacle included (electricity lines)

 

Saunyama & Makanza showing us their speed fencing team work

Saunyama & Makanza showing us their speed fencing team work

 

Specialist Manjari in action

Specialist Manjari in action

Next – looking east to west we see the terrain the competition sponsors have chosen for this crack team. It looks almost vertical in sections …

Adventure Fencing at its best

Adventure Fencing at its best

 

Saunyama is undaunted in his determination to win

Saunyama is undaunted in his determination to win

 

And what a job they have done - look at the poise in that fence

And what a job they have done – look at the poise in that fence

 

Every entry needs a doggie pic…

Megan surveying the Hornbydale Adventure Fencing competition entry

Megan surveying the Hornbydale Adventure Fencing competition entry

 

Doorstepping

We needed to have a nice smart entryway to the Tadpole School room. This is what Didymus carved for us:

Didymus carving the doorstep

Didymus carving the doorstep

Doorstep in detail

Doorstep in detail

The new doorstep with Mr Raphael varnishing

The new doorstep with Mr Raphael varnishing

 

In situ between the two benches we made

In situ between the two benches we made

 

Hamlet

Hamlet

 

The Fowl Run

We now have 4 ducks (and 4 guinea fowl, 2 rabbits and 1 sheep) that mandated a new home. Here it comes:

Mr Ramius digging post holes

Mr Ramius digging post holes

 

Edmore carrying planks

Edmore carrying planks

 

Didymus positioning poles

Didymus positioning poles

 

Mr Artwell bringing more poles

Mr Artwell bringing more poles

 

Delight using the adz

Delight using the adz

 

Garikai chopping poles to size

Garikai chopping poles to size

 

Mr Mutsambi with the wire mesh

Mr Mutsambi with the wire mesh

 

Adding droppers between the poles

Adding droppers between the poles

 

Ramius behind the veil

Ramius behind the veil

 

Inside the pen

CIA inside the pen

 

The customer

The customer

 

Baby pine cones

Baby pine cones

 

The Steve McQueen look

The Steve McQueen look

 

Puppy pic

Puppy pic!

 

School signs go up

We had some nice new signs for the school made up in Mutare and have just put them up.

 

Edmore planing the frames

Edmore planing the frames

 

Delight preparing the poles

Delight preparing the poles

 

George and Artwell carrying the first sign

George and Artwell carrying the first sign from the workshop

 

 

Didymus keeps an eye on the vertical

Didymus keeps an eye on the vertical

 

George with the Tadpole sign

George with the Tadpole sign

 

George & Tendai with Didymus & Artwell working on the 'car park' sign

George & Tendai with Didymus & Artwell working on the ‘car park’ sign

 

The first of the big "welcome" signs

The first of the big “welcome” signs

 

Welcome!

Welcome!

 

 

Next down to the main gate

Next down to the main gate with this one

 

Up it goes

Up it goes

A welcome at the gate

A welcome at the gate

 

George - always cheery

George – always cheery

 

"Brutus"

and “Brutus” … always serious

 

 

The unbearable lightness of beams

Subtitle: Beams for mystery building projects!

We arrive just in time for the start of unloading these hardwood beams. Edmore and Delight are already in action on top.

The start of unloading seligna beams

The start of unloading seligna beams

It takes an 8 ton truck to bring the hardwood beams

It takes an 8 ton truck to bring the hardwood seligna beams

Beams slide off carefully @ 50kg

Beams slide off carefully @ +50kg

Beams slide off carefully @ 50kg

Beams slide off carefully @ +50kg

Musodza in action

Musodza in action on the truck

Two beams at once

Two beams at once join the stack

Stacked on pre-leveled poles.

Tidy stacking

Tidy stacking

Ramius and George unloading

Ramius and George unloading

Manjari

Manjari

Tendai

Tendai

Makanza

Makanza & Saunyama

Several loads later the stack grows

Several loads later the stack grows

Its hard work unloading

End of the day