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Fen End Pit - New Pit End

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As luck would have it my maintenance men at work finally got around to installing a pair of glass 'white-boards' which we'd ordered in September. This was perfect timing as each board was packed with some 1/2 inch expanded polystyrene ideal for my landscaping. The job of cutting out the pieces to fill the pit was a little messy, put in the end I got a reasonable shape and managed to smooth it all down to avoid a terracing effect only suitable for tea plantations.

 

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Another few hours and I had a cover of plaster bandage (modrock equivalent) and a coat of sandy coloured poster paint.

 

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So now, dear reader, I have a question for you. The extra space behind the shed, half way down the layout is ~150mm wide, say a little over 9 scale feet. By my reckoning you could drive a small tractor down there, I think a small Fordson or Ferguson is only about 6 feet wide. What do you think about making a little farm track that goes behind the shed, over the track and up the bank at the back. I'm thinking nothing more than a couple of tracks where the tractor wheels would go?

 

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Nice feature, or trying to squeeze to much in?

 

Your thoughts please.

 

David

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If it's simple like you describe I think it will add character especially if it's just the imprints of the wheels, suggestion rather than actually having a tractor stood there.

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Dave Holt

If you're a bit concerned it might be too narrow for a tractor, you could make it a bridle path or footpath. Again, weeds and long grass at the edges with a worn bare earth/short grass area nearer the middle?

Dave.

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