In the preceding days, the concrete cures enough to allow the formwork to be stripped off and a couple of pallets of blocks are delivered to the site. Getting them from the top of the block down to where the blocklayers will use them is tedious, block by block. At least going downhill is easier than going up! Tomorrow the block work starts.

Block by block, two pallets of blocks are moved down the site, two pallets to go!

Most formwork is now stripped off

The pink lines show where the blocks will be laid with the steel reinforcement coming up through the blocks for added strength and stability