Yesterday saw Carl and Paul working at Queenswood to repair the turf on the mini roundabout. A bus went the wrong way and ended up driving over it as the turn isn't quite large enough for a bus.
They had already made a start by the time I arrived to take pictures but you can see the tyre tracks embedded in the turf.
The damage was rather extensive this time so it required them to use a turf cutter to put new turf on the area. Normally we are able to just use forks and lift the turf back up to remove the tyre marks.
The turf was taken from a side of Queenswood that doesn't get any passers by or visitors on it. So this means we'll be able to re-seed the area and let it grow back without too much worry. If we get mild weather then it doesn't take long at all for grass seed to germinate.
Here you can see Paul tamping down the turf to make sure there is definite contact between the turf and soil beneath to ensure it has every chance to survive.
We usually get a bus or lorry going the wrong way and they do end up driving over part of the roundabout so I'm sure we will be back out fixing this patch in the future.
(Photos taken by myself on 11th February 2016)
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