I am planning fortifications on a scale that would impress Theodosius II...
Currently sourcing a wheelbarrow...
Gasp in awe as @sadieholland67 raises battlements destined to endure until the crack of time
Current state of play: the central ziggurat has been completed. @harryswan1 points out its full towering wonder
Should there be any youngsters out there wondering how to build steepling battlements - note the strategic use of the bedrock
Ok - have now completed a Maginot Line-style wall, running from the central ziggurat to the cliff. Note the gun emplacement with slits. There is no possible way the sea will be able to get past this.
Observe how the fortifications follow the line of the crags, Hadrian’s Wall style @perlineamvalli
Look on our works, ye mighty, & despair! In our many long years of making #sandcastles at #Trevone, this is surely our masterpiece.
Now we just wait for the sea...
Now we just wait for the sea...
The huge advance we’ve made this year - & where the film of The Lord Of The Rings was, of course, sadly lacking - is to provide an agricultural hinterland for our fortifications
The central defences have now fully fallen but Helm’s Deep continues to hold out, & the ziggurat remains defiant
Really proud of the ziggurat. The battle is lost, the enemy is all around it, & yet still its battlements bristle defiantly
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level seas stretch far away
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level seas stretch far away
Many thanks to @TrevathanFarm for the loan of the spades. (And it’s a wonderful place to stay...) #Cornwall