We have had a very wet week which has put us back on turfing the bunkers on 9th. Luckily we are ahead of schedule on the lake edging and on schedule for the pathways. All contractors are not working christmas week, but all will be back starting on the 4th Jan. Irrigation will start on the 4th so more machinery will be arriving at the start of that week. Below i have up loaded all the pictures from the 7th, 8th and 9th of the work we have achieved so far.

After having a good dry first two weeks, we have had a rather wet third week which has held us up a little, mainly turfing the new bunkers and rough areas. As you can see from the pictures, we have really achieved a lot in 3 weeks, with the sleeper wall on the 7th hole finished and bunkers on 8th and 9th ready for turf.

Weather depending, we hope to have by christmas the 7th and 9th all complete and all the bunkering finished on 8th. The lake edge on 8th hole will take a few more weeks, as we will start the new edging tomorrow.

The first week has gone really well with the weather being on our side. We have managed to dig out the 7th lake into the approach and installed some of the metal uprights, that will hold the sleeper wall in place.

7th lake

7th approach

Moving onto the 8th, the new paths have been dug out and boarded at the sides, with a hard base put in ready for the concrete.

As some of you might have seen when driving in, the 8th bunkering is really starting to take shape. The greenside bunkers have been shaped ready for liner and top soil, which will be finished next week. The white lines you see on the bunkers, will be  the height of the sand.

When you look at the photos of the 8th green bunkering below, you will see the blue flags dotted around which will represent the edge of the new sleeper wall. These two holes are really starting to take shape and will look amazing when finished.