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 Getting started on the digging for and the first few steps.
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 Knocking in stobs.
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 Attaching anti-slip chicken wire.
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 More stobs go in.
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 Pointing stobs.
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 Attaching chicken wire in the rain.
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 Starting surfacing the path.
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 Loading aggregate.
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 Final sweep.
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 More surfacing.
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 Finished job from above.
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 Finished job from below.
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 Fixing stobs to risers.
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 That's a newt!
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 Barrowing wood chip.
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 Getting the steps level.
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 Rescuing great crested newts.
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 Building a beehive stand.
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 Blanket weed hauled out and draining into the water.
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 A great crested newt.
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 A job well done.
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 Socially distanced lunchtime.
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 Socially distanced lunchtime
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 Building a new set of steps
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 Cutting up felled trees to create habitat piles
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 The finished new section of steps
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 One of the finished habitat piles
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 Marking out the steps
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 Sacrilege - I don't hold with these new fangled tea-making devices!
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 Assemble into dipping platform - simple!
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 Testing the steps
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 Putting in uprights for new platform
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 Putting the finishing touches to the hedge
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 Completed section of hedge
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 Multi-coloured sparklers
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