Shockpad nearly gone

By the end of today, the old shockpad should be fully removed. You can see in the picture above that there is less than half of it left. 

In the background of the picture, you can see the materials for the new shockpad, which were delivered today - bales of rubber pellets and drums of binder. 

So far, so good.

Step 1 almost complete

So the carpet is gone - the last few pieces are being loaded up on a lorry as I write. Next step is to clear the shockpad underneath. The contractor is intending to work on Saturday, and this job should be done by the end of Monday. 

After that, we have to inspect the macadam layer to make sure it is sufficiently flat and to make any repairs that might be necessary. 

Goodbye to the beach

This morning we were down at KGV bright and early to meet Jamie Blamire, the managing director of Ecosse Sports, who was to sign the contract for the pitch replacement. Jamie, as you can see, was dressed for action, and by this afternoon he had managed to turn our beloved beach at KGV into this: