910 bottles lying in a wall....

Okay, so we slightly underestimated how much time it'd take to fill the gabions. Not only was this due to the amount of time to collect all the bottles we needed, but also it proved to be a labour intensive and fiddle job getting the bottles and stone facing to look exactly how we want. Lobbing random rocks in would've been quicker and easier but wasn't the aesthetic we wanted, or the materials we planned on using.


So the combination of 15 baskets, 910 bottles (beer, wine & champagne), 23 tonnes recycled aggregate, several tonnes of builders rubble, 2 tonnes of recalimed local stone and plenty of hard labour have resulted in our final section of retaining wall.




We're really pleased with the result, but won't be rushing to build anymore! And the local wildlife must like it as we've already spotted a Death's Head Hawk Moth caterpillar setting up home in one of the many crevices.