@OneInterestingFact thank you!

@tompearce49 thanks, it's also very practical as a shelter from the elements for sheep.

@TalktoBeverley don't worry, I may have aching feet from trying to stay vertical but I am aware that it's technically a well built wall and very satisfied with the result.

@Meanwhile_on_earth_One I hope so too, as the last attempt was only in 2011 (not me), having found some plastic with a sell by date.

@Pollinators yes, thanks, I'm quite blown away by the reactions. I think it's easy to forget that this was once a very common job for many people and without any status, unlike now, as we rapidly lose the skills.

I'm scratching the surface of the work that's been done in the past. Standing on the shoulders of giants, as they say.

@Dianotron here in the North Pennines, the incredible dry stone walling is not just on the surface. That's me in front, just clearing shale from the floor.

There are miles and miles of disused lead mine levels that are lined as in this photo. The quality of this stonework is second to none and very little movement after hundreds of years.

@sarahdalgulls thank you! What if I told you that I did 99.9% of the work from the other side and couldn't see this face as I was working.....

@ItsThatDeafGuy thanks! I'll not be doing this again!

@withaveeay thanks! Who was that old bloke who kept carrying something to the top of the hill only to have it roll all the way down again? I know how he feels.

@nxskok thanks! I might have done just that 40 years ago.

I have completed the repair to the steep wall at Intake Farm. I have never worked on such a steep slope and probably never will again.

The challenge of working on a steep site makes me glad to be finished. It is a job that I will remember for a long time.