Dry Stone

There must a dry stone walling program in progress in Purbeck as the fresh clean lines of new walls can be seen all over. Here, like a puzzle or a Lego construction, all the pieces of stone have been sorted and lined up ready for use. It's really cool to see this old skill being reinvigorated, ensuring the craft of dry stone work continues for at least another generation. More of these 'real' skills and crafts need to be saved from extinction, it's them that make up much of the fabric of our rural cultural environment, dry stone walling, thatching, hedge laying, woodland management and so much more. I stood and looked for a while at who carefully each stone had been laid, how much thought and preparation had gone into the job and thought of the pride which was being taken in a job well done.