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I'm not 100% sure but I think that Phyllis, the Giant Tunnelling Machine of Doom, actually started digging tonight. As of Friday she was still in the position she's been in for the last couple of weeks, but now there is a constant faint machinery noise which I suspect is the start of excavations. I'll take a look tomorrow morning and see if I'm right.

The next step, once Phyllis is clear of the portal, is that the next tunnelling machine - named Ada for Ada Lovelace - will be bought up to the portal and eventually start digging. As usual there don't seem to be any official announcements, but hopefully the position will be a bit clearer tomorrow.

Date: 2012-04-15 10:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com
Does this mean you'll be bombarded with machinery noise for weeks? Or is it faint enough not to disturb you?

Date: 2012-04-15 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
It's the first time it's been really noticeable and as it turns out it wasn't the tunnelling machine anyway - I think it was road repairs, there's an elevated section of road just past the railway, and when I went to bed after posting this I realised that there was something going on up there; it was only visible from a window on the top floor.

Date: 2012-04-15 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiouswombat.livejournal.com
I still smile every time I think of all these tunnels being dug by 'Phyllis and Ada'.

Date: 2012-04-15 05:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
I just wish they'd get on with it!

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