Men at work! This made me laugh, only because The Chippendales (for those who've been asleep for the last forty odd years) are an all-male dance troupe known for striptease performances. Anyway, there were some hunky chaps hard at work on the canal towpath as I walked past. It has been closed off between Shipley and Hirst Lock for extensive repairs, widening and laying a hard surface. It is a much-used stretch and should be considerably more pleasant and less muddy underfoot when it is done.
Like a small child, I could stand for ages watching workmen doing these kinds of jobs. The digger was lifting gravel from a barge onto the towpath, and then others were spreading it and rolling it smooth and level. I gather this is the underlayer, which will be covered in tarmac. Then a binding layer of natural gravel will be applied in the spring.
Yes indeed...those orange suits would never work for the Chippendale performances, or would they? Loved that you watched and explained their procedures. Even while fully-clothed.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a big job in a small space.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if you'd tucked a bit of folding money in their pockets, music would have started, the guys would have broken into dance, and, who knows, the orange coveralls might have come off.
ReplyDeleteWell it was fun watching these men work and probably less embarrassing. I have a photo of me standing in front of a huge poster of the Chippendales in a hotel in Las Vegas where they were performing and NO we didn't go to the show.
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