A strong foundation

Hello All,
Another splendid, if slightly rainy, day at the Surge today.
We got the foundation and stand finished before lunch due to a high level of enthusiasm (and the pooh weather!)
We managed to also finish off all of the infill for the support column as well as laying the fire brick hearth.
Due to the shape of the base and the size, we have actually managed to create a slightly larger cooking space using an oval shape oven. 
The proposed form will actually be more egg shaped than hemispherical, this allows for more food to be cooked in the same space, which is especially good considering that we will be pulling fresh pizza out of this oven by Saturday!


I was fortunate enough to be introduced to Mayor Wassell as well as the Mayoress. Both showed huge interest in the concept of cob ovens.
In fact the Mayor was so struck by the idea, that he has asked if I could produce a "day oven" for the Watton High Street Carnival on the 12th June. This would see me building an oven and cooking pizza in it on the same day. 
This would go a long way to further the awareness of cob ovens amongst the wider public.


My idea for a community bakery and soup kitchen to be held by Cob-It at The Surge was met by all with approval, and plans will be put in place to publicise this event along with baking lessons once the oven has had time to cure properly.


The oven project has been the centre of much attention today, with a lot of people asking a lot of questions. I can't wait to see their faces when we start producing food with this oven.


Well that's it for today. I have a day off (will be spent making door arch forms and form profiles) and then it is back at it on Monday morning. We will be aiming at getting the form and first layer of cob up by the end of Monday afternoon. See you all then.

Keep on cobbing.