Take Me To The River

Water is an essential when you are shaping up a road. When you see a "water cart" spraying the road it is unlikely that this is being done solely to keep down dust. Water helps to make metal elastic by binding the finer particles. The grader can then work it better, much in the same way as a potter keeps clay moist and pliable. It also compacts better.
    It is a fact of life that water cart drivers tend to go missing now and then. Filling up at the river can be a restful experience once you have shut down the petrol engine on the pump. Trout spotting and hunting for watercress are a temptation, and suddenly the urgent need for water at the site doesn't seem that important, as the river seduces you into just sitting and watching the water slide by.
Rest Area 300m