Looking back: Year 2 Term 1

With the summer behind us we found ourselves moving into our new house in Coventry and beginning our second year. It took us some time to get the cans out of storage (read: back from Jon's grandparents!), and the cans drunk during this period combined with the small number we collected over the summer meant that by the time we got the first year cans back we had enough for 11 storeys.

Things were not all plain sailing though. The carpet in the new house was particularly uneven, which ultimately led to us buying some big sheets of thick card to form a base. Finally, on the 6th of October 2011 the beer can tower was reconstructed in its new home.

BCT9 - 165 cans

BCT11 - 286 cans

BCT10 - 220 cans

After this the cans came flying in - we had 237 cans in total during this term which beat our entire first year of university. By the christmas holidays the tower was comprised of 13 storeys and was an impressive 2.16 metres in height. Its construction marked the first time we had needed a chair in order to complete it, which was an achievement in itself! We also experimented with a beer can 'castle', comprised of a 10 storey tower with two 7 storey towers attached.

BCT12 - 364 cans

BCT13 - 455 cans

Castle - 388 cans

Sometime during this term it became clear that our original 15 storey target was going to be smashed. We also realised that the tower's new home could only last for one more storey before it extended out too far into the corridoor, and so it was going to need to be moved elsewhere...