Well, Monday was the day and it seemed bound to have enough excitement to last a fortnight - which is of course how it turned out, as our builders disappeared after the concrete was delivered to do another job and wont be back for a couple of weeks. But anyway back to the plot...
Dave had to be there for six am, when the concrete for the main slab was due to arrive, but things were well underway when he arrived. It was a bit difficult to assess exactly what was going on but there was a lot of action.
And lots of work to be done.
One truck leaving, the next one there, ready and waiting. In all, ten trucks delivered 45 cubic meters of concrete in a couple of hours.
Then there was the task of sorting it all out.
and smoothing it off.
We had a new plan to retain some water on the surface - the sand dams discoloured the garage floor and so this time they put a narrow rim of mortar where the concrete was to be exposed instead.
And just to complicate things, the men who had dug the bore returned to connect the pump, so now we have a pump and a nice little home for it. Just need to sort out the pipework and taps and we will have 'Irrigated Pasture' at last and no need to worry about 'Local Drought'.
And meanwhile, progress was also being made in the garden. There was one major area that still had not been mown and this was now rather full of gorse and blackberry. So we decided that was the job for the week. It started the week like this....
And on the first day was progressing very well until the mower got stuck (again)
Never mind, Dave to the rescue (again).
Mowing day two - another mechanical crisis. This time I had got a rather large bit of gorse stuck in the belt that drives the cutters. At least this was a new 'stuck', and I like to keep Dave occupied.
End of day two and the slope is looking much better and the compost heap at the bottom much bigger.
Day three and the last assault. The pond had finished serving its purpose as a water catchment and is now housing some fish from the pond at our old house temporarily. So the plastic sheet could go and allow the rest of the slope to be cut. It had proved invaluable for the last few months.
And then the last stretch on the mower. For once no crises,
and it soon looked like this. Yay!
And, as a final job, the new number, commissioned from niece Katie, was added to the letter box.
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