Regular As Block Work

To cut a long story short, Sunday morning came around far too soon following yet another nights restless sleep. You would have thought that we'd have both gone out like a light following the days additional workout, however it would seem that our muscles had other ideas. Although we were both up before the alarm was due to go off, it was quite sometime before the message was received by our arms and legs.

Our appendages kind of sprung into action though when bang on 08.00am, Gaz turned up as promised. Within minutes a mix was on and levels checked with the theodolite as well as the corners being checked with a rather large builders square. With all the levels etc being given the all clear, work soon commenced on the next layer of block work whilst more sand & cement etc was thrown into the mixer in readiness.

Despite a brief rain shower and the threat of a torrential downpour at one point, we made excellent progress throughout the day as well as enjoying a lovely scone for elevenses and a gorgeous sausage butty for ones es! And to top it all off, close of play sees us just over 3 courses short of our goal.

Although block work wasn't on the agenda for Bank Holiday Monday, we had planned to complete a whole host of other tasks in connection with the new pond build such as digging a channel for the water and electric supplies, plus the foundation for the header pond. However normal weather service for a Bank Holiday had resumed and the rain put pay to any plans we had of getting out in the garden and completing any work without getting caked in mud. However we really can't complain about the weather as we've enjoyed more than our fair share of good weather so far ... but it would be nice to just have a little more.