We'd been rather busy with one thing and another over the past few days so we decided to partake in a little R&R on Monday ... and what better way to relax than a trip to a Koi dealers.
We arrived at Dock Koi a little past 10.00 and were welcomed with a happy "hello" as usual from Neil & Harry. A quick look round the Koi for sale and it wasn't long before one or two (or three or four) fish started to grab our eye. However timing just isn't right and we had to use all our will power to refrain from purchasing, which was extremely difficult! We here to purchase a specific piece of equipment - an Econobead EB40 along with a by-pass, which was duly bought along with a couple of other items. But did we walk out without buying any fish .... nope! I'd tested the parameters of the quarantine system a number of times previously as i'd anticipated our visit and the distinct possibility that we'd want to purchase a couple of fish. In fact we came home with four little beauties - one for Keiran's pond and the other three to keep in the QT system not only to keep the filter system going but also to see what they turn out like when they get bigger. You never know!
Tuesday morning soon arrived and yet again we were up with the larks (actually i'll correct that as round here there not larks but pigeons) and once again raring to go but too early to do any real work. As a more reasonable time approached we managed to get in touch with Fairfax Plant Hire who we'd hired the digger etc from and they were happy to pick the equipment up later. Uniskip from Hull were also very helpful and would get another skip to us as soon as possible. Until another skip arrived there wasn't much we could with the excavated soil, therefore time to turn our attention to ensuring the base of the hole was level.
We positioned a number of stakes around the area and used a long piece of wood and spirit level to check the levels. We'd done a better job in the first place than we'd anticipated and we only had to do a little titivating to complete the task. Things really were going well for us. No sign of the new skip yet so on with the next task - checking the positioning of the filter equipment.
Into the hole came the vortex, Nexus 200 lid and Econobead EB40 body so that we could gauge where to position each piece of equipment within the filter house. It was during this process that the stark reality hit us that we'd excavated far too much out of this area. The tape measure, calculator, pen & paper came out and after some careful measurement and more careful contemplation it appears that our impromptu decision to take the filter house area to the same level as the pond base had backfired on us. We were 50cm too deep!
After weighing up the pro's & cons of different suggestions to rectify the problem we agreed that the best solution would be deal with area on a separate basis again, instead of trying to do it all in one go. Therefore to resolve the situation we'd have to install some shuttering to retain the concrete for the pond base. Remove the shuttering once the concrete has set and then build the walls of the pond up. Once we'd reached the correct wall depth between pond and filter house area, we'll then back fill the hole until we attain the right level to then add the concrete base for the filter house.
In the meantime of course we need to install the bottom drain and pipework and it also means the installation of the sump for the filter waste can be carried much easier as there's virtually no soil at the moment to dig it in to. Forever the optimist!
And what of the new arrivals ..... they're feeding and seem to be doing fine!
27 April 2011
26 April 2011
More Skips Please!
Day 3 of the big big and again it's early morning and we're eager to get started. We'd made fantastic progress the day before with the help of reinforcements resulting in the filter area being completely clear as well as half of the pond. Time for a big push today to see if we can get the pond fully dug ... however we're to put the soil?
With having the micro digger & MDTT for a short period we wanted top concentrate getting the actual excavating finished and worry about getting rid of the soil later. The other contributing factor being that it was Easter weekend and there was no one available to sort another skip out for us at short notice anyway. The excavated soil therefore had to piled up somewhere before we'd be able to move it on. The answer to this quandary being our middle garden.
Digging was postponed a little longer while the Easter Egg hunt for our three year old son (and Grandparents) was conducted and all the chocolate eggs etc had been secured (he was like a mini Indiana Jones) work on excavating the last of the pond could begin.
We made excellent progress and slowly but surely whittled away the remaining soil that was to be excavated for the pond. The digger had to be relocated a number of times so that we could follow the sides of the pond and as we neared the final corner it almost became like a dance - move to the left and jig to the right. The last clump of earth had to be hand dug from the corner as it was impossible to see exactly what was going on when trying to use the digger bucket, but it was simply a case of digging it out and then placing into the digger bucket for removal from the hole. 18.30 hrs on day 3 and the pond excavation was complete!
There's still quite a bit of work today here before moving on to the next stage of the build process as we still need to level the base as best we can. We also need to work out how to get rid of the mountain of earth that we've dumped in to the middle garden - either that or we have extremely large moles in this area?
I think we'll be having to make a couple of calls first thing Tuesday morning - one to Uniskip to see if we can have another skip urgently and another to Fairfax Plant Hire to see if they can pick the digger and MDTT as late on as possible! In the meantime, after all the hectic work we've completed over the past few days i think a well earned rest is called for on Monday. Perhaps even a trip out to .... yes you've guessed it, a Koi dealer.
With having the micro digger & MDTT for a short period we wanted top concentrate getting the actual excavating finished and worry about getting rid of the soil later. The other contributing factor being that it was Easter weekend and there was no one available to sort another skip out for us at short notice anyway. The excavated soil therefore had to piled up somewhere before we'd be able to move it on. The answer to this quandary being our middle garden.
Digging was postponed a little longer while the Easter Egg hunt for our three year old son (and Grandparents) was conducted and all the chocolate eggs etc had been secured (he was like a mini Indiana Jones) work on excavating the last of the pond could begin.
We made excellent progress and slowly but surely whittled away the remaining soil that was to be excavated for the pond. The digger had to be relocated a number of times so that we could follow the sides of the pond and as we neared the final corner it almost became like a dance - move to the left and jig to the right. The last clump of earth had to be hand dug from the corner as it was impossible to see exactly what was going on when trying to use the digger bucket, but it was simply a case of digging it out and then placing into the digger bucket for removal from the hole. 18.30 hrs on day 3 and the pond excavation was complete!
There's still quite a bit of work today here before moving on to the next stage of the build process as we still need to level the base as best we can. We also need to work out how to get rid of the mountain of earth that we've dumped in to the middle garden - either that or we have extremely large moles in this area?
I think we'll be having to make a couple of calls first thing Tuesday morning - one to Uniskip to see if we can have another skip urgently and another to Fairfax Plant Hire to see if they can pick the digger and MDTT as late on as possible! In the meantime, after all the hectic work we've completed over the past few days i think a well earned rest is called for on Monday. Perhaps even a trip out to .... yes you've guessed it, a Koi dealer.
25 April 2011
Reinforcements
Saturday morning and once again we were up bright and early ... too early really to start any excavation work or attempted fixing of the micro digger's limp. It was therefore time for a coffee and a search for an operators handbook for the micro digger via Google. We soon found a number of forum posts on the subject as well as an online copy of the handbook. The two sources confirmed what we thought. We had to release a grease nipple, remove the grease, push the idler back, put the track back on, replace the grease nipple and then pump grease back in forcing the idler back out thus taking up the slack in the track. Sounded very simple and we could follow the instructions .... but could we undo the grease nipple .... nope!
At this point reinforcements arrived in the shape of some very good friends and members of the East Yorkshire Koi Society. Time for a quick coffee and an explanation of our predicament. As the technical solution was proving to be as non productive as our first attempt, we decided to give the brute force and ignorance with a bit of technical ability a go. After some more groaning like a cave man - bingo! The tread popped back on and we were in business again.
Having excavated an arch in the soil that Dorothy & Toto would have been proud of, time now had to spent filling in parts of the earth rainbow so that other areas of the site could once again be excavated by digger instead of by hand. This proved to be a very wise move which probably saved us time in the long run however there was one particular area which simply couldn't be reached unless we put back in a considerable amount of earth. This wasn't going to halt progress though and with spade tightly gripped between his teeth, part of our reinforcement duo jumped into the hole and quickly set about it like Manic Minor - the old Spectrum game! OK a bit of an exaggeration there then, he fell more than jumped, but the rest of it is true!
In all honesty it was very, very hard going with the spade especially in the sweltering heat we're experiencing and Roy was an absolute saviour down in the hole, clearing the area that could no longer be reached with the digger as well as straightening the sides and levelling the floor. We really can't thank him enough for all is help.
At this point reinforcements arrived in the shape of some very good friends and members of the East Yorkshire Koi Society. Time for a quick coffee and an explanation of our predicament. As the technical solution was proving to be as non productive as our first attempt, we decided to give the brute force and ignorance with a bit of technical ability a go. After some more groaning like a cave man - bingo! The tread popped back on and we were in business again.
Having excavated an arch in the soil that Dorothy & Toto would have been proud of, time now had to spent filling in parts of the earth rainbow so that other areas of the site could once again be excavated by digger instead of by hand. This proved to be a very wise move which probably saved us time in the long run however there was one particular area which simply couldn't be reached unless we put back in a considerable amount of earth. This wasn't going to halt progress though and with spade tightly gripped between his teeth, part of our reinforcement duo jumped into the hole and quickly set about it like Manic Minor - the old Spectrum game! OK a bit of an exaggeration there then, he fell more than jumped, but the rest of it is true!
In all honesty it was very, very hard going with the spade especially in the sweltering heat we're experiencing and Roy was an absolute saviour down in the hole, clearing the area that could no longer be reached with the digger as well as straightening the sides and levelling the floor. We really can't thank him enough for all is help.
24 April 2011
Easter Chicks
We were up bright and early Friday morning and couldn't wait to get started on the mammoth task of shifting so much soil (and who knows what else?). We'd been discussing the levels required for the pond and also for the base of the filter house. Due to the height of the vortex the depth required in the filter house was only 25cm short of the depth required for the actual pond, therefore we decided to amend our plans (yep, we're changing our minds again) and excavate the area for the filter house to the same depth as the pond. This would then allow us to concrete the whole area in one go!
Hand to eye coordination was a little off to begin with as the bucket of the digger danced with all sorts of crazy moves like a drunk Dad on a dance floor, but we soon had it back under control within a few minutes. It was then all steam ahead as bucket after bucket of soil, gravel, hardcore, clay, and lots of other "stuff" made it's way from earth to bucket, to MDTT and finally to the skip. Progress however did seem slow as the MDTT isn't the fastest piece of kit. In fact it's considerably slow and we did consider just using the wheel barrow. However we soon changed our minds when we realised that the wheel barrow could only manage two buckets of soil, where as the MDTT could easily manage 8-10. It was therefore doing the job of around 4 or 5 wheel barrows in one go, it was considerably less physical than having to barrow the soil around, plus tipping the soil into the skip was easy, you just had to push the levers in the correct order!
We were making good progress until disaster struck at around 11.30(ish) when the digger threw one of its treads. No it wasn't my driving! After a considerable amount of time contemplating and trying to work things out we spent the next umpteen minutes trying different ways to fix the problem. After the trial and error stage came the grunting & other various noises (anyone on the other side of the fence would have thought we'd dug up some cave men). This was soon followed by a whole host of new descriptive noises (commonly know as swearing) before we finally gave in ... exhausted and aching. Of course we'd tried the hire company first for their assistance, but this was Easter weekend and so no one was available.
Rather than sit and do nothing for the whole weekend we decided to excavate as much soil as possible from the diggers now fixed position. Some hours later we'd managed to excavate a beautiful arc in the soil which wasn't really practical with regards to digging out the pond area but it at least we hadn't wasted any time. Day 1 of digging over and we'd accomplished quite a bit, however there was still a considerable amount to do, made even more of a challenge with a limping micro digger and a driver who was walking as if he'd been in the saddle all day. How do Cowboys do it!
**Important Update**
We blogged not long back that we'd discovered a Song Thrush nesting in a small trees in the midst of all the happenings. Well we can go one better than that now .... there's now three chicks! Mum and Dad are backwards and forwards to and from the nest even with all the plant machinery running. We're not experts but the chicks and parents seem to all be doing well. HAPPY EASTER!!
Hand to eye coordination was a little off to begin with as the bucket of the digger danced with all sorts of crazy moves like a drunk Dad on a dance floor, but we soon had it back under control within a few minutes. It was then all steam ahead as bucket after bucket of soil, gravel, hardcore, clay, and lots of other "stuff" made it's way from earth to bucket, to MDTT and finally to the skip. Progress however did seem slow as the MDTT isn't the fastest piece of kit. In fact it's considerably slow and we did consider just using the wheel barrow. However we soon changed our minds when we realised that the wheel barrow could only manage two buckets of soil, where as the MDTT could easily manage 8-10. It was therefore doing the job of around 4 or 5 wheel barrows in one go, it was considerably less physical than having to barrow the soil around, plus tipping the soil into the skip was easy, you just had to push the levers in the correct order!
We were making good progress until disaster struck at around 11.30(ish) when the digger threw one of its treads. No it wasn't my driving! After a considerable amount of time contemplating and trying to work things out we spent the next umpteen minutes trying different ways to fix the problem. After the trial and error stage came the grunting & other various noises (anyone on the other side of the fence would have thought we'd dug up some cave men). This was soon followed by a whole host of new descriptive noises (commonly know as swearing) before we finally gave in ... exhausted and aching. Of course we'd tried the hire company first for their assistance, but this was Easter weekend and so no one was available.
Rather than sit and do nothing for the whole weekend we decided to excavate as much soil as possible from the diggers now fixed position. Some hours later we'd managed to excavate a beautiful arc in the soil which wasn't really practical with regards to digging out the pond area but it at least we hadn't wasted any time. Day 1 of digging over and we'd accomplished quite a bit, however there was still a considerable amount to do, made even more of a challenge with a limping micro digger and a driver who was walking as if he'd been in the saddle all day. How do Cowboys do it!
**Important Update**
We blogged not long back that we'd discovered a Song Thrush nesting in a small trees in the midst of all the happenings. Well we can go one better than that now .... there's now three chicks! Mum and Dad are backwards and forwards to and from the nest even with all the plant machinery running. We're not experts but the chicks and parents seem to all be doing well. HAPPY EASTER!!
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| Song Thrush Chicks |
23 April 2011
Test Drive (and Dig)
All the essentials for a successful weekends excavating landed with us on Friday. The large skip turned up at around 08.00 with the rest of the equipment being delivered mid afternoon. The micro digger fit through the gateways with no problems, as did the mini dumper truck thingy (MDTT). With another crash course in the plant machinery's operation we were duly left to our devices. Tea was soon demolished (let's hope that's the only thing) and so it was time to get to grips with the digger and finally get to grips with this new pond build.
I soon got to grips with the coordination involved for maneuvering and operating the micro digger whilst Wifey soon tamed the MDTT. After a few hours playing we'd soon dug a substantial hole in the garden where the new filter house was to be sited. We were very pleased with the progress we'd made until a quick check of the depth with our measuring stick revealed that we'd only managed to excavate about half the required depth. "Bloody vortex" was the polite statement at this point. On a positive note, we'd managed to find our way around the controls and had begun the job at hand with no major incidents. Time to switch the machinery off for the evening and rest in readiness for the following days gruelling schedule.
I soon got to grips with the coordination involved for maneuvering and operating the micro digger whilst Wifey soon tamed the MDTT. After a few hours playing we'd soon dug a substantial hole in the garden where the new filter house was to be sited. We were very pleased with the progress we'd made until a quick check of the depth with our measuring stick revealed that we'd only managed to excavate about half the required depth. "Bloody vortex" was the polite statement at this point. On a positive note, we'd managed to find our way around the controls and had begun the job at hand with no major incidents. Time to switch the machinery off for the evening and rest in readiness for the following days gruelling schedule.
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| Test Drive & Dig |
19 April 2011
Pipework, Fittings & Cider
Following the problems we encountered last weekend with the wrong size digger being delivered we rescheduled the machinery and skip for this weekend just gone. However this all changed when we received a call from some good friends in Belgium who were wanting to come and visit. Digger (and now mini dumper truck thingy - correct terminology to follow once we find out what it is) & skip rearranged once again quickly followed by the fridge being stocked with cider!
In fact the visit from our friends did us the world of good as the pond build was taking up the majority of our time and brain powers (what do you mean it doesn't take much)! After a very pleasant weekend with good friends, good food, good weather and of course ... good cider, we soon found that our batteries had recharged and by the time our Flemish friends had departed and begun their journey back home, we were actually chomping at the bit.
It wasn't long before the mitre saw was out, lengths of pipe were here there and everywhere along with a whole variety of valves, connectors, fittings, etc, all waiting to be dry fit first before then being glued. And the result after a few hours work .....
The Eazy Pod is fed via a 3" solvent weld pipe from a 3" Kockney Koi bottom drain. The water is then pumped through 1.5" solvent weld pipe by a Superfish 5000 pond pump up to a 1kw Electro pond heater before returning into the quarantine tank. The Eazy Pod is cleaned using a Yamitsu 50L air pump with air being supplied to the tank via a Superfish Air Box 4 to four round air stones.
The tank etc was filled via a water or flow meter and we must admit we were surprised with the result. According to the meter we'd only used 330 gallons, which is quite less than the 500 we first calculated. This resulted in a mental note to one's self .... "must remember to double/triple check calculations in future". Once full, the pond & filter system was duly treated to some Kusuri Potassium Permanganate.
We're very please with our new quarantine system however we still need to apply some finishing touches. We're going to be adding a uPVC sill around the top and either cladding in uPVC or painting the external faces. The jury's still out on that one for the moment.
In fact the visit from our friends did us the world of good as the pond build was taking up the majority of our time and brain powers (what do you mean it doesn't take much)! After a very pleasant weekend with good friends, good food, good weather and of course ... good cider, we soon found that our batteries had recharged and by the time our Flemish friends had departed and begun their journey back home, we were actually chomping at the bit.
It wasn't long before the mitre saw was out, lengths of pipe were here there and everywhere along with a whole variety of valves, connectors, fittings, etc, all waiting to be dry fit first before then being glued. And the result after a few hours work .....
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| Quarantine Filtration System |
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| Quarantine Tank |
We're very please with our new quarantine system however we still need to apply some finishing touches. We're going to be adding a uPVC sill around the top and either cladding in uPVC or painting the external faces. The jury's still out on that one for the moment.
12 April 2011
Houston we have a .......
Yes you've guessed it ..... a problem!
Despite waking up on Saturday morning to find that the sore throat and sniffle i'd had for a couple of days had turned into a full blown cold, which in turn turned me into a bear with an extremely sorehead, i remained quite up beat at the prospect of finally getting started with the excavation of the new pond. The skip arrived on Friday and was duly placed on the drive, albeit in slightly the wrong place making it difficult for us to access the flap at the front of the skip. Although Wifey had been advised that a couple of "burly" men should be able to move it .... yeh right!
The crisp morning air was just beginning to make its way through to the sinuses when truck delivering the digger pulled up. When they said "first thing in the morning" they weren't exaggerating. The driver made operation of the digger look like child's play but we still took him up on his offer of giving us a crash course (minus the crash we hoped). After absorbing as many levers, sticks & switches as we could at warp speed, Wifey enquired if the driver would kindly maneuver the digger round the back for us instead of us spending the morning negotiating the first garden gate, then the afternoon the second gate. His driving skills with the digger were magnificent, however he was no magician as it soon became obvious that unless he could conjure up a miracle there was no way the digger was going through the gateway. After a quick phone call to the office and confirmation to them of the gate widths, it transpires that they had actually sent the wrong digger to us. Instead of a micro digger which would have whizzed through the gateways, they had actually sent a mini digger which was too big.
The mini digger was duly maneuvered back on to the truck and whisked away leaving yours truly feeling now fully deflated due to cold symptoms and without the prospect of getting the new pond excavation started.
This feeling didn't last long as we soon turned our attention to the quarantine system. Plans were drawn up quickly, measurements checked, double checked and checked again just to be on the safe side, quickly followed by concrete blocks being positioned, a 3" Kockney Koi bottom drain being fitted along with 3" solvent weld pipework connected with an Evolution Aqua Eazy Connector. As the rodent on the TV states .... "Simples"!
We soon had a framework up surrounding the tank to enable us to box the insulation in and also to make it more aesthetically pleasing. One roll of insulation and approximately 50 wood boards later and things were looking up again. We couldn't complete plumbing in the gravity fed Nexus Eazy Pod coupled with a Superfish 5000 pond pump and Electro pond heater as we were a couple of connections short. However this will be soon rectified following a visit to A19 Koi & Pond Supplies. Thanks to Paul for all his help, understanding and advice so far ... as i'm sure they'll be more to come!
Despite waking up on Saturday morning to find that the sore throat and sniffle i'd had for a couple of days had turned into a full blown cold, which in turn turned me into a bear with an extremely sorehead, i remained quite up beat at the prospect of finally getting started with the excavation of the new pond. The skip arrived on Friday and was duly placed on the drive, albeit in slightly the wrong place making it difficult for us to access the flap at the front of the skip. Although Wifey had been advised that a couple of "burly" men should be able to move it .... yeh right!
The crisp morning air was just beginning to make its way through to the sinuses when truck delivering the digger pulled up. When they said "first thing in the morning" they weren't exaggerating. The driver made operation of the digger look like child's play but we still took him up on his offer of giving us a crash course (minus the crash we hoped). After absorbing as many levers, sticks & switches as we could at warp speed, Wifey enquired if the driver would kindly maneuver the digger round the back for us instead of us spending the morning negotiating the first garden gate, then the afternoon the second gate. His driving skills with the digger were magnificent, however he was no magician as it soon became obvious that unless he could conjure up a miracle there was no way the digger was going through the gateway. After a quick phone call to the office and confirmation to them of the gate widths, it transpires that they had actually sent the wrong digger to us. Instead of a micro digger which would have whizzed through the gateways, they had actually sent a mini digger which was too big.
The mini digger was duly maneuvered back on to the truck and whisked away leaving yours truly feeling now fully deflated due to cold symptoms and without the prospect of getting the new pond excavation started.
This feeling didn't last long as we soon turned our attention to the quarantine system. Plans were drawn up quickly, measurements checked, double checked and checked again just to be on the safe side, quickly followed by concrete blocks being positioned, a 3" Kockney Koi bottom drain being fitted along with 3" solvent weld pipework connected with an Evolution Aqua Eazy Connector. As the rodent on the TV states .... "Simples"!
We soon had a framework up surrounding the tank to enable us to box the insulation in and also to make it more aesthetically pleasing. One roll of insulation and approximately 50 wood boards later and things were looking up again. We couldn't complete plumbing in the gravity fed Nexus Eazy Pod coupled with a Superfish 5000 pond pump and Electro pond heater as we were a couple of connections short. However this will be soon rectified following a visit to A19 Koi & Pond Supplies. Thanks to Paul for all his help, understanding and advice so far ... as i'm sure they'll be more to come!
4 April 2011
Surprise At Ground Zero
Our luck with the weather has yet again held out for us with another cracking week being enjoyed and allowing us to progress even further with clearing the old pond site in an attempt to reach ground zero.
Although we were all up very early, by the time we'd enjoyed croissants and coffee (there seems to be a routine developing here i think - not that were complaining) we'd allowed sufficient time for the rest of the neighbourhood to get up and about before we started clanking around with spades and wheel barrows. After a deep breath, the first of umpteen shovel fulls of gravel made its way to the wheel barrow which duly made its way to either AREA 51 if containing a substantial amount of soil or a separate pile if more or less pure gravel. We did try counting the number of barrow fulls we moved, but we'd soon lost count and so carried on taking deep breaths, filling and moving until we'd shifted the majority of gravel from the area. Based on the amount of gravel we had delivered in the first place, we estimated we moved somewhere in the region of 4-5 tonnes during the day. We also managed to remove the 3 inch posts from the area, well apart from one which succumbed to my stomach and broke off at the base.
We'd finally reached Ground Zero!
Following a few measurements .... then a few more .... followed by some re-measuring .... then some more ..... we finally marked out the site in paint ready to commence digging next weekend.
Looking back, the past few weeks have been a blur and even we're surprised at just how much we've achieved. It's been very, very hard work and many a time we've simply had to grit our teeth, bite down and get on with it. It's been a hive of activity and extremely hectic at times, so imagine our surprise when we discovered this :-
She's nesting in the Korean Fir which is currently situated near Ground Zero and right by the dog pen, not to mention the radio blasting out Planet Rock!
We hope that everything works out for her and of course we'll be keeping a close eye on things in the coming days/weeks whilst also keeping our fingers crossed that our fortune with the weather continues for a few weeks more. The mini digger and skip arrive this coming weekend so who knows what news we'll be bringing in our next blog entry.
Although we were all up very early, by the time we'd enjoyed croissants and coffee (there seems to be a routine developing here i think - not that were complaining) we'd allowed sufficient time for the rest of the neighbourhood to get up and about before we started clanking around with spades and wheel barrows. After a deep breath, the first of umpteen shovel fulls of gravel made its way to the wheel barrow which duly made its way to either AREA 51 if containing a substantial amount of soil or a separate pile if more or less pure gravel. We did try counting the number of barrow fulls we moved, but we'd soon lost count and so carried on taking deep breaths, filling and moving until we'd shifted the majority of gravel from the area. Based on the amount of gravel we had delivered in the first place, we estimated we moved somewhere in the region of 4-5 tonnes during the day. We also managed to remove the 3 inch posts from the area, well apart from one which succumbed to my stomach and broke off at the base.
We'd finally reached Ground Zero!
Following a few measurements .... then a few more .... followed by some re-measuring .... then some more ..... we finally marked out the site in paint ready to commence digging next weekend.
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| Ground Zero |
We hope that everything works out for her and of course we'll be keeping a close eye on things in the coming days/weeks whilst also keeping our fingers crossed that our fortune with the weather continues for a few weeks more. The mini digger and skip arrive this coming weekend so who knows what news we'll be bringing in our next blog entry.
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