Holes

Well it was an early start. Not something the Gorse Fox has had to worry about since last July, but it was no real problem as Jasper the Cat was already on the prowl and trying to get us up anyway. The builders turned up at 0715 and the skip arrived 15 minutes later.

By 0930 the builders had lifted the old patio and path and done their marking out.

The garden was filling up with wheelbarrows, tarpaulins, picks, shovels and heaven knows what else.

Meanwhile the builders had disappeared for 30 minutes to fill up with breakfast!

They we soon back and the digging got underway. By the time they called it a day, around 1600, the trench for the footings was over 1 meter deep. Backfill had been piled in the garden, but the spoil had been loaded into the skip and the skip taken away.

So far so good.

Tomorrow sees the arrival of the bricks, sand, cement and whatever other supplies they require. Their current schedule shows the footings poured tomorrow.