Rising

The builders started a little later this morning, and had an on-site meeting with the design director of the company providing the build.

By lunchtime the first few rows of blocks were in place, and even more stuff was being ferried from the front of the house to back garden. (Gorse Fox has made it clear he does not want to inconvenience his neighbours and wants everything clear at the front).

We now have 11 tonnes of sand and ballast, three pallets of bricks, three more pallets of blocks, and a partridge in a pear tree(*).

By the end of the day the first couple of course of bricks were in place, and the damp-proof membrane in place.

The garden may look a bit like the Somme at present, but something is certainly rising from the trenches.