St Benjamin
True to his word, Jean-Jacques arrived at 9am this morning - ten minutes after the arrival of 6 tonnes of sand. The delivery man informed us that it was his brother who would be digging out the hole for the pool!
We mapped out the pool plan and J-J decorated the ground with florescent orange paint. It began to rain, harder and harder. Jon and I retreated indoors.
The digger arrived at 9.45, the rain stopped for a while .......
...... and by midday we had a big hole in the garden.
By 4pm when it was raining heavily with scattered hailstones, it was a much bigger hole and there was also a trench for the electricity and water which will be installed for both the pool and the chalet.
The spoil from the hole has been neatly placed under the walnut tree to make a gentle slope into the field - more friendly than the steep drop that was there before.
The cats have kept a very low profile all day and are relieved now that all the noisy stuff - and that strange man who keeps wandering around - have left.
All this activity is encouraging. J-J informed us that on Friday he will fill the pool with water!!! I believe the heater and filtration system will be coming along next week.
To add to all the garden activity, Jon is now ready to make a hole in the ceiling of the sitting room to start work on the loft conversion.
Now that is REALLY scary!
2 comments:
I saw a hole a tiny big bigger than yours when I was on the Somme at the weekend. They didn't use a yellow digger though, they used 60,000lbs of TNT.
There's always someone who has to go one better.....
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