13th May 2014
Shed moved (intact, in one piece). Those pyramid builders could have learnt a few lessons from my 11 year old son. I lift - he pushes.
Hired a mini-digger for levelling off the ground. Of course I could have dug out by hand but its hard compact clay soil and stones and being honest they always looked good fun to play with.
First problem was the passageway......
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| Tight fit |
Cripes. It was tight.
But it got it through - only took a hour. Clock ticking - as only had the digger for a day. Tick, tick, tick.
Least the wife got the passageway tidied (only took me about 4 years since she asked).
Tip 1: Don't repaint the floor before driving a digger over it.
Tip 2: Ask how the digger works before driving it away or at least ask for the manual.
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| Lets get ready to rumble |
So time to dig out. Thankfully the rain had stopped so cracked on. Plan was to move to the top soil to bottom of garden and level off one side leaving the veggie/fruit patch at a lower level.
Dig, scoop, dig, scoop, jump off, barrow, tip, return. Two scoops, jump off, etc. Ad infinium.
Honesty moment: More like scoop, knock barrow over, curse, jump off, pick up barrow, hand shovel spilt soil back in, curse, scoop, etc.
Level patch (bottom right) is where small tomato greenhouse (previous mission from years ago) stood. Idea is to bring area down level with this. About 2ft in far top left corner down to about 1ft bottom left and top right.
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| Levelling the Land |
Why does soil expand upon contact with a shovel? You calculate a few cubic meters and end up with 5 times that.....
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| Levelled |
Ground finally levelled. Digger back without mishap.
Note to self: Buy a bigger car. Was a little tail happy towing.... whoops. And my acceleration time was 0-40mph in about 3 minutes. 1.5 litres of pure French diesel delight with a light garnish of turbo was not really up to the job.
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| The Spoil - a touch high but hoping it will sink. |
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