Pipes and storms

 The title of this update says it all really.

Halil shovelling, Bekir letting the puppies out

Bekir starts chiselling through the slab

Broken clouds

First hole done

First thing Halil was filling in fully over the first pipe, that was fitted yesterday, making sure the ballast and sand was well set over the top to protect it. Angela was doing a few chores after dropping Rosie at school and the puppies heard the men arrive so Bekir let them out; they are very noisy when they want to be. Bekir then got the big drill out and began knocking holes through the cement side to allow him to fit the pipe through to the downstairs bathroom. At this time it was warm but with interesting clouds; clouds that often foretell of heavy rain. Bekir's plan was to knock a few small holes in the cement and then tunnel through between them and pull the pipe, making the task quicker and also damage the slab less.

More holes dug

More stones to be moved

Pipe in to the wall end

And out to the pump end

Securing the pipe in place

When Bekir and Halil collected the pipe yesterday they had also picked up a couple of good quality pallets for Angela who had an idea to make an easy-to-maintain garden for Rosie's plants. Today she went and got wood preservative and painted it on the first one, then worked out the size of hole that was needed to sink it in and got that started. Meanwhile Bekir was continuing to drill holes through the slab and was making good progress. Halil, for his part, shifted more large stones and began filling in past the ramp. By mid afternoon the pipe was run from the wall of the house out to where the pumps will be and Bekir and Halil were covering it fully with sand and stones and making sure it was securely in place.

The storm, before it hit

Watching the rain falling, with Rosie

And that is about where they stopped. As you can see from the three videos above a big storm blew in very suddenly indeed (though it had been building for a bit it just hit fast) and it rained heavily and without let up so I sent them home a little early. It was hammering down when Angela got back with Rosie and we spent our time reading on the balcony and then watching the rain fall.

Sunshine over Apple Tree Farm

Now, of course, it is a lovely evening. I don't think it'll be lovely over the weekend, however, though fingers crossed we can still get outside a bit.

Thanks for reading. Back Monday.