Electrics and Driveway

It is late as I sit down to write this update; Angela and I have just finished watching The Fellowship of the Ring, as part of our tradition at Christmas of watching all of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings in the week before Christmas. What a fun evening but now to quickly type up about today.

Plugs going on the wall again

Our truck on the weighbridge

Halil and I get stuck into the pile of stones

The men were in slightly early today and first thing they went back to wiring up plugs in the workshop. Angela and I had a language lesson and after that I went with Bekir to try and find tiles for the workshop floor (we failed) and then try and get roadstone for the driveway which was becoming very muddy and slippery to drive on. We were successful in this but had to go back down after lunch with a truck which we hired from our usual stone supplier. The particular stones we wanted came direct from the quarry but the quarry doesn't delivery. After lunch we went back down and waited while the first load of stones was loaded into the hired truck. The video above shows the delivery as the driver attempted to empty and spread the stones for us. It was very difficult to do however he did pretty well I think. We ended up with three deliveries today and each time he got a little better at the technique. After this first delivery Bekir road back with him in the truck while Halil and I got the shovels and started spreading. We got into a very good rhythm and worked really well together however it was very hard work which I'm not used to really and now I am aching.

Beautiful clouds as we work

Halil shifting very heavy rolls of fencing

Nearing the end of the day

We had almost finished spreading the first load when the second truck arrived and so we carried on and on until the third truck appeared. It was good to get out helping, I really like to be stuck in personally in this build and not being able to most of the time is frustrating so today was a good day indeed. After the third delivery Bekir stayed and helped with the shovelling; I was moving some stones by wheelbarrow when another delivery arrived; finally our fencing for the chicken enclosure. Angela had to go collect Rosie in Thomas (who I had parked on the lane as the stones were in the way) but when she got back we had shifted enough that she could drive up onto the land. By the end of the day it was clear we would be needing another truckload of stones to complete down by the gate, and also put some more up near the house. We will arrange that tomorrow.

What a very satisfying day that was. Tomorrow will be the last day the men are here before Christmas. Thanks for reading.