Digging Deep

Since my last post a month ago, I've been working hard back at work and the builders have been working hard here at home. The construction of the deck has moved on significantly but there still seem to be a good few weeks of work left to do.

One of the most exciting stages so far has been the visit from a big orange digger. It was quite something to walk out of the front door and find a digger just outside the porch. It was also rather alarming to see a digger from the kitchen!

A series of deep holes were dug for the main supporting posts, carefully avoiding the septic tank, all the service pipes and cables that the builders had carefully laid a few months before and the grapefruit tree which sits within the construction zone. The only thing to suffer was the ground - there's so much mud here now that we're about ready to host Glastonbury or farm hippos.