True to form, when things are really busy yours truly gets even busier. So the site left by the removal of the donkey house has been due a facelift for some time.
So on the hottest day of the year some serious kit arrived
and the site cleared and prepped for concrete.
Whilst the big toys are here
the other big jobs get some attention.
RRMK2 had a go on the tracked wheelbarrow
while I got to grips with the controls of the mini digger.
I gave myself a wide area in which to practice.
The site cleared
the floor dug out for the new bike shed, as in new bike shed not new bike shed, he bikes are not new.
A ramp created up onto the runway.
The drain dug for the new stable.
This is not how I left the mini digger, I believe some children may have been playing. In their defence they were left unsupervised.
Small big jobs got done too, here we see railway sleepers used to make a raised bed and steps, the soil from the digging by the kennels.
By now things were looking good and nothing had gone wrong. Which is when the small god of breaking stuff arrived and the track came off the dumper, not a real problem as I spotted this was happening and moved it to a place where it would not cause drama. The hire company said they would bring a new one, cue the sound of a reversing lorry, yes the concrete had arrived. No way for new dumper to get here, so time to man up and barrow 4.5 metres of mixed concrete to the place its needed.
This was hard work
but within 64 minutes the man test was passed. Concrete laid, smoothed and ready for the next phase.
Thats right, horse prints. Will.I.Am was lurking and as I sought a much needed cuppa he sprang
leaving his mark. Or marks.
No point crying over the stable door bolting so instead we went for a picnic with Chinese food as a reward for my hard work.
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