Lockdown Diary 10

And it is finally done and finished…

It was over a year ago that we went into lockdown. It was over a year ago that I dug out the sloping garden with a spade and a hearty smile. So this was the process:

It was a case of digging out the sloping lawn by hand to start with.
All dug out, sleepers installed, lawn levelled behind sleepers, grass seed down and makeshift scarecrow erected.
Starting to build the Pergola.
This first wood construction was HEAVY!
First two sides put up. We needed a third adult to help here – thanks, Hans.
We were going to need a third person to lift this into the holes for poles I dug.
With collection of free gravel (twice) and some “postcrete” the batons under the decking were levelled, and quality controlled… thanks, Tash.
I knew there had to be a better use for these dumbass covid testers… they were the…