Footings

The builder is hoping to get the building inspector in tomorrow to check the footings. His Polish lads have been digging for england through about 1 foot of top soil and 2 of clay. We have been shifting the soil to the other end of the garden to use and that was hard work - how they hump binfuls of clay into the skip all day long I don't know.

We are away for the weekend, so we may well come back to concrete instead of holes - what a relief after all the hassle of getting this far.

Ordered the boiler and tank yesterday so we get the installation information ready in plenty of time.

We also ordered the sofa and the bed! A bit keen but we didn't want to miss out if they changed model ranges... The bed is scheduled for september and and the sofa for 1st december - some targets for Geoff to go for!