March 14th

Today was the day for the cement pourage! had to help pops put down a mesh steel base, then fit steel bars into the cement to make a super strong strusture for the retaining wall. Loved walking on the squishy cement- nearly ranks up there with squashing grapes barefoot! The cement pump lorry broke down, so they sent us another team that had to come up from heathrow, so a wee delay, then all went swimmingly- they were a lovely team. unfortunately due to the incline to the plot, they had to wash out the excess cement onto the public road, which we then hosed down and scrubbed, but it still resulted in me being acosted by a neighbour asking why the street was so "messy" i informed her that the weekend's forecasted rain would tidy it up again :-P