DIGGING (3)

I have reached the other side of the barn. The closer I got, the more muddy and swamp-like the ground became. I guessed that it was because the drain was blocked at some point, and this turned out to be true. I have now unblocked it, and the water is gurgling happily into the pipes on the other side of the barn wall, on its way to the paddock and eventually the sea.

I am going to let the trench drain for a day or two, before joining up the last section tomorrow or Thursday. I just have to hope it doesn't rain again before then.

Walter Blotscher