Did the earth move for you?

Friday night we had a slippage of earth from the bank excavated for the garage. A fair bit of earth has slumped into a trench prepared for the foundations giving our builders a clear up job ready for the cement delivery that is due to arrive this coming Monday afternoon.

A collapsed bank... not more quantitative easing?

The important thing is that nobody was hurt, the problem is that it isn't all that easy to clear up the mess. The damage is on the far side of the hole which is now impossible to get to with the JCB. We may be able to lower a small digger into the pit with a bigger digger and get the spill out that way.

The recovery operation

The other problem is safety. Aside from the risk of falling earth into wet foundations we need to sure up the bank to make the site safe for the builders to start laying blocks. We've had torrential rain today and everywhere is flooded which is only going to add to our difficulties.