more digging, more stone

After we relevelled the driveway and ordered the 220 tonnes of stone we decided to get enough 75mm for the parking and shed areas, but need to store this. We got 30 railway sleepers to make storage areas for aggregate etc., and have placed 16 or so here to hold about 80-100 tonnes of stone ready for placement in the parking and shed areas. There is a 100m roll of curly drainage pipe in the background - we need to make sure the water draining down from the track keeps off the main parking area and have put in a top side drain with 75mm backfill as well - sort of French drain construction to take the water away to the northern edge of the plot where our main downslope drain leads down to the sea. we did this on a Sunday morning with our friend Cliffy helping shift the sleepers into position. Originally Jayne and I had shifted the 30 sleepers on to the plot from the old silage pit at South Drumachro from where they were being recycled. This hole is now filled with over 200 tonnes of stone ready for levelling, though we have to build the revetment below the two piles of blocks and shed footings first, to get the levels right.