Random Blog Stuff

I just thought I'd take some time to post a few bits and bobs that I have been meaning to post, but not had the time to getting round to doing...

Anyway, heres a pic of the driveway when the slate was delivered in front off the garage. once the delivery guys came back twice and finally got it in the right place, I managed to shift 5 tons of it 'by hand'. It was totally knackering! So last Friday I got them around again to lift the last two bags up and I basically slit the bags and raked the into the position I wanted
















One man, his wheel barrow and spade, and 5 tons of slate later.















As you can see by this picture, this is what 7 tons of crushed slate looks like. I need to rake it a bit more flat, and even things out a little, but it looks really good and gives a nice little 'off road parking area'. I just have to build a couple of steps up into my 'allotment' area, and it will look nice















Also, I want to put some wrought iron gates up at the front, and I'll be building a patio area under the bathroom window (not visible on this pic). I dont think the work will ever end!

Anyway, its looking pretty good now.
















Here we have a piture of my toe. I was reading Lis's blog the other day and she had posted a pic of her foot after she broke it. I was all mankey with stitches in, and I thought I'd share with you all my minging toe. As you can see I have no big toe nail. I like to tell people that when I was captured behind enemy lines, in my job as secret agent, and tortured for information, they removed my nail to try and make me squeal.

However, ill fitting walking boots, a long walk and blood blisters are slightly more closer to the truth...(well a secret agent would say that now, wouldn't he?!)

Its my birthday tomorrow - happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me! 37 years old. Oh my god - how old is that? Presents in the form of tenner's can be posted to Lincoln :-)