And so the gas saga continues....

You couldn't make it up.

On Monday the water board arrived (most efficiently as we had contacted them to suggest that they may want to come to do their bit whilst there is a hole in road) who told us that the gas pipe hadn't been laid deeply enough and that it should be no less than 450 mm down.  You can see from the next photo that we are woefully short of that measurement at 325 mm to the top of the kerb.

We e mailed the gas board yesterday and received a reply this morning telling us that it would be OK.  So we phoned them back and spoke to someone who said that they would send their inspector along to check.

However, we had barely put the phone down from this conversation when two men appeared to fill in the hole in the road - and then before they had even finished we noticed another large lorry lurking at the bottom of the hill - yes, it is the tarmac company to finish it all off.  We are of course, still waiting for the inspector!

A fine example of British workmanship and efficiency at its best.