'Twas on a Monday morning when the gas man came to call........

Almost the entire road has been involved with this week's drama - because the gas board didn't have any idea where the mains supply is situated in the road.  They began to dig a hole in the road just outside our property and carried on ... and carried on .... and carried on - in fact until they reached the other side.  

The gas men (who couldn't have been nicer or more polite and helpful to our long-suffering neighbours - everytime someone wanted to pass by they had to stop digging and cover the trench with a ramp) returned this morning to dig deeper and finally struck 'gold'. Here we have two plumbers vans, a red van from Reeves, and two vans with trailers from the gas board all crowding in on our neighbours and their visitors.  When the chap in the blue jacket arrived to give us a quote for tarmac he just simply parked his car where it is.

Anyhow, the good news is that now the connection has been made, the trench will be filled in sometime in the next five working days and then we will be able to apply for someone to come to fit us with a metre - then we will finally be able to test the heating system.

Meanwhile, Reeves' groundworks chaps are back and things are certainly tidying up:

A fence with a retaining wall behind,
on the boundary between us and Woodview

Caselle garage is now secure with an 'up and over' door,
a side door and a window at the rear.

A retaining wall at the side of the Caselle drive,
which will eventually be rendered to match the garage wall.

The lovely Pete (who has a wicked sense of humour),
apprentice Kevin with Pete's son, Andy, waving in the background.
(They are building steps out of the rear door of the Caselle garage).