Heatwave..

Well here we are in the middle of a heatwave which I must admit I'm loving! Highs of 29 degrees here in Pebworth. Its making caravan living very nice indeed and I know we'll look back and remember 'that summer!'

We are making great progress on site as you may expect and despite the fact that Paul our builder is melting in the digger he's just steaming ahead! Literally!

The photos below show that in a mater of days we have gone from quite a high ground level to foundations being dug.

We have now had 46 lorries at 20 tonnes per lorry taken away - incredible!! 

During the dig we have uncovered some treasures too and in the photo below you can see ammonites, bones, rusty metal (these will feature later in some fabric dyeing!) and lots of broken china, again I will use these to make some feature or another in the garden.

The bones are too big to be a pet dog (great dane?) and too small to be cattle or horses (confirmed by Andy the farmer) so we wonder what or whom they are......!!!!!  

We have had some lovely feathered visitors on site too: After I filled the feeders with Niger seed and sunflower hearts we've been invaded by gold finches - Lovely!
Difficult to get a good picture but heres one of the parent birds we have a flock of 6 in total.

 Heres my Dad on the 'heap' he's really enjoying coming over to oversee the progress! How big?!!

Last weekend we went to a church fundraising BBQ event in the village. It was held at Pebworth Manor a stunning house and garden that enjoys the most incredible views! It was a very drunken affair with lots of nice food and we met lots of lovely welcoming people. 
This was the stunning sunset... 

So as I leave you I'm sitting in the garden watching our mini swimming pool fill up, cold drink in hand - Concrete is coming tomorrow morning so we'll have foundations proper! Its all very exciting and I feel really lucky to be on site as project manager  which at the moment is a really easy job! 

Long may this sunny weather continue and i'll be back soon

Wendi x