After yesterday’s disaster, I was a little nervous to continue. At the same time, I really wanted to achieve something so we set to work early in the morning (not my idea mind you!)

We started by boring the remaining for holes and staying very clear of the water pipes. We dug the holes close to the pipes by hand one of which was literally “by hand.” I used the garden trowell to dig out a 600mm post hole closest to the main supply pipe. I wasn’t going to risk another explosion of fresh drinking water.

Once they were done, J. guided me through lining up the stump and cementing it in. I worked through the rest of the day carefully lining up, leveling and cementing in two rows of stumps, 12 in total. It was tough work on the back yet incredibly rewarding.

There is a great deal of satifaction to be gained by working with your whole body to create something. It’s nothing like writing the perfect piece of software. The feeling is less ethereal and much more basic. I think it’s the fact that you can stand back and actually see what you have built. This type of satisfaction is something which is really lacking in the IT work. Even in web development, there is no way to really experience the work which has gone into creating a site.

I’m really looking forward to getting the bearers on and finally laying down the decking boards. Not because that’s one of the last things to completion, but because I quite enjoy that detail type of work. In some way, the perfection at that level I can relate easily to.

Tomorrow, I will hopefully get the remaining three rows of stumps in, or at least another two.