Tuesday 26 February 2008

Day 5 - Mysterious Pipes

And it was all going so well...

Well, at least it started off well today. The Rainwater Harvester arrived as planned from Germany and, as expected, the driver didn't speak any English. But through a series of hand gestures and encouraging vowel sounds we managed just fine. Tomorrow we'll begin digging the massive hole required to house this baby.

    

However, before we get onto that, we've got to deal with the problem of the day: an unexpected leak from an ancient cast iron pipe running diagonally across the drive way.

Anglia Water don't know what or whose it is, and we can't work out where the water is coming from! We'll attempt to repair the pipe tomorrow morning and hopefully get us back on track.

Man the pumps!