Finally, after more than a year of planning and waiting for the builder to be available, the construction of our shed has begun. The parts for the shed were delivered a couple of weeks ago. The digger arrived a few days ago. The road up to the shed was being built this week.
First, he has to level the land for the foundation and build a road so the big trucks with the cement can get up the hill. This will be the second time we built a road there (I'm still furious at the previous builder who then bulldozed the road after the trucks were done during the initial build.)
Then they build the foundation and start assembling the shed with steel girders, poured concrete walls and corrugated sheeting. I can't wait to be able to move all the crap that's in the garage and the house into the shed. It's been driving me completely mad to be living in such a mess of stuff for the vineyard, the bees and everything else.
Meanwhile, with the digger here, Alex took advantage and brought up two sections of the dock for our 'tasting platform' area above the vineyard. It's as a scenic picnic area. We're using the old dock that Nadim gave Meike after he bought a new one for the island. It's been falling apart for years. The rest of it will save us a ton of money as the timber will be used to build the loft in the shed. All good. I hope it all works out as planned.
Andrii, a Ukrainian whose young family is living in Newport but he is staying with us temporarily, was helping Alex. I've been working with the County Council to get them settled together in a house not far from Westport. We got the word today, that they will be getting their house next week. Yippee. Another family will have been accommodated.
