Ground works

The first outing in earnest for 'La mini-pelle'. The area next to the ruin will at some stage be used for parking the car, but the entrance to it isn't wide enough to allow for the front of the car as it swings in. So, in a break between showers I started to learn how to operate the digger. It's a bit like rubbing your tummy whilst patting your head. I guess at some stage you stop having to think about what lever operates what, but I'm not there yet. However we did manage to move some of the compost heap and made the area wider. And of course I had to try it out. We feel that we still need to remove some of the front of the compost heap so that we aren't too close to the ruin. The idea is that we can drive in frontwards, and then reverse out up the hill, but the car is too close to the ruin at the moment. But the ground is quite wet and the showery weather looks to continue for at least another week, so we'll wait before we try again. More driving lessons to come.