Recycled drive

Whilst we were in the middle of the build a friend's parents had a new patio laid to replace their old one. When we heard that they had several hundred old block paviours to get rid of as a result we were quick to offer them a home. More than two years later the block paviours that have taken up valuable space in our garage are finally going to be used to form our drive. All being well this'll happen this weekend once we've installed the drainage, levelled the sub base and put down a layer of sharp sand.

There are still plenty of things on the To-do list at Hillside, but laying the drive is the last major hard-landscaping work at the front of the house, making it look complete and getting rid of the last area of mud that we've lived with since we moved back two years ago!