Eight and a half cubic metres wasn't, as it turned out, quite enough to do both sides as we had planned. But that's the maximum amount that you can get in the bigger mixer-lorry, so we had to manage as well as we could.
On this side, where quite a lot had to go to the back to bring up the level, we filled barrows and wheeled it to the back. Caro and Mikey are dealing with the bits we've splashed over the edge. There's nothing like a clean working area.
We needed to work quickly as the concrete seems to set ("go off", as they say) very quickly, and we had to get it as level as possible before it became too hard to work.
But it all looked very good when we'd finished.These pictures of Mikey's below were taken through the metal grille that we had put across the entrance: we have people staying with a very large dog - a leonburger - and we didn't want very large pawprints all over it.
At the back on the left there's a small gap, but I think if I get out Tony's concrete mixer and fetch a couple of trailer-loads of sand and gravel, I should be able to get that bit done one morning. The small length of blue conduit is there so I can have an electrical feed to the pit, for lights or tools. Always better than trailing leads over the floor and tripping over them.
We were in the end quite pleased with how we managed to get it "level" - that's to say, with a slight fall towards the open end of the barn, and a similar slight fall to the drain at the back.
Mikey's camera has given a bit of distortion to the pictures as far as the depth of the hangar is concerned. It isn't really quite that far from front to back. The pit is only a little off-centre between front and back, not right at the back as it appears.
The next job will be to get on with removing the bedrock from the pit, and having a last load of concrete to finish it all off properly. With what we have it will be possible to put the various cars back in there within a few days.
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