Author Archives: Digby Young

SUNDAY, 22nd August At last, the partition is up and ready for every joint to be filled before starting on the waterproofing. However, I see another trench or two in my future! The grey-water trench is not too bad, only … Continue reading →

Friday 20th August Yeah well, what was it some apprentice country bumpkin said about Plans? The Eskom Ditch began to feel as though I was challenging Ferdinand de Lesseps shovel for shovel. Eventually I decided to do a few meters … Continue reading →

9th August 2010 “Har-de-har-de-har” indeed! A day’s worth of frantic activity crammed into seven. The brusque young man at Wimpie’s omitted to tell me that they had no gypsum board in stock. Of course they were going to wait until … Continue reading →

2nd August 2010 “Plans are what you think you’ll be doing before Reality grabs hold of you….” Well, an eventful few weeks – relatively speaking. I had several marathon consultations with Vic the Builder. After three trips to Boggy mansion, … Continue reading →

18th July 2010 Sunday afternoon 16h00 – the first chance I’ve had to sit down and write about the past week. Left rather later on Tuesday than planned, but I was determined not to get fussed about it… Car loaded … Continue reading →