Cooking on Gas - monday 11th

Another busy day ahead - Monday morning brings its own challenges as the work begins in earnest, and this list of jobs to do gets ever bigger....

The first task was to order another 5 pallets of blocks and another ton of sand - I had wildly underestimated the amount of blocks we will need. i reckon now there will be 2,000 blocks, about 20 tonnes of sand and at the last count Nigel has mixed his 170th cement mix; all by hand!

Nigel doubles as domestic goddess on site, putting his cement mixing skills to good use by making tea for the troops - and guarding his washing up liquid with a passion.

Today we put most of the big trees in place (more of this later), and have made great progress; its cold in the marquee, and very windy outside, so im glad we are undercover.

The boys from Forest were with us, assembling the buildings and painting like fury - it makes it so much easier to paint in-situ, and before the plants go into place, so this work has to be completed by Tuesday night.

By the end of the day my head is spinning with the tasks we have to complete - and who will do it. I can mull this over on the train home, ready for the Staging Team Briefing first thing Tuesday morning.