House crushed down, country locked down

[H] Today is Monday and today the crusher arrived. The whole house, or rather the pile of rubble that was the house, was crushed down to small pieces so that we can use it as hardcore around the site. It means that none of it needs to be transported off site or put in to landfill. In fact, from the entire house and garage, including all the fixtures and fittings, we have only filled two builders’ skips (8 cubic yards each) with rubbish. Everything else has been recycled or will be re-used.

By the end of the day the big digger had disappeared behind a very, very large pile of crushings.

The new coronavirus epidemic is making its presence felt in the UK with the government last week advising that we should now avoid non-essential contact with others and stop all unnecessary travel. Not everyone was listening though, with many tourist spots, our valley included, being inundated with visitors this weekend. This evening Boris Johnson has announced that, from tonight, we are officially ‘in lockdown’ – everyone must now stay at home, normal life is to cease. It was a sobering moment and I have to confess feeling a little anxious about what lies ahead. We have no idea how bad this will get or how long it will last. Obviously work can’t continue as we’d planned but hopefully we can start up again in a few weeks’ time. In the meantime stay safe everyone.