"Life is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it." Tom Lehrer

A while ago Shuggy was looking for the pipe to the septic tank. He found it, breaking through one of the sections with the bucket on his digger. 

Having found it and checking that it ran all the way to the tank, it was on my to do list to effect a repair. I immediately bought a length of 6 inch pipe and two rubber connectors for clay to plastic. Two years later...

"In Scotland, I have a huge barn full of woodworking tools. I love working with my hands. I basically just make myself bleed a lot. I'm very accident-prone." Greg Wise

We're trying to reuse, recycle and incorporate as much as we can from the things we found when we first went into the Manse. Adapting and fitting this has given me a great deal of satisfaction

Unfortunately it meant moving the two sockets on the wall yet again - hopefully for the last time 

"At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time" Ovid

 So, after a quick consultation with Ovid, we agreed that now would be the proper time to evidence significant progress since the last update; not only in the kitchen but also around the outside of the house