At 80 feet, just as the Water Diviner predicted, the earth coming out took on a damp appearance. Water had been found, hurray, Jeff heaved a sigh of relief.
A further 10ft was excavated to create a chamber for the water to collect in and the drilling was completed and the huge machine folded down ready for the road.
Then began the process of lowering the concrete lining cylinders into place. They dropped in all the cylinders that had been delivered but more were needed and as it was now 6.30pm they called it a day and the job rolled on into a 3rd day.
Tuesday, at 10am the men returned, along with a lorry carrying more cylinders. The first thing to happened was the junior member of the team being sent down the well shaft on a rope!
This was because the last cylinder placed in shaft had not seated properly and this young man not only had to hang on to the rope with one hand but pull the cylinder into alignment with the other!!
It was not long before this part of the process was completed and we were left with a very crude looking well as the drilling team drove away.
Next to arrive was a lorry load of rocks. These were to be used to dress the well and create some ethnic walls around the garden.
However, they needed to be broken down into smaller pieces before they could be used and in the heat of the day one of the men swung his pick axe and broke these rocks down. He looked as though he a member of the chain gang from the local penitentiary! Very slowly the garden is taking shape.
That evening we had invited friends and neighbours around to meet the Kelseys, so the afternoon was spent preparing salads, shade and seating areas - and once we had all this food in the fridge, the power went off. Hey, this is the TRNC! There were about 20 of us altogether and we had a lovely evening together.
So we were now at the stage where the well looks pretty, but is not functioning yet. A pump and electrics need to be put in place - which I am sure will take time......
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