4 Men & a lot of Water!

It started off as just 2 men, as Nik and Steve tried to connect the pipe (heaved into place by the gang the previous day) to the water tank.  The first bit of fun was getting the compression joint fitted and leak-proof.  Look what a beautiful job they did!

But the course of true water does not always run smooth and due to a funny angle, a large rock and very unforgiving pipe Miso and one of his dudes had to wade in to help to actually connect the joint to the valve.  Eventually after a rather large drill had chipped away enough of the rock to get the pipe round it, the pipe was connected.  I was palming fences on the bottom plot and could hear the rush of water in the pipe around me as the valve was opened from the tank and the 165 metres of pipe filled up.  Excitedly, Steve rushed to turn on the tap…