I completed the electrics under the ground here a couple of weeks ago. This meant I could carry on and complete the covering with membrane and many, many, many wheelbarrows full of gravel. If you want to lose weight quickly I can recommend the wheelbarrow diet – it’s simple just take 50 barrows a day up a steep slope!! 
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Summer House electrics
So here’s the back level of the garden finally levelled out:
Next job is to cover this with membrane and then a lot of gravel (not looking forward to borrowing all that up the hill!!). Eventually there will be a Summer House/Workshop type building on this space. However before I can cover the ground I need to run the electrics in. So that involves some work in this corner:
In order to comply with current building regs garden electrics need to be buried quite deep in the ground. Hence this trench:
Having lined the bottom of the trench with pea shingle to help drainage it’s then time to run the conduit and armoured cables in the trench:
More pea shingle secures and protects the electrics:
Extra protection is provided by old paving slabs on top of the shingle:
Finally some warning tape goes on top of the slabs to warn any future diggers:
I now need to fill in the final trench with some earth and some more warning tape just below the surface. It’s a lot of work these days running garden cables!!