In August 2002 after 18 months of wrangling with planners, architects, etc, we eventually got permission to realise Ian's long time dream of a swimming pool. "That was the easy part", the architect said with glee.
We thought he was joking - ha! We hired ourselves a baby JCB - a real life Tonka toy for the boys to play on - well I had a go too! Ian and Walter spent weeks down the garden plodding through the jungle and mud and in January we thankfully handed over to the real builders (sorry girls, not a builder's bum in sight) and gratefully I returned to my pinny and frying pan.