Finally!

Broken water pipes and a road of potholes and trenches.

Thats been the story of our little cul de sac for the past 3 years

Fountains provided daily water to the wild goats

 

After endless pipe patching all the piping from one end to the other was eventually replaced. 

The goats moved on to other water sources.  I had got used to them making strange noises in the night while clambouring up the wall and pruning our lemon trees. I miss them. 

When pipes were laid and trenches closed we were promised the road would be tar sealed and we waited. 

Local elections gave us a change of Mayor. 

Same story. Next Monday, next week. 

Maybe they'd concrete the house entrances instead.

 Well, last week the bulldozer arrived and edges were smoothed out.  All the trees hanging over walls were severely pruned. I was so happy about that. Dodging overhanging branches while riding a motorbike can be a bit dicy, especially when road edges are an obstacle course. 

We parked the car at the top of the road. K made many phone calls to neighbours and kept everyone up to date with developments. 

It didn't happen quite on the day it was supposed to. But the road was finally covered in tar and sealed. 

Just look at this!! 

It took the 2 councils over 3 years to solve our wee problem but it's done. 

All thanks to K I might add. If he hadn't phoned them weekly over those years, accosted Mayor's and Councillors, accused them of treating us like 2nd class citizens, then the goats would still be enjoying their watering hole and we would be worrying about water metres and grumbling about water waste. 

It was all done in one day by a cheerful crew in blistering midday sun. K hovered to make sure it was all done correctly. By late afternoon we were driving over it. No melting tar, no dirty sandals. 

The road, without the hanging branches and with a smooth seal out to the edges is half as wide again. 

5 households have every reason to say 

'Bravo'