Groundworks - how hard can it be?

We had a go at laying a new drive across the front of 34 Yaxham Road.

Simple in principle - dig it out, lay fabric,lay hard core, compact it and dress with clean gravel.

Pile of concrete after breaking up the old slab outside the front door before collection by a grab lorry.

Martin on the digger before Sarah took over and demoted him to the wheelbarrow.

5 tonnes of (recycled) crushed concrete looks like this - wonder if we got any of our concrete back?

Recycle the old gravel? Too dirty.

What we need is a machine to sift it (before washing it).

We built this from roller skate wheels and plastic crates from the fruit and veg shop.