The Bulk of the Pond

We had to use the headlamp, mounted on the side of the digger's boom, in order to get there, but we've finished the main digging of the pond tonight.

It's taken all day, but we've made the ramp from the apple, the deep section across the middle, and the large shelf around the back, as well as cutting the planting pocket that will soften the retaining wall, and tried to create the shelf on which the wall will be built. It's going to take, probably, most of another day to check the levels and tidy up the sides, but the bulk of the hole is now dug.