More digging

We had another go at digging along the water pipe to make it easier to maintain, and Sammy dug out the area behind a water tank to stop debris rolling down the slope in bad weather into the water. He also came across another water cock under there, which was the one for the pipe to the household kitchen. Digging became less fun and in the end we resolved to change over to the black plastic pipe that is much more resilient to freezing sunlight and exposure to the elements in general. So we had a quick shopping trip and bought some sushi and whatnot for lunch. I had cut off a smidgen of pipe to try for size and we found some compression fittings to connect the disparate lengths of pipe that had been left for dead along the route to the tank. One of the fittings had no little rubber O ring in it at one end, so we got that one for 25% off in the hope it would be possible to manufacture something at home.
As usual Sammy went in to piano mode as the evening drew in and the Saturday Skype sessions were over.