Last night I laid two bags worth of tarmac on the first section of trench. It goes down quite well, but driving a car over a plank over it doesnt seem to compact it enough, and hitting it with the back of a spade is the same, so I think before we lay any more we'll have to hire the correct vibrating compactor. Although a long plank resting entirely on new tarmac might do the job. Anyway, it was still soft this morning, so Im not sure it has been a success. We'll see how it is tonight.

The quote from Tarmac (the company) for the tarmac (the material) is about £600 for 3T to do the larger part of the drive, which is ok. Desperately need to sell the Mondeo now though!