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Today Dad came over and we worked on getting some of the last work done on the garden. We started by trimming all of the trees back near the shed and house border. We then moved onto fitting the seats around the circle, we got a nice tight fit but also added some expanding glue to really help them not moved. We then worked on moving the bin store and then cladding it in the 6x1 to match the shed. We had to do some work on the doors to make everything fit but it turned out really well, like a mini version of the shed. We then got all the rubbish left over and took it to the tip. I gave the hedges on the front a cut and Ethan helped me clean up and then Rachel and Ethan put down some grass seeds in the bold patches.

Today Rachel, Ethan and I went to AirHop Warwick. We had never been before but it had trampolines, slides, foam pits, dodgeball court and a soft play. We had a great time jumping and going on the slides. In the evening we made pizzas which turned out lovely.

It has been 16 years since Rachel and I went on our first date, so we decided to go out for dinner together tonight. We went to Zizzis and had a lovely meal. We couldnt decide on dessert so we nipped to the shops on the way home and got some.

Today Dad, Ethan, Thomas and I went to the Brampton Valley Way in Northampton for a bike ride. It was once a disused railway but now can be used as a bike way. The ride was good, the tunnel was closed and we were sent on a diversion, which we then got lost trying to follow the signs and ended up riding all the way through Market Harborough, in the end we had to turn around and head back the way we came, in the end we nearly did 15 miles. Afterwards we went to McDonalds for some lunch and in the evening we went to Nandos.

I started my new job at The Learning Pool today. They had sent me a new M5 MacBook Pro which I got up and running with my setup after the upgrade. I had a day of meetings and forms to fill out. I am looking forward to new challenges.

Dad came over today to help on the garden. We started off by laying all of the new boarder blocks and then haunching all of the blocks that we had laid before to stop them from moving. Dad then relayed the slabs while I cut out all of the dead grass and replaced it with new turf. We also lowered the manhole that was sticking up in the garden so we don't trip over it.

Ethan and I went to March House farm today to go on their 165m slip & slide. We had a fantastic hour going down the slip and slide on 1 person rings, 2 person rings and bodyboards. The sun was out so we didn't get too cold either, we would definitely go again.

Today we went to the Cosmic Golf Experience at Leicester Golf Centre. The course was quite new and had a dyed river running through it. Once of the holes was really cool as you got to hit the ball into the stream and then it would be filtered out near the hole.

When building the pergola I had ran some 4 core armoured cable, so today I mounted 2 5.25inch Herdio outdoor speakers and ran the cable to them, I then got that cable into the garage and wired it up to a 300 watt rack mounted amplifier. I tested it out and the speakers sound great.

I ran an armoured power cable to the pergola and mounted a waterproof double socket to it so that we can have lights there. I also wired up some lights in the soon to be seats. Once I had connected the cable up to the existing outdoor armoured cable I gave them a test and they all worked.