It has been raining for a few days and has damaged my drainage trenches a bit. I have to start work by removing the sodden clay and water from the trenches.
I lay geotextile in the trenches, stretch the drainage pipe over it and backfill with gravel to a height that will allow me to wrap the geotextile on gravel - this creates a tight sleeve that will protect the gravel from silting up.
Every 20 metres I install inspection sumps through which I will be able to clean the drainage pipe every year.
The whole job took me five days, the drainage is 105 metres long and I manually moved 57 tonnes of gravel to backfill it.
Finally, I make steps in the slope out of damaged foundation logs taken out of our house.

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00:00 I clean the excavation of the rain-sodden clay.
04:03 I stretch the geotextile, lay the drainage pipe and start backfilling with gravel.
08:47 I install the inspection manhole.
11:26 I finish the first line of drainage.
14:42 I throw the electrical cable into the trench. First 20 tonnes of gravel poured into the drainage.
15:47 I make the second section of drainage.
18:10 I level the driveway for camping trailer.
20:37 A tour of the immediate surroundings of the habitat.
22:56 How to make brackets for the geotextile.
27:19 I level the area and spread gravel on the road
27:45 I make the last 20m section of drainage.
29:59 I make steps on the slope from foundation logs taken out of the house.
34:57 A tour of our habitat.