Digging a hole - part 1

...where the rain gets in. 

We have been advised not to let the rainwater run under the house where it might leak and create damage. 

So we have the option to have a storage tank, and that we will do later in a corner of the garden, or the other option is to dig a big hole in the ground and fill it with stones and let the water seap into the ground from there. 

So today I started digging. This may take a while...

It was the chance to try out my birthday present, the blue pick-axe on the left of the picture.