Although our tired tarmac driveway has needed replacing for a number of years we kept putting off replacing it until recently. A local builder was laying driveways in our area and we decided at long last that we would have ours replaced including the path up the side of our house. The path up the side of the house was less than ideal for getting the wheelie bins up and down. The slabs were too narrow and there were pebbles to either side of it causing the wheels to snag. As the pathway progressed we decided to extend it round the back of the house, enlarging our patio area slightly and replacing the the existing slabs.
Whilst the builders were laying the pavings at the back of the house they unearthed a drain access cover that we didn’t know was there!! It had been slabbed over by the previous occupants.
Now that the patio area is looking neat and tidy, two garden fairies have arrived and started to give the garden a bit of TLC that has been long overdue…
That is the classiest pathway I have seen in many a year. Clearly the builder was not one of those fly-by-night macadamists. I hope you did not give them an arm and a leg.
They did a thorough job and tidied everything up as they went along. The even tidied up the rough cement that has splurged out of the side of next doors paving when they had theirs done some years ago.
The choice of colours was mine
Beautiful Cherie. My father-in-law have worked with this all his life and he has done our drive way.
Thanks Lotta. How lovely to have a Father-in-Law that could do your drive for you. I am now having garden help from my in-laws
That is very smart Cherie. It sets off the house and garden perfectly.
Thank you
I am glad I haven’t got such large task as you have to sort out 
I actually prefer timber decking but it can be rather slippery when wet.
Brick paving is probably safer.
>I love those fan shaped trees. I have not seen anything like that before.
Oh that’s a traveller’s palm. Very common in tropical Malaysia.
I prefer slabs or brick paving over timber decking. It is safer but the reason I prefer it is because it weathers nicely and over time blends in with its surroundings
Thanks for the information about the lovely fan shaped trees
Very nice design, it looks quite smart.
Thank you