The main internal job was the ceiling, which was never going to work with plasterboard - me on my own, trying to lift 8x4-foot boards overhead and attach them, meanhile taking the lighting into account, was a disaster waiting to happen! As it turned out, the far better choice was timber cladding - it's cheap, easy to fit, and I'd done most of the ceiling in the back section of the shed in about a day. And I have to say it looks great, particularly with some nice new round UFO-style lights, replacing the original bulb holders.
Outside, and I've built some more trellis, joining the gaps with a continuous line down one side. I had to correct a post which was slightly out of line (don't ask how that happened) which involved digging out the concrete (smashing it with a club hammer and bolster chisel) and re-filling it, a job I don't want to repeat any time soon.
The major work, however, was the trench for the electricity cable. This has to be 750mm (measure that out - it's DEEP!) and the garden is about 50m long, so this was a huge task. As it turned out, the best method is to dig all the way down to a spade's depth, then go back and do another spade's depth, and so on until it's all done. I did start off with a small section at the full depth, but progress is so slow that it's demoralising - much better to do the whole trench at once, going deeper each time.
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