The Foundation

Front View, originally uploaded by Robbi Baba.

All ready to go. The black things on the sides are post holders, driven deep into the subsoil. These will hold timber bamboo posts for the awning.
This was far and away the worst batch of urbanite I've ever worked with. Very few pieces had flat sides, so we ended up having to slope the edges up. Basically a pile of rubble.
We built it up fairly high so we wouldn't have to make as much cob for the seat.