The making of a sandpit is a story in itself.
Digging a pit ought to have been easy, but it was not so. Sometimes the spade struck hard clay or stones, but what brought work to a standstill was a long piece of kerbstone, not horizontal but at an angle down into the soil. It was dug all around, but nothing seemed to shift it. Of course, eventually, it was removed, but it demanded some ingenuity.
Once obstacles had been excavated the hole was made square and a lining place in it.
Then it was just a matter of waiting for sand to be delivered. Those little plastic bags of play sand wouldn’t be anything like enough. When it came today, it was deposited like a giant sandcastle on the beach. (If only the children had been there!)
Some of it was removed to achieve the desired effect. The sand taken out amounted to a full sack. If four sacks were bought, how much sand is there now in the sandpit? See what maths opportunity has been missed by children not at nursery school today.
It will be like going to Camber Sands every day.