Garden office - day 1

We ordered the pea shingle required for the rapid grid base, and that's currently sat on the drive. Next step was to move the tortoise run and raised bed. First thing was to mark out the required base area, which we did using the green tomato canes from last year, and after a bit of squaring up, were comfortable with the area we were aiming for.

Next task was to move the torts run, so dismantled the top retainer layers of the beds, cleared the area to the left of the oak post and set up a bottom layer. Having  put a sheet of mesh under the turf when we originally made the tortoise run (to stop the girls from digging their way out) we decided to fold the turf over and lift the whole lot off, and after a little bit of root tearing it came off really well. We then transferred the soil to the new location, then replaced the turf. Went really well, and we decided to leave the top retaining wall off to allow full sun access (yes, I know that's funny because we're in the UK and we don't get winter sun) so the grass would recover.
That was our first morning.
In the afternoon, I rearranged all the fencing/fenceposts left over from other summer projects and placed the second raised bed to the right of the oak post. I dumped the two remaining grobags into it, harvested the peanuts (yield=0) and proceeded to dig out the marked base.
First thing I found was the rear container beam from the original teepee. It was in exactly the right place for the RH end, but I don't think it's on the right line, so will be a problem for tomorrow. While cutting the edges of the base and digging out, I realised how irritating ivy is as a ground cover plant, and discovered a LOT of tree roots.
An axe is a marvellous tool.
Gave up around half past three, having filled the lower level of the raised bed to around 80% full, pulled a lot of ivy roots out and dropped them in to my "vegitation bag" and hacked a few more roots out.
Tired now. Time to stop.