(Updated 2007-09-25)

I'm having a business line installed so I can work from home more easily.

As our telephone line comes in underground, and because the 2nd pair isn't connected back to the junction box, digging is required to make a join.

Well, after the initial guess proved inaccurate, the engineers ordered a second hole to be dug.

However, I didn't expect this to be the next stage of the operation.

Looks as though I'm back to where I started.

Update 25 Sep 2007

A new hole: