10th October 2011 at 01:50AM

Busy last few days.... the drive is shorter than getting to Bormio but it is still a bit of a mission. Tristan decided we should get the ferry and that was our first mistake, it just drags the day out. Tunnel every time from now on.

So we arrived here on Thursday night, with another van packed full of 'boom boxes', wax kits and the odd door or shower unit. It was a cross between Bartletts and B&Q.

First thing on Monday morning the guy from Hieronymous fitness arrived with our new gym flooring, the first for the cardio room - light weight, slightly cushioned and easy to cut. Myself and Roy got that one down in no time - though the edges of the room did take a while. Some of the gym kit arrived too so the room below just needs the rest of the cardio/core kit to arrive plus the mirrors and it will be finished!

Next up came the weights room. Now the flooring for this room is extremely dense in order to absorb the force of dropping the weights, however this meant that the 10m x 2m roll weighed in at just over 200kg. Originally we left it outside, but eventually plucked up the courage to try and move it downstairs.... myself and Roy nearly ended up as 2-dimensional cardboard cut-out type figures but we managed to roll/twist/grind the flooring downstairs. Once the power-rack, rubber dumbbells and mirrors arrive, the room below will also be finished!

In the midst of the flooring arriving and being laid, we had Andy Crane out from ABC to put a false wall and sliding door in the senior boys room. 2 days work was squeezed into 22 hours and at about 2am Saturday morning after about our 10th cup of tea we finally managed to get to bed....... i think you will all agree the finished job looks absolutely awesome!

And last but not least..... I managed to get the dartboard up after finally clearing all of the odd doors and cabinets out of the video room - note the extra wall protection - Bob the builder eat your heart out.

Lots done in just 3 days and i have even (if only 5 mins ago) replied to everyone's emails. Head Children's Coach, Benn Hall will arrive tomorrow so that we can go over all of the Ambition plans and programs for a few days before kicking off in little over a week at Haus-Tirol.

The website for the Hotel is www.haus-tirol.at, we are yet to change much but i am sure you will all enjoy the music as much as me ;-)

Enjoy,

Marc.