The problem area was in a corner, hidden from the main courtyard by the outdoor toy storage and shaded by trees and a nursery playroom. It was also next to a fence, which was, unfortunately, too easily scaled by vandals. So we were restricted in what we could put there. Benches and equipment not cemented into the ground just gave an easy exit to intruders.
We wrote to local DIY shops asking for donations, and B&Q agreed to donate about 3.5m by 3m of decking. Our deputy's husband was 'persuaded' to lay it. He dug a deep trench, pounding it even. On top he laid polythene and then a bed of gravel, and could easily have laid the decking on that, but being a perfectionist, he bedded it down on posts and concrete.
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