Just an update..

Back garden is coming on really well but I abandoned the plan of gravel planting out the front. Not going to happen because under the black membrane is yet more hard packed ancient gravel and it's too hard for us to dig. So next Spring I'm getting a biggish raised bed made for there. Once again many thanks for all lovely help and encouragement from you lot
Pic of the back:

 

That looks lovely
Do you find the gravel difficult to walk on ... ?

 

Yes! I think the husband got carried away and laid it too thick. But there's nowhere else to put it and anyway we're too decrepit to try Here's what it was like when we moved in:

 

Ive never tried it but you can get a substance that you pour onto loose gravel to stabilise it to some extent.

I'm assuming it's some kind of glue and how effective it is, I wouldn't like to say.

 

It is lovely and very inviting.

 

Cement, it's called cement!

 

A lovely improvement and the shade of the garden furniture brings every thing together


so relaxing

 

Not for retrofitting ?
Such as this:
www.rescoresin.co.uk/products/resinco-resin-bound-binder-uvr-resin-7-5-kg?currency=GBP&variant=43178319708374

 

Not what I was thinking about.

 

This is what I had seen, or similar, as I say not perfect and never tried it.
Amazon.co.uk