More Frustration

The ongoing saga of the fence . . .
I decided that I would try a metal fence support. This consists of a long metal spike which you drive into the ground with a sledgehammer. On top of it is a cup to hold the base of the wooden post. I dutifully hurt my back swinging the sledgehammer at the spike to drive it into the ground and when it was about two-thirds into the ground it decided to bend!
Shit!
But . . . all is not lost. With a lot of effort I was able to extract the now-useless spike. Then I used the deformed spike itself as a post-hole digger - having loosened the earth and broken through several tree roots.
So - back to Plan A which involves digging a hole, inserting the post and pouring concrete around the base of it.
No problem.
Plain sailing from hereon in . . .
Trouble is, as usual on my holidays, it's pissing down with rain yet again so there's no way I can use concrete because it would all be washed away before it set.
But there's always tomorrow . . .