"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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Davids advice not to spend a fortune seems reasonable, if you want the
exercise what about a diaphram pump often used as bilge pumps for small
boats, pumps on both strokes.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

Not sure a bilge pump is designed to lift water 8 feet or more!
Generally only lifts water a foot or two.
Manual pumping out bilges is also extremely hard work.

This type of electric pump from Argos etc.
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/st...ay?storeId=100
01&langId=-1&catalogId=1001&productId=63628
or
http://tinyurl.com/j2pn
is probably the kind of thing you need to do the job effectively.

I don't know if £50 is a fortune but this seems designed to do the job you
are planning.

HTH
Dave R