Days 83 and 84


K here at 8am ready to get on with doors architraving etc. He pops out to Jewsons and get bits and is here till 2ish.

Doorframes and lobby cupboard are coming along a treat....

C and S pop in for coffee and catch up - everyone shares their opinions regarding decking etc. I find it hard to imagine so we'll see what the builders think is the best solution.

Carrot soup (homemade of course) for lunch - very nice!

J helps P sort out getting SKY working in the sitting room....pretty much sorted - a 'matrix thing' is to be ordered.

Bit of a crisis in the East Wing.....the thermostat in the main room had been turned up such that the boiler was trying to pump water through the underfloor pipes, but they are not connected. Crisis averted by turning thermostat down - we await to see if ant damage to pump. Big Ian consulted - he is cross that it was touched, but none of us can recollect doing it - are we going mad? We stop it for a while, but it then starts screeching! James turns the whole heating system off and Jack the plumber calls P and guides him through isolating the underfloor heating - it seems that the sparkies may have connected something too soon. Oh dear!

I am off to see Amchor sing Brahms requiem with S at St Marys .

UPDATE:

I return from the concert and on inspection the pump is still hot and making a noise - the only solution is to turn the whole heating system off - Big I and J to be emailed in the morning.

The problematic pump..

And, concert was good, orchestra loud, brass section particularly, but all agreed to be a fair rendition. Lovely harmonies. Bit of a to do at the end, as one of Gran's friends in the choir keels over at the applause section. Call for first aider as everyone gets up to go. Knowing that James is on his way to collect us, I go and offer his assistance, but there is another Dr already there. Poor C looks very pale and ill. We see an ambulance turn up as we leave. General conclusion is that it is a 'long stand' for someone in his 80's. Hope he is OK - he was so welcoming to us when we arrived and showed us to our seats with tales of barn dances with Gran back in the day!

So, today will be Cold Sunday - good job we have a nice new log burner!

I make lovely ginger loaf, S and D pay their weekly site visit and they catch up on J's movements!

Go out to get poinsettias - starting to get the festive spirit!

We have no heating, it is getting colder so log fire is on. P finds the manual to the newly installed thermostat in the extension, and discovers it is programmed to come on automatically. So, it shouldn't have been connected. SIGH! IDIOTS!

Wolves v Sunderland on next - should have been there today but glad I stayed behind to spend time with James, much more important!