31 July 2020
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… but planning is indispensable, is a quote attributed to Dwight Eisenhower. Experience says it makes a lot of sense. Before moving in, I measured each of the rooms and our main furniture items and worked out where each would … Continue reading
30 July 2020
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We’ve got a radiator in the kitchen that seems set for problems – a narrow distance from the wall, two feed pipes going either direction from the centre at the bottom and not much clearance from the skirting. So, when … Continue reading
29 July 2020
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Saturday evening’s announcement that, from the early hours of the following day, all travellers arriving in the UK from Spanish territories, would have to self-isolate left many surprised and more dismayed. We can’t accuse the Government of acting slowly or … Continue reading
28 July 2020
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Yesterday was another busy day in the new house. The most stressful part of the day was the start of it, as I knew the Virgin Media installer would be round sometime between 8am and 1pm and we’d ended up … Continue reading
26 July 2020
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All packed and ready for the lads with the removal van to arrive in about half an hour. Normal service might have a break for a day or two as our internet service should be getting moved to our new … Continue reading
25 July 2020
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Normally the problem with deliveries is that you wait in all day and then they still don’t turn up. Today, though, the problem was that the attempted delivery came too early – 2-3 days too early! A couple of days … Continue reading
24 July 2020
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Our main furniture move is due on Sunday afternoon but we’re getting stuff across – various bits of smaller pieces of furniture and, this evening, most of my clothes into the wardrobe we’ve been wrestling with. What I’m most excited … Continue reading
23 July 2020
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Thorpe Acre church has a long-running, informal pub group, which met weekly at a local hostelry. That came to a hiatus when the COVID-19 lockdown took hold in March but it fairly swiftly reformed online, first on Facebook Messenger and … Continue reading
22 July 2020
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I’ve mentioned clafoutis before – fruit cooked in a batter. Today we had a punnet of black grapes that were beginning to reach the point of needing to be finished off so I decided to try them using that method. … Continue reading
21 July 2020
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Jane and I aren’t big fans of keeping a lawn; it seems like a waste of a garden and we’d rather give space to plants other than short cut grass. However, a rental home isn’t the place to indulge in … Continue reading