I got my vote cast early this morning. Since my local polling station is in the car park of the nearby Lidl supermarket, that also gave a convenient chance to pop in and do a bit of grocery shopping. Poll don’t close until 10pm and the media is banned from commenting on election day so I’ll wait until tomorrow morning to check on the results.

Meanwhile, one thing I have done today is get the pressure washer out and give the patio a blast. I wasn’t sure how much difference it was making. A couple of the slabs showed clear improvement but the rest were harder to judge and I am wary about blasting away so much they begin to disintegrate! However, as the sun dried them I was quite pleased with the results.

This was with water only. Chemical cleaners might improve the results further but, with no obvious drain to direct the run off too and lots of plants in the ground, I decided that I didn’t want to add harsh solutions even if they might have given more of a ‘like new’ appearance at the end. Cleaner than they were will do for me.