A new outlook

We're back now, after the weekend at our house and an excellent Monday evening birthday celebration meal for all of the family out on the lawn. The excellent and plentiful food was prepared by Naomi, and we had the best company we could ever have. Saturday and Sunday were really hot, but the forecast for Monday had suggested rain. We gambled on there being no rain and, though there was a lot of threatening cloud, we were in the garden for three hours and didn't suffer a drop.

We were anxious that the cans of paint and varnish we'd daftly left in the well-deck would have got too hot under the two days of sun, and been ruined  but it was all okay, and the weather in Yelvertoft on our return was much cooler than we had experienced in St Albans. And, guess what - it was windy, too!

NB Lindsey Anne left on Monday, off for a short trip, which left us with a wider vista. All we need to do now is persuade Emma Jane to go for a cruise, and we'll have panoramic views! (only kidding, Jan and Ed 😀 ) As you can see, the water was quite wind-swept.

We must get the flue refitted, but the prospect's a bit scary and we keep postponing it. It's always the way with new jobs though, isn't it. Once we get into it I'm sure it won't be as bad as we envisage. We need a new mushroom for one of the vents, too. The central screw threads are worn, and the top keeps falling off. Midland Chandlers are out of stock until the end of the month so we'll have to Heath Robinson that until then. We've done that more than once before! 

Oh, on further consideration, have you ever used Gorilla Glue? That'd stick anything! That's been added to the Homebase shopping list, soon to be dealt with. We're needing wood and paint, too.

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