Afternoon off...

I had to take the afternoon off for the gas board to check out the central heating problem!

They have managed to quieten the woodpecker just a little but he still hasn't gone away completely. The radiators have all been balanced but they have hot and cold spots and it sounds like there may be air in the system, which could in fact be gases caused by sludgy debris floating around the heating system...

So next step is inhibitor in the system for two weeks to loosen up the sludge, probably followed by a complete flush out of the system which takes ages. Then... see if the problem is solved!

They were really scratching their heads over it!!!

And to finish off the afternoon I couldn't resist some more photographs of my Oak Tree :-)

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Unexpected Visitor!

Well not quite... more of a forgotten visitor in that I forgot we had made the arrangement!!! Ooops!

I think that made it more fun, it certainly gave us something to laugh about, we even got to play a board game which is what we had arranged to do.

Good company, boardgames, fun, who could ask for more... :-)

Time Management

Or how to fit a quart into a pint pot!

Things to be done:

• Get the boiler fixed, it was replaced last week and now the pipes vibrate so much I think a woodpecker has taken up residence... I have had the engineers back once already which meant me rushing home from work. Some settings were tweaked, but when I got home later only half the radiators were working! So I put the settings back and I think the woodpeckers big brother came to stay too!
  

• Lots of work and TU things needs sorting and returning in the next couple of days, but I am held up by other people...
  

• I need to get started in preparing a slideshow, I have a feeling I will be asked for one about a week before it is needed. The only trouble is I have been waiting 8 weeks for the photos to be sent to me....
  

• Next week my Dad goes into hospital so lots of visiting and journeys etc :-/

• I am waiting for a delivery which was supposed to have come last week but will probably come next week when I can't be there to collect it!!!
  

Friendship...

... is the thread that binds hearts together.

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Mothers Day

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For Mum & Dad ;-)

I was asked if the car came with all these people!!! I hope not... they won't all fit in the house ;-)

But there is too much cake for me to eat on my own...

St David's Day

It seems one or two of these blooms opened up especially for St David's Day. So I photographed them to share with you :-)

I seem to have been especially busy today collating information for our local trade union page. The local paper has done us proud again in the last couple of days and I have still got lots of information from elsewhere to post too.

& as tomorrow it is Mothers day in the UK I have still got to finish a card off for that!

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