Apologies for absence but as you may guess from the title of this post I have had a mini disaster at Schloss Random. My hallway carpet was showing stains which after being cleaned kept coming back and then I discovered that they were, oh horror, wet. My wonderful go to guy came round and ripped up the hall carpet to discover carnage underneath.
I had a new water heater installed about eighteen months ago and the pipework was not, shall we say, one hundred per cent. A tiny tiny little leak had been slowly growing over these months and caused havoc. The whole floor had to be taken up, skirting boards off etc. My guy sorted out the piping and then the whole floor and the storage cupboard had to be dried out. One week of humidifiers going 24/7 and then when the work was started another leak discovered and off we went again.
To cut a long story short, I had to cancel a visit to London to be with the family and ended up over the Easter holiday feeling totally fed up. Of course the Easter eggs could not be delivered so I thought sod it and ate them myself.
Tomorrow the flooring goes down and all will finally be finished. Then in goes the insurance claim……
In the interim my reading has gone to pot and I have been rereading Patricia Wentworth Miss Silver mysteries which are always tremendous fun and some sloshy romances, also fun.
I am also half way through a knitting project for my granddaughter Beatrice who is a huge Harry
Styles fan. Apparently he was filmed wearing a cardigan which is now being copied by fans of 
One Direction and Bea, knowing I could knit, asked if I could make it for her for her birthday. I foolishly agreed but must admit I am thoroughly enjoying it. Also tennis and cricket on tv at the moment so all in all I have been kept entertained though I have found the entire event stressful. I find as I get older I worry more about things…
'sigh'
What has kept me going is my walking group which I joined six months ago and is proving to be not only a great way of keeping fit but has introduced me to a shedload of new friends.
Au reservoir
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