After our wonderful week away, and a very good night's sleep, we were back in the swing of things today. Ellie was dropped off for breakfast and to get ready for school. Normally, I would walk her to school with Diane (unless the weather is unpleasant, in which case I make sure Di stays at home). Today, Diane escorted her as I had to stay put for the arrival of the heating engineer.
Ross, the engineer turned up soon after 09:00 (so I could have been on the school run). He was very efficient and got straight down to things. He started draining the radiators and left them to trickle clear while he removed the old boiler. He then brought me the new control units so that I could complete the initial set-up. He, meanwhile, started on the installation of the new boiler. Holes were drilled, flues were widened, and piperuns were calculated.
While all of this was progressing, Diane drove across to collect Jasper from the Cattery (she had to wait until after 11:00 so that he could get changed after his Pilates session). I cracked on with the accounts, the shopping list, holiday feedback, and so forth. Ross continued to pop in and out to check things or discuss progress and plans.
During the afternoon I managed to get a short time with the Kindle before a chap came to measure up for a quote for pressure washing the paths and patios.
Diane had collected Ellie and she stayed with us until Zoe finished work. By 17:15 they had gone and Ross had gone and silence prevailed once more.
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