Charging

 Zoe has another day off, consequently there was no need for me to get up early. I lazed about in bed until 06:50, then wandered downstairs for a coffee. Di was up soon after as she needed to have an early breakfast before heading out for her Cardiac Rehab session. I walked to Zoe's and accompanied Ellie to school. Last night's forecast predicted heavy rain throughout the morning. Clearly, nobody had told the local clouds. Though I was dressed in my waterproofs, they were entirely superfluous.

Leaving Ellie at school, I set off on my morning walk. I followed the newly crafted route that I had used yesterday. It was while I was walking up one of the new diversions that I saw Di drive past and wave. As I arrived at the top of that road, she was parked and waiting for me. Again, the car was spewing out warning messages. I looked at what was happening and assured her that it should be perfectly safe, so she drove the last 200 metres to the Community Centre, and I returned to my walk. By the time I arrived home, I had about 10 minutes to run in my latest audiobook, so I allowed it to finish while making breakfast.

A major task this morning (major, in terms of importance, not time or effort) was to pay the balance for our upcoming river cruise. With that complete, I updated the accounts and then had a chat with Ian regarding the warning lights on the car. I thought he may have a diagnostic probe, but whilst he did have one, he has mislaid it during the house move. He did suggest, however, that our problem was most likely a failing battery. It makes sense to me. I went to Halfords and picked up a battery charger and conditioner. I attached it to our battery and left it to charge and condition for a few hours. I'll have to see if it makes a difference tomorrow.

After lunch, we had some Kindle time in the Orangery. The sun was out, and it had warmed up nicely. Soon after three, the sun had disappeared behind cloud and the temperature was dropping. We moved to the lounge, though Di had to go to Zoe's and join her in collecting Ellie after dance class.

Talking of Zoe, Ross (the heating engineer) called and was able to fit a new pressure sensor to her boiler. She has heating and hot water again, at last.