Chuffed

As the Gorse Fox mentioned last week - he had been hit in the face by the football. This had seriously bent his glasses, so he has been wearing a spare pair since. Today he had a chance to head into Chi and see if anything could be done.

In the manner of a local handyman, the technician at Vision Express shook her head a few times and sucked on her teeth. GF could almost hear a soto voce "dear oh, dear-oh, dear!" followed by a "tut". The Gorse Fox was instructed to sit down - and she disappeared off with the misshapen glasses.

A few minutes later she was back - it wasn't just the arms that were bent, the nose bridge was also bent and the glass chipped. Some more sucking of teeth ensued and spun on her heel and disappeared back up to the lab. Ten or fifteen minutes later she was back. A new bridge had been installed, the arm had been straightened and GF had his glasses back. He thanked her profusely and headed home.

Satisfactory outcome really, particularly as they have an offer of free varifocals at present so GF may return to get a spare pair just for the football.