Repairs and deliveries

The started very wet. AT least it was wet outside. Inside we were still without water except from the garden tap. Not the most convenient of situations but hopefully it would be fixed soon.

The Gorse Fox had football, though today it was scheduled for the indoor area at Ford because of the rain. Cousteau-Cub decided she would come along to watch a dozen old geezers wander round aimlessly chasing a ball. So it was that the Gorse Fox found himself lining up with an audience or cheerleader on hand. It started well. The Gorse Fox scored an early goal, but it sort of went down hill a bit from there. In the end we lost about 7-4. Shame.

The Gorse Fox made use of the showers at the sports arena then took Cousteau-Cub across to spend the day with Urban-Cub. With Ellie's birthday tomorrow, and a family party at the weekend, she is clearly getting a little stressed. The Gorse Fox had to head straight back home as there deliveries due and, more importantly, the plumber was hoping to get to us.

The sea had spent the morning on domestic chores and taking in the first of the various deliveries - she had also cleared the utility cupboard where the plumber would need access to the pipes.

The plumber turned up mid-afternoon. The old valve was removed and the new one installed. We tested the system - nothing. Not looking good. The plumber went out to his van and spent a while on the phone, then returned and removed the new valve. He started to do some more detailed diagnosis. The Gorse Fox was fairly impressed. Having determined we had water flowing through the valve, he looked "downstream". In the next part of the system he found a small plastic cap was blocking the pipe. This was removed. Everything now burst back into life. The Gorse Fox took a look at the cap and the valve and realised that it was actually part of the failed valve which had become dislodged and the water pressure had swept it through to the next part of the system where it had blocked the pipe. Anyway, all is now fixed. What a relief.

We went across to Urban-Cub to collect Cousteau-Cub then stopped off for some shopping for Ellie's birthday. Wrapping paper, balloons, banners, etc. Once we had had our planned take-away it was clearly going to be a craft evening!