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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Settling back down

Today has been focussed on settling back down after the holiday. The Silver Vixen was assiduously working through the piles of washing and our vintage machine chugged its way through load after load. Fortunately it was a nice day so the most of it dried outside on the washing line.

The Gorse Fox had some tidying up to do after the problems with the credit card last week. The replacement had arrived and needed activating. This didn't take long but it was a good excuse to double check all the recent transactions to assure ourselves that they were valid. Luckily they were. The card company had clearly caught and removed the fraudulent transactions when we had spoken during the week. That wasn't quite the end of the story though. When we went shopping later the Gorse Fox decided to christen that card. It was declined. He used another then called the card company to find out what had happened. Sure enough they had left a block on the card (despite the Gorse Fox activating it). They were full of apologies and sorted it out immediately.

After our shopping spree at Sainsbury's we popped across to see Old Bill and Lady Penelope to say thanks for looking after the house while we were away. We stayed a bit longer than planned, but did have an opportunity to see their new CCTV system. The camera at the front is certainly very good and the one at the back seems good in daylight, but not so clear at night. The installers are returning to try and sort this out (or replace it).

The Gorse Fox heard from Canada during the evening. Beloved Aunt's funeral had gone very well and they were having a family day. The Gorse Fox wishes he could have been there.

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