Consumption

It was a cold night (outside). Jasper was not in the slightest bit interested in taking his morning stroll. Oh no, he went and perched on his throne in the living room. The Gorse Fox left him to his own devices.

Pistol Pete was having his car serviced today. The Gorse Fox had volunteered to go and collect him and give him a lift home. Fortunately, the timing was such that the worst of the rush hour traffic was gone and the Gorse Fox just sailed through to the garage in question. Pistol Pete hopped in and we headed back to LA. He seemed to like the car (which is just as well because we're not changing it now). Over the journey to Chichester, back to LA, then home the Gorse Fox managed to achieve over 42mpg. This is well over the official target figure and given that it has the aerodynamic qualities of a brick, and has an automatic gearbox, that's pretty good.

The Gorse Fox downloaded some new drivers for the printer in his study. Catalina hadn't given any trouble for basic printing, but the Gorse Fox found that the scanning function wasn't working properly (requiring a restart of the software after every scan). The new drivers seem to have cured the problem.

The afternoon saw the usual game of "hide and seek" with Jasper. Eventually, we managed to dig him out from under the bed and deposit him in his carrier. He meowed all the way to the cattery but settled immediately when he arrived. Knowing he's with Mark, at the cattery, is a weight off the collective mind. We know he is happy and will be well looked after.

Now we can get out the suitcases and start to ponder what we will need for a few days.