Selection

 It was a lovely, though somewhat cool, start to the day. Urban-Cub dropped Ellie off and then headed to Southampton for a training day. Ellie was in a very good mood and was most eager to get to school. We were dragged out the door early, but then had to wait until the school gates were opened before she could rush into the classroom. This was her first full day 8:50-15:15. It will be interesting to see how she is managing by the end of the week.

Back home, we had some breakfast and the Silver Vixen settled down for one of her regular phone calls with a friend. The Gorse Fox headed off to Chichester. We needed some more tester pots. The chap was most apologetic; they did not do a tester pot in one of the colours - but he gave me a 1 litre pot for the price of tester. Back home, another piece of lining paper was cut and painted - would this do the trick? NO! the Silver Vixen and the Gorse Fox returned to the online colour palettes. Further shades were selected and, after lunch, we headed back to Chichester. The chap in Dulux was most helpful, but asked if we would stop coming in for tester pots - his stock was getting dangerously low, the paint mixer was requiring servicing, and his apprentice had had a nervous breakdown. The Gorse Fox supposes that after 794(*) separate test pots we were pushing our luck a bit.

The Gorse Fox also took some time out to go and get his hair cut. The barber was obviously in an expansive mood as his requested "short back and sides" turned into a haircut, blowtorched ears, trimmed eyebrows, shaped beard, hair wash, facial steam massages, and shave. Who was the Gorse Fox to complain? It was quite delightful.

(*) That may be an exaggeration.