At Long Last

The cold weather that was prevalent for the last few days seems to have gone. Today it was a bit milder, but felt damp. Ellie had, apparently, been troublesome at bedtime last night and it was nearly midnight before she settled. She was rather quiet when we left her at the school.

After breakfast the Silver Vixen had to visit Sainsbury’s and the Gorse Fox stayed at home to prepare this week’s Ocado list and await the chaps from Outside Interests.

The roof panel had failed back in July or August, but finally they were going to replace it. As it happens, one of the fitters who arrived was one of the chaps that worked on the original construction. He commented how nice it was to come back and see the finished and furnished article. He also commented on how many extensions they had constructed around the estate, but ours was the biggest and the design changes that we had made really made it stand out.

It only took them about an hour to replace the compromised panel with a new one. It was definitely a two man job though. It was alarming to see how much flex there was in the failed panel, and it would have been easy for the remaining pane of glass to shatter.

During the afternoon, the Gorse Fox returned to first principles when it came to researching the Silver Vixen’s nan. What certificates do we have? What do they say? Work back again from there and apply the family stories as possible cross-checks. This led the Gorse Fox down another path (he’s not yet sure if it’s a rabbit hole). Unfortunately, he timed out and we had to collect Ellie. He will return to the hunt as soon as possible.

After dinner we took Ellie home and the Silver Vixen got her bathed and ready for bed. Urban-Cub arrived back from work and the plan was for us to sneak out as Ellie drifted off. She didm’t drift off. She had a melt-down and it took the Silver Vixen about an hour of super-human patience to settle her down.