Plan B

 I woke naturally and pottered down for coffee just before 7:00. Di followed me down soon after, she had an appointment at the Doctor's at 9:00. SHe had her breakfast and headed to the Surgery, I got on with some chores before stopping for breakfast. There was no early walk this morning.

Back for the Surgery, Di updated me, had a coffee, and we headed to Sainsbury's. We stopped at Wickes on the way. Di wanted some Scottish cobbles for the rill. We checked what they had and ordered 8 bags for delivery tomorrow. This triggered a return to the discussion we had earlier in the week. Wouldn't it be easier to shift things around if we had a sack barrow? Yes was the unanimous answer... we would stop at Screwfix on the way home, but first, we had to raid Sainsbury's. We had timed it badly, arriving just after the Zombie bus disgorged its cargo. The first few aisles were in a state of chaos, but as I powered through, I got ahead of the crowd and the rest of the shopping was trouble-free.

We stopped at Screwfix and collected a sack barrow which only took about 10 minutes to assemble (well, all I had to do was put the wheels on!)

I went out for a walk. I explored another route today. It was just a variation of one of my usual routes, but I explored a road I hadn't previously been down. It's nice to see how they all link up. I received a phone call from Zoe while walking. Could I help her dismantle the legs of her old table? I stopped off to see what was needed and agreed to return with tools after I had been home for lunch.

To dismantle the legs required a spanner of the right size to fit in a small recess and loosen a nut that would only turn about one-eighth of a turn at a time. Plan A was to bring my spanners, but Plan B was to bring my power saw. I returned to Zoe's and took one more look at the legs and the nut. Forget Plan A, Plan B it was! The saw made quick work of the legs and they have now been cut down into short lengths that can fit in the car for disposal.

Back home, brushing off sawdust, I settled in the Orangery and finished another book (that's 44 for the year so far).