Just Stuff

After a night that was punctuated by Jasper yelling, I finally got up at seven. I made coffee and tea and took the tea up to Diane before settling down with the overnight news. She wandered down at eight, and I went for my shower and to make myself look beautiful for the day.

I had the call with the cousins at nene, but it lacked spark today. Chris was travelling on a train between Cork and Dublin, Sam was travelling on a train from Huntingdon to London, Tim was suffering from a cold, Simon couldn't get his microphone to work, and Sarah was distracted by the dog that she was caring for.  Not a great call!

While this call was going on, Kim phoned for a long chat with Di, and to tell her about the first day that she had spent on the Ward in her latest University placement. The call was just finishing as I returned from the study after my call.

During the morning, I had bits of admin to complete, and some domestic chores that needed to be ticked off. The Irrigation system was disconnected and stored in the garage for the winter; the parasol was stored; the softener was topped up; and I completed the accounts. This gave me some time to play. The latest version of the Skoda App allows the user to download the "trips" history and the "charging" history. This was the information I had been extracting using the unofficial interface. Now I have an official route, but that does mean that the code I had written is no longer relevant. There was a whole new way to capture the data. I started by adapting the database where I am storing the details. Then, I captured the historical charging data that I had kept and added the new charging data for the App. This is working well, but probably needs some tidying up. The next step will be to delete and rebuild the table containing all of the historical trip data.

I went for my walk at lunchtime. When I got home, I started to prepare my lunch. Our new neighbour, Colleen, popped in to ask if I could come and look at her underfloor heating and show her how it worked. I explained that I was happy to try, but we had changed ours a couple of years ago. I went next door and was greeted by her three dogs. Once they had sniffed my hands, they settled down, and I worked through the documentation that she had. I always thought the system was the most user-hostile system anyone could have dreamed up. An hour trying to get it working reinforced that perception. In the end, I recommended Ross, who put in our heating system. There was no evidence that, even though the thermostats were calling for heat, any heat was being produced.

Back home, Di had finished pottering in the garden, and we both made the most of a lovely warm afternoon in the Orangery.