We have had a busy but very productive week. Phil worked solidly at the GP flat on Monday
and managed to get the kitchen finished. I have to say that I am really pleased with the way the kitchen has turned out. Phil did very good. He stayed home on Tuesday whilst I went over to MK. First stop off was Sue’s for tea, toast and a
catch-up. When I got to the flat, the
gardeners, Will and Dan were already there, busy hacking down the weeds. I did some cleaning up in the flat; I did a
couple of tip runs and grabbed a shower at the health club. I had taken my gym kit with every intention
of trying a workout but it just didn’t happen.
I can’t remember the last time I worked out, it’s been at least a month
and probably much longer.
We drove to MK in separate cars on Wednesday morning because
Phil had to have his Land Rover at Days garage by 8.30am and I wasn’t quite
ready to leave. His car was booked in
for an MOT; whilst going through paperwork on Monday I nearly freaked out when
I realised that Phil’s MOT ran out at the end of April! When I got to the flat,
the new bath had already been delivered so we went to Wickes to buy a
back-to-wall toilet, a sink, taps and bathroom units. We did well to fit them in the Chevrolet and
it was hard work getting them all up the steps but we managed. Lunch on Wednesday was a shared portion of
chips with curry sauce, a battered sausage and half a fish cake from the chip
shop. Very healthy NOT!!
Originally we were going to pull the shed down but Phil re-felted the roof
and put new brackets on the door. I
painted 2 coats of dark oak and now it looks as good as new. I was expecting the gardeners to be at the
flat first thing but they didn’t show up until nearly 3pm. Will and Dan concreted in the wooden posts in
readiness for the new fence but that was about all they managed to do. As usual we stayed at Sue’s on Wednesday
evening; Phil went out with the Wednesday night boys and Sue cooked me
supper. It really was my turn to cook
but Sue insisted and I gratefully accepted.
Sue has been a godsend whilst we have been doing up the GP flat and we
are thankful for all the lunches, dinners, breakfasts, snacks and endless cups
of tea. Not to mention the borrowing of beds,
buckets, brushes and other incidentals.
It was all systems go at the GP flat yesterday. Will was there early which was good because
he was working alone. He had his work
cut out; he had to lay the membrane and shovel tons of gravel on to the
garden. Phil also had lots to do as he
had to cut out the new bathroom units and because of the pipes he had lots of
sawing to do. It was such a hot day that
he was sweating buckets with the exertion.
My job was painting the existing fencing which took me virtually all day. Sue stopped by on her way back from the
dentist to see how we were doing. She very kindly offered to bring us lunch but
we weren’t that hungry and wanted to crack on.
I guess it was around 3pm by the time we finished. We left Will at the flat still shovelling gravel
and felt a little guilty for leaving early.
It made sense to leave the Land Rover at the flat and went home
in my car. We were tired, dirty and very
hungry by this point so we decided to stop off at The Manor for a bite to eat
before going back to the caravan. The sun
was still out so we were able to sit and eat in the garden which was nice. We
are back at the flat once again today.
We need to leave quite soon because Will said he would be there early
and he needs electric so he can screw up the new fence panels. If all goes to plan, the garden should be all
finished by the end of today. The
plumber went in last night to fit the bath and he is going in over the weekend
to fit the toilet and the basin. So finally
things are all coming together. Don’t get me wrong, there is still so much to
do but I reckon, give it another week and we will be finished. Thank goodness!
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