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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 28th April 2024
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Oh, Viktoria, your poor mouth! Hope you get the dentist to sort it out quickly. My husband lost a filling and a crown this week, but has managed to get an emergency appointment this afternoon. You have to be in pain to qualify for an emergency appointment, but we must be thankful that we are registered with an NHS dentist's surgery. So many people can't even find one in our area.
A dull but warm day here and I have optimistically put out a line of washing. The house next door is having the roof re-thatched and the gable end re-rendered, so there is a lot of mud and straw in our little lane, plus scaffolding everywhere. It's a very old cob building, so made of mud, straw sand and stones and it has been interesting to watch the builders remove the old outer rendering and to see what's underneath. The downside of cob buildings is that they can suddenly collapse! Our house is attached to theirs, but is a later addition (early 19th century), and appears to have been built with bricks, and we have a slate roof, thank goodness. The neighbour's house is also a listed building and the owner has to get permission every time he has repairs done and has to use specified (and rather expensive) businesses.
The weekly shop is done and everything put away - I hate that job. It's time to clean my windows and let a bit more light into our rather dark cottage. I can clean them all myself, as they are double-glazed modernish ones and open fully, allowing you to get your hand round the back/outside of the glass.
A dull but warm day here and I have optimistically put out a line of washing. The house next door is having the roof re-thatched and the gable end re-rendered, so there is a lot of mud and straw in our little lane, plus scaffolding everywhere. It's a very old cob building, so made of mud, straw sand and stones and it has been interesting to watch the builders remove the old outer rendering and to see what's underneath. The downside of cob buildings is that they can suddenly collapse! Our house is attached to theirs, but is a later addition (early 19th century), and appears to have been built with bricks, and we have a slate roof, thank goodness. The neighbour's house is also a listed building and the owner has to get permission every time he has repairs done and has to use specified (and rather expensive) businesses.
The weekly shop is done and everything put away - I hate that job. It's time to clean my windows and let a bit more light into our rather dark cottage. I can clean them all myself, as they are double-glazed modernish ones and open fully, allowing you to get your hand round the back/outside of the glass.