6th May 2018
Colin continued his quest to sort out the wiring for his outside light. Armed with a rough circuit diagram brightly coloured he disappeared into the loft. My job was to paint my stair support frame with another coat of white paint. That didn’t take that long, and the heat of the day dried it quickly. Colin was still in the loft.
The badgers had a busy night chewing a hole through the fence. I volunteered to replace two panels that had been damaged.
Both Nicola and Colin have enough stock of screws, nails, paint brushes, and sandpaper of every grade to open a small hardware store. It doesn’t stop there, the cottage is always well stocked from everything from pickled onions to breakfast cereals, the words ” I’ve run out of…” is never heard.
I finished my job, but Colin was still in the loft.
I had no idea why it was taking so long. It became a running joke, we kept checking to see if he was still alive.
Eventually he emerged, bathed in sweat and a smile on his face.
Another Lifetime to go 