Up early staining facia boards and turning them in the drying sun as I left the girls much to their own devices today and they went to the playing field this evening. I did take the family out to a nice lunch at The Bridge Restaurant in Wroxham and responded to Di's request and took The Paxton Princess into Horning for a double pump-out of the holding tanks this afternoon.
Daniel is feeling a bit better after accidentally banging and cutting his head and will be coming to see us tomorrow. There were some exceptional efforts from our rowing team and sprinters in the Olympics
Despite my very late night, I was up and out working at the usual time today, leaving the girls to lay in. My task was to finish staining the facia or bargeboard, some of which had been protected on one side the day before. I also tried to keep the pile of barge-board facia turning over to let the sun dry out more of it as the pile is absolutely soaking wet in the middle. The other problem was the wet pile of tongued-and-grooved floor-boarding and I solved that problem by breaking up the pile and laying it out on the upper floor joists where it could not only dry out from above and below but also provide a better surface to walk on as well.
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I left the girls much to their own devices today and they went to the playing field this evening. However, I did take the family out to a nice lunch at The Bridge Restaurant in Wroxham and responded to Di's request and took The Paxton Princess into Horning for a double pump-out of the holding tanks this afternoon. I was quite shattered by the end of the day but had a nice bath before going to bed quite early. It was muggy this evening and the sun had been covered over by clouds. The forecast of showers had me spending time covering over the drying timbers and moving them about before I could finish tonight.
We heard from Daniel who is feeling a bit better after accidentally banging and cutting his head and will be coming to see us tomorrow. He had been cut high up on his head and is now very wary going under doors and has to duck and hold his hand over his head until his confidence returns. I saw a little of the Olympics and, whilst there were some exceptional efforts from our rowing team and sprinters, our national performance has been below normal with our middle-distance runners struggling.