Dull trip to St Ives for the antique auction after briefing the builders and collecting Daniel to buy his calculator and take him to the dentist. Time also with my ducks and the doves, as the latter settle in much better and then agreeing tiling options with Diana
A reasonable night, then up, dressed and to breakfast in the lounge. Quickly to the bathroom to miss the rush and then out to feed the doves. I popped the dove feeding table up close to the new doves and they began to hop to and fro the dovecote for the first time, managing to avoid fluttering to the ground. I stayed on to see Mr Cheeseborough and give my instructions about the quarry tiles for the boiler plinths and also to see the kitchen fitters to ask them to secure the sink so that the plumber could start work on joining up the water supply. Then off to St Ives to arrive a few minutes late for the auction at 10.00am. A slow affair and made more disappointing by the oak table I was interested in being too popular, with a husband & wife bidding team. In the end I let them have it; a heavy, barley twist, gate leg table, for £270. I did manage to pick up a 1920s swivel mahogany office chair of good quality for £105 and it will make a comfortable seat for my office.
To the Chinese take away for lunch of chicken noodle soup and egg foo young and then a lazy drive back through the Hemingfords before arriving in St Neots for some shopping. Trips to the bank, but, to my annoyance, I had forgotten my building society passbooks and so had to come back home. The kitchen fitters were slowly progressing as usual, the carpenter had boxed in and floored the upper link building and decorator had finished Daniel’s room and the dining room. I dallied a while and then set off back to town to do my building society transactions and then wait for Daniel at our rendezvous for 4.15-4.30pm. Found him eventually but, because it was Tuesday and the shops are sometimes closed all day in St Neots, we only had Woolworths to buy a calculator from. However, we get him a scientific version and then I took him to his next appointment with the dental hygienist. He did not like this and resolved to clean his teeth better in the future. Home then to tea of hamburgers and then out to feed the birds and readjust the charging of The Lady’s batteries. In to supervise Daniel’s school work and then after to take Diana over to the two new bathrooms and agree the tile pattern design. Late to bed after and no time to watch the news or update my journal, which had to wait until another day.