Some more distractions from the conservatory contractors on a mild but dampish day and sad news that Mr Fields snr from The Avenue Koi carp place has had a stroke. This evening cutting a lively dash in our Rolls Royce when visiting Baldock Farm, Graveley, for dinner with Marion and David Woodbridge
A mild and slightly dampish day. The tiler came and started his project on the conservatory. He was quite a cantankerous chap but reasonably good at his work. These days, all the building tradesmen seem to be self-employed and contracted to do their jobs. I tried to work on my Prehistoric History section in my book but found the tiler’s presence quite distracting. The more so when he declared the number of tiles to be short, but he was laying them much closer together than Diana wanted. I made my own lunch as Diana went off shopping to Bedford. This afternoon, I drove down to Stevenage to get the third lot of tiles and then dropped in at Sandy on the way back. The Koi carp place at The Avenue is closed for the winter and only open at weekends and Mr Field, senior, has had a stroke which is rather a pity he is paralysed down one side. On to Bickerdike’s Nurseries where I saw the owner and bought two sets (each of two) pond lights; a set of outside lights and another strip of the house decorations. After a light tea, Diana and I went to our engagement; Marion and David Woodbridge of Baldock Farm, Graveley, had invite us to dinner with four other guests.
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A very pleasant but very long evening which only finished at 1am and we did not get home and asleep until 2am. Pity was that I wanted to go earlier, and it seems everyone was waiting for me to make the first move! We went in our Rolls-Royce Corniche which made quite a stir.