Being tired, I only woke up at 8am and made breakfast and settled down with my HDC papers and made calls to organise my council business until the rain subsided after which I worked on repairing the wooden frame of the garage ready for jacking it up out of the rising water.
My neighbour Doris Vincent’s grandchildren helped me carry the table from the car up the stairs to the Heronshaw lounge. Di called me to say that she was pleased with her new car and that Daniel might visit me tomorrow, Debbie was riding Sundance with her friend Helen Cranston who was staying.
I did not wake up until 8.00am this morning and so must have been very tired. I staggered into the kitchen and made a pot of tea and prepared myself a bowl of cereal before shaving and bathing ready to start work at 9.00am but I found that it was pouring with rain which was not very encouraging. I let it rain for a while and settled down with my papers for the forthcoming HDC Policy Committee meeting as there was much to read urgently. I made calls to Sally and Percy, raising queries, and ordering the priorities for the issues that we are to raise. I also called Diana to tell her that I had arrived safely; and then the architect to discuss the latest ideas on a replacement building for Heronshaw. By midday, I was in Wroxham, doing some shopping, getting a local paper and visiting the Norwich & Peterborough Building Society about my mother's money. I had lunch at the cafe and was back working at Heronshaw by 1.30pm.
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The main task was to replace the remainder of the rotted wooden frame parts and then figure out how to jack up the structure safely and securely. Stopping only for a mug of tea and a pie at 3.00pm, I worked on until 8.00pm and had most of the remaining frame repaired by then. Mrs Vincent was at her bungalow next door and we had a chat; her mentioning that tomorrow was the 80th birthday of our caretaker, Jack. Her grandsons and friends were staying, and she got them to help me bring up the table from my car to the Heronshaw lounge which was a relief. I had a telephone call from Di who was pleased with her new car and gave me the news that Daniel was probably coming to Heronshaw tomorrow to do his washing. Debbie had her friend Helen Cranston staying with her and they had been horse-riding on Sundance. The weather had turned from heavy rain to showers by the end of the day, but the ground water level was rising and wetting the lower parts of the frame that I had already done and so it is a priority to complete the work and get the garage jacked up out of the danger zone. I just had bread and jam for my evening meal and was soon in bed.