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Up to a considerable thaw on a much brighter and milder day and Jack came round and I took some addresses for following up on the Mr Lincoln incident. Off to the shops for materials, grocery, and some fried plaice for lunch and then I worked from mid-afternoon until bedtime on my projects and then had a hot bath and bedtime drink before falling asleep. Iraq's offer to withdraw "with conditions" is rejected as "a sham" by US President Bush.
We had quite a thaw on what proved to be a much brighter and milder day. A dredger had broken a channel along the dyke, and it was beginning to look much more hopeful that I would soon be able to get the Paxton Princess out. Jack came round this morning with names of a man in Racing Reach who had been complaining before about the activities of Mr Lincoln in avoiding planning constraints and that of the local councillor. I telephoned them both later and obtained a positive and helpful response and I will now have to write letters when I get back. I spent some time measuring up for the remaining materials needed to complete the garage work and listed other things I needed for the boat work.
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Steve was up first and made the breakfast and then helped me progress the Paxton Princess wiring but he was distracted and worried about his problems at home and wanted to get back, so I took him to the station. Late today Iraq offered to withdraw from Kuwait but a string of unacceptable conditions was attached. I tackled Mr Lincoln about leaving logs in the drainage ditch and got an earful of abuse and then threats from his younger colleague.
Steve was up first and made the breakfast. He was a bit scathing on the lack of any cooker at the bungalow and we had to settle for Oat Bran Flakes. It was back to work again, but Steve was understandably distracted with wanting to get back to tackle some of his problems. He is another casualty of the recession; with the sale of his house in jeopardy and job lost through redundancy, which is a shame. By now, I was expecting Diana and the girls to be coming up to join me on the boat for a few days but, with the dyke and river iced-up and weather freezing cold, she was opting to stay at home and watch over the builders working on the Hall/Utility area. It was intended that Steve be able to borrow her car to get back for the weekend, but I took him to Wroxham to catch the train home instead.
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By thawing out the drainage pump, Heronshaw was now fully functional and so Steve and I worked on the Paxton Princess, installing an alarm system and then getting some fish and chips for tea. On the laptop, we plotted a course from Yarmouth to Harwich for Steven
The following morning, we found the bungalow floor still very wet, but had managed to thaw out the drainage pump and sump which meant that at least the property was fully-functional. We were getting organised and so started work on the boat. Steven noted a fault and so re-wired and improved the sound of the boat stereo which was much improved as a result. I got under-way with installing the boat alarm system and then we both went to Wroxham to do some more shopping and to get some fish and chips for tea.
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Driving back to Norfolk with Daniel and collecting Steven Bloom on the way to drop Dan off and then find Heronshaw with frozen pipes and flooding but Paxton Princess okay.
The day rectifying the mayhem and then an architect meeting before a welcome dinner out at The Bridge Restaurant. Mr Lincoln was felling our boundary tress formerly screening us from his boatyard.
I had planned to spend some time working at Heronshaw and then be joined by Diana and the girls and so I was up early today. Daniel was also joining me. As Daniel was without the use of his car, I was taking him back to the UEA in Norwich. We loaded up the Range Rover together and collected Steven Bloom from Gransden on the way who had offered to help me for a couple of days. The weather was atrocious with further falls of snow to make road conditions even more difficult so that I was again thankful to have the Range Rover which was man enough to cope with it. We left at about 8,00am and then, after stopping for coffee, ended up dropping Daniel off at about 10.30am at University Plain which was quite good going considering.
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