The family return to Norfolk in my repaired Range Rover on a rainy day and the girls who were both pleased to see me, but we worked on and covered the walls with building paper and planned for the roof tile delivery early the next day.
Della had been today to see Mr Vaughan-Lane, her surgeon who now put her leg shortening at 2.5cms and he thinks that the legs should be completely equal after a further year and Mum was much better with her leg swelling reduced, although her lower leg was quite black and bruised as a result
It was a day that started dry but soon turned very wet with some heavy downpours of rain. Dave went via Jewsons and bought the type of building paper that he preferred and then later Steve and I tacked this on to the whole of the rear of Harnser and then battened it as well. Dave and Allen worked on the dyke-side gable, nailing on the soffit and then worked their way round to the area under the eaves of the front of the building; by this time working in the pouring rain. The plumbers came today and laid the supply pipes under the floor but did not have any waste pipes and so will have to come back to finish these before we can lay the complete downstairs floorboards.
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The good news today was that the new tile order is arriving early tomorrow at Horning Quay so that the tilers can get on with the roof then and so later tonight I got Steve to help me empty and clean out the barge to take the delivery so that we are right ready for the early morning start. I then took him and Diana out for a nice meal at The Swan Inn in Horning this evening to compensate him for the effort and the poor chap could hardly get up from the table with his knee trouble afterwards. Di had arrived with the girls who were both pleased to see me. Debbie had good news from her dentist concerning her brace which will now be reduced in size and worn without her night-time support.
Della had been today to see Mr Vaughan-Lane, her surgeon who now put her leg shortening at 2.5cms and he thinks that the legs should be completely equal after a further year. They had all come to Norfolk via Redgrave where they had visited nanny and given Freda her birthday card and present. Mum was much better with her leg swelling reduced, although her lower leg was quite black and bruised as a result. To bed late feeling concerned over the morning tile delivery because, not only could the 8 tons be too much for one trip, but the likelihood is that the lorry crane will not be able to load the tiles below ground level and into the barge.