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On the day that Di's parents visited, after getting lost, I suffered from a bad headache from stress and dehydration on a very warm and humid day but carried on staining windows and frames as Steve stained more cladding.
After erecting a scaffold over the dyke in front, the roofers felted and battened that end and installed the window frames. Although dry today, the weather forecast for tomorrow was very wet and stormy which was a blow.
I slept heavily after yesterday's efforts and then woke up with a start at 7.00am with a slight headache. To the garage where I did some more window staining, this time finishing off the upstairs dormer window frames and then using them together to form a bench for the windows themselves as I started to stain them. Steve had set himself up to do some staining of the cladding and I guided him to get the same even finish that I had been achieving there. The morning turned very warm with the sun and humidity becoming quite uncomfortable and, as I worked to clear up the corner of the garden, I got a terrible headache that I could not shake off until I had taken tablets and rested this evening.
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A very busy working day this second day of Daniel's visit with the demands of variety of tradesmen working on The Harnser together with the urgency of certain personal tasks had me busy all day.
Plumbing, roofing and cladding were all being undertaken at the same time as the family went off to Great Yarmouth. John Major was leading Britain into armed conflict, following US President Bush and the UK economy is stuck in recession
I chose to spend this second day of Daniel's visit working in Horning though choice did not really come very much into it. The variety of tradesmen working on The Harnser together with the urgency of certain personal tasks had me busy all day. The plumber was here putting in the drainage pipes for the domestic appliances and installing a main collection pipe under the floor. The roofers were still here cementing on the ridge tiles and running short of materials and the three musketeers were pressing on with the flooring and cladding some of the boat-shed interior. I woke early and got up and out by 6.00am, applying coats of wood-stain to the upper floor window frames after starting the day on my security alarm wiring.
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Off to get an immediate supply of sand, cement, colouring and plasticiser for the roofers as Daniel visits and joins the family to Wroxham for our morning drinks and snacks and then to see a film and then Steve as well in The Jolly to Piccasso's Pizza this evening.
A showery day today that was frustrating for everyone, but the roofers still ridged the road-side hip and one of the dormers.
A steady start today and saw Diana and the girls before I was out and up to Heronshaw to get dressed and shaved. A little time to start on my alarm wiring but then all the men arrived including the roofers who wanted an immediate supply of sand, cement, colouring and plasticiser. I dropped everything and, taking the trailer, emptied it at the civic amenity tip and then collected the materials from Jewsons on the way back. Returned just as Daniel arrived and, pausing to talk to the worker who was cutting back the lane vegetation for the Residents' Association, I then took the family to Wroxham for our morning drinks and snacks.
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A more relaxing day away from the building work and so family visits to The Horning Tea Shoppe, Latham’s at Potter Heigham and then a walk along the riverside chalets there. Daniel he would be coming to see us tomorrow but had let the swimming pool go green!
I had a bit of a lay in this morning and needed it after a week of early starts. It did mean, however, that I could not get any work done because, being Sunday, I was planning to spend some time with the family. We went first to Horning Tea Shoppe where we had a nice drink and snack (all except Della who was naughty and had to spend the time in the car) and then drove off in search of somewhere nice for Sunday lunch.
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