Daniel and Angela visited on another mild day which turned drizzly later. I had walked Sam and Diana had delivered the material to the dressmaker and then I moved and installed the washing machine and tumble drier. Lunch at the Bridge Restaurant and the family off to Norwich as I worked on.
A 7.30am start from Sam which was not too bad but I resolved to set my radio alarm for 7.00am tomorrow which will avoid a period of howling and set me off on a less tense start to the day. I had been tired and grumpy yesterday with the girls misbehaving and the same happened later today. Diana had made a trip out this morning to deliver the material and get some shopping and I looked after the girls and made sure that they did the washing up. I re-wired the washing machine and tumble dryer fused-spurs into sockets and then disassembled the wardrobe from Heronshaw and Diana got back as I started to carry across the sections to Harnser. Once Daniel and Angela arrived, I got their help in carrying across the washing machine and tumble-dryer which were bolted together as a stack and very heavy.
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This was all accomplished without too much difficulty and we were free to drive together in the Range Rover over to The Bridge Restaurant for a fine lunch. The happy couple seem to be fine and Angela seems much more relaxed than last we saw her. This was despite a French Railway strike which meant that Daniel only knew at the last minute which port she was due to arrive at! The railwaymen were upset at the imprisonment of a driver after an accident where he failed to "purge" his brakes properly and could not stop at a station. I sympathise with them as no braking system should have to rely on such prior action and the driver is the victim rather than the perpetrator. They all went off to Norwich shopping after lunch, but I stayed at Harnser working on to assemble the wardrobe and then connect up and test the machines.
I was a bit put out when Diana did not bring the girls back until after 5.00pm which upset Sam's routine and so I drove into Wroxham and bought my own tea of plaice and spring roll so that I could walk him as usual. I had to increase his meal sizes again as he seems ever hungry, is quite skinny and keeps picking up and eating bits of rag, stone and vegetation! He now walks well on the lead, sits to command and whistle and begins to stay. Another mild day but turned drizzly later. When I had fitted the kitchen blinds this evening, the new place seemed quite complete but I still need to fit the rest of the internal and cupboard doors and install the alarm system.