Saturday 28 February 2015

Remember our November Leak? .....


Although the main leak near to our kitchen
has been repaired
The second leak has not!!!  Yet!!!
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The Water Board think the leak is on our property.
The insurers' repairers think it is outside our property boundary!
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We have now had our water meter moved twice.
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Once at the beginning of January, to put it nearer
to our front boundary.
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Now it has had to be moved again - right up to our boundary
wall out on to the pavement!
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There is still an obvious leak, as the hole the Water Board dug
soon filled with water.
They left it for 2/3 days, then had to fill it in, as they are "not allowed to
leave an unprotected hole in the road".
Their fencing and 'Men at Work' signs are leaning against our front wall.
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We were told that an Inspector was due to call to inspect/look/check
the origin of this second leak, but we haven't seen him!
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Then this morning we had another bill from the Water Board requesting
payment of nearly £1,700.00.
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Its becoming a nightmare and getting very stressful.
I am everlasting on the phone to our insurers to keep them up to date
on what the Water Board are doing, then I have to phone
the Water Board to see what is happening next because the insurers
want to have a report, and this morning the Water Board's 
computers were 'down', so they can't check up on the latest
report that might have been put on-line until next Monday!
The lovely lady I spoke to this morning kept saying 'Don't worry' -
but its jolly hard not to with a £1,700 bill hanging over your head.
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Aaaargh !!!!!
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Ann x

Saturday 21 February 2015

What a Lovely Surprise! .....


We played Doubles in the South Pembrokeshire Short Mat Bowls
Competition today at Heatherton Sports Centre. 
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We got through the first three matches of the first round.
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Then we won two prizes in the raffle.
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Then we got through to the quarter finals,
then the semi-finals
and then we were runners up in the Final!!
Well done us!  Absolutely exhausted and elated.
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We didn't expect that when we drowsily got ourselves up at 7.00am this morning!!!
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We are chuffed to bits with ourselves
and now well dined and wined !!!
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Hooray!!
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Ann x

Monday 2 February 2015

Well, It's February and trying to snow!!!

But we are staying indoors and keeping warm!
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It has taken us a while to warm up after our winter trip to the sun!
Peter enjoyed his 80th birthday horse ride!
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I enjoyed my birthday horse ride too!!
(A lady doesn't reveal her age)
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Since leaving the sun I have gone back to my patchwork class
and finished a bag I was making

I'm quite pleased with it.  Used up some Kaffe Fasset material
that I had, so it is very colourful and hopefully will be very useful.
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I also received my lovely poppy from The Tower of London 
memorial display "Blood swept lands and seas of red".
I bought this in memory of my Great Uncle, Walter William Scroggs.
He was killed in France at Gommercourt on 16 November 1916.
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Of course, the magnificent display was to remember all 888,246 who 
lost their lives during World War I, but I think they are all
also in remembrance of any who have given their lives to ensure
that we are able to live our lives in the way that we do.
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Keep warm
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Ann x