No trophies and no plumber

To spoil my plans even more I called Alan Tullet to see if the trophies for CRPC were ready to pick up and they weren't, a last minute rush of urgent work has bumped mine down the queue. I'll pick them up next Wednesday. As part of the journey I was going to drop off some 100Y A/S cards to Ian Pettett so I have posted them instead.

Unfortunately the plumber couldn't get to me this afternoon so he is calling round tomorrow morning. After much searching I found the external stopcock in the front garden. A very old rusty cover with a broken edge was covering a piece of paving slab, below which was a thick tile. This covered a 4" pipe leading to the stop cock. Using Dean's key I could turn the stopcock but even when fully closed some water came through to the mains taps? Hopefully, this will reduce the flow and I won't have to get up every few hours tonight to empty the pans, catching the drips.

I have called Kim to let him know I cannot make it to the range today.