Finale

Yesterday, there were few takers for the offered attractions of the funfair which opened at 4 p.m.  By 7 p.m. everything closed and the rest of the evening and well into the night was spent in loading and packing up.  Some vehicles left through the evening, the rest departed this morning and by midday centre ville was back to normal. 

A few days’ respite then it will have to be cleared again to make way for the town’s Autumn Fair when the centre and many streets will be lined with market stalls, including part of the main road with diversions for through traffic in place…but for one day only, Sunday.

Now we can get the car back for a few days, the overflowing bags of recycling can be loaded and emptied.  Recycling is almost a full-time job - how quickly the packaging piles up!

A bit cooler today but still plenty of sunshine.

It may be the finale of the funfair, until next September, but not for our problems.

We still do not have a definite day and time for the central heating to be fixed, just that the work is on schedule for "some time" this week. 

No sign of workmen to do repairs to the empty house next door but, for a few days, no rain so no water coming into the garage.

Still no word on when our new shutter will turn up - we will chase that, when we have the energy.

Still no enquiries re our house which is up for sale on-line, which is perhaps just as well until these problems are resolved.

On the plus side, with the improvement in the weather and my usual pacing myself with household jobs, my arthritis has improved and my TN seems to have gone back to sleep.  Long may that - and the sunshine - last!

There are still challenges to be met and I need to pick myself up by my boot straps  and face them.

Onward and upward…or summat.