Whew!

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

Well - what a 2 days it's been - I'm glad I was at work as our house was torn apart by the Gas board as they attempted to fix the saga of the leaking radiators. They ended up stripping and draining the entire system, cleaning out all the gunge and it appears we now have a fully functioning central heating system again - just in time for Christmas.

There was one final potential crisis averted as well. Just as the men were tidying up and preparing to leave, Ross was heading for his shower prior to going on his work's night out. He decided the main shower upstairs wouldn't be ready as the heating had been off most of the day when the men were working on the system, so he thought he'd use the downstairs electric shower. It seemed to be working again after shorting out a few months ago. Ross got in to the shower, then - bang! All the power went - no TV, no cooker - nothing except the lighting circuit was left on.

I initially thought it was something Jo had done as she was fiddling with tree lights for our second (mini, artificial) tree in the back room. Then my mind turned to the work that the gas men had been doing, but all was revealed shortly. We managed to get it up and running again eventually, thank goodness, but we definitely need to get an electrician out to fix this weak spot in our electrical system.

I was out at the Golf Club Committee and Staff Christmas dinner at the Tor-na-Coille last night. Very nice it was too - 19 of us there, but the staff were vastly outnumbered by the Committee. We made a £10 contribution to the food and drink, but that seems paltry - I felt a little guilty at using Golf Club funds for this, but I suppose it's the one perk that the volunteers on the Committee get.

Hopefully a fairly short day today - and some squash this afternoon. Tomorrow is our annual oldies football match which also celebrates Dave Williamson's birthday. It'll be a bit like outdoor Subbuteo - at least on my part. Not sure how my knees will stand up to it - I'll take it easy.

Enjoy the festivities everyone.