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May 2024
We did the usual day-to-day stuff a
lot in the first part of the month.
Getting the washing machine repaired, for example, and emptying
the loft for extra insulation to be added. The latter turned out to be a huge job,
but we hope it will be worthwhile in the end. We had a survey to see whether our
house would be suitable to have an Air Source Heat Pump system put in,
Octopus Energy did that for us – they have deals! It turns out to be a “No” from them
because of the size of the house – it’s just too big for what they can do
for us. Maybe we should just leave
it for now until things develop a little further – new adopters of
developing technology are sometimes disappointed.
We had an absolutely fantastic week
in a cottage at Achateny on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula. This was just up the road from where Hamza Yassin lives (the
wildlife photographer who won Strictly a couple of years ago) but we
didn’t see him. We had a super
time, the weather being changeable but when it was fine it was very fine
indeed! Ian got lots of new
contacts by radio since, apparently, proximity from the sea makes a
difference! He raved about the lack of
noise, both in the radio sense and in the actual sound sense – it was
very peaceful indeed and we both enjoyed the break from our hectic
retirement lives.
It was, of course, also our
anniversary – 40 wonderful years of marriage and we dined on venison
sausages (those being the only venison around pre-stalking season).
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