Bits and Pieces

I’m writing this on the 11/11/11 a very poignant day, especially as this is the first year where there is no one alive today who was in the Great War.

This could very well be a disjointed blog, because we have being doing a variety of things over the last month. Sue had her cataract operation at Salisbury Hospital and all went very well this time. All the doctors and nurses were very nice and everything went without a hitch. Why couldn’t it have been like that the first time?  Sue has been taking her recovery very seriously and has been taking it easy. I now know what a sink, cooker and washing machine look like and how they work. She has a follow up appointment on Monday so we expect to hear that all is well.

Sue, Julie from Cape Town, Lyn and David

Carol and Sue Photo taken in the summer

    

More summer photos Sue and Geoff

Sybil and Joy

Hengistbury Head ramble - a bridge too far! An exceptionally high tide floods the bridge.

Do we really have to go back?

 

We recently had solar panels (pv panels) installed. This had to be a quick decision before the Feed In Tariff (FIT) is halved. Since the Government announced that the FIT was to change in December, instead of March, there has been a rush to get them installed. Listening to the radio, this morning, there is a big furore over the timings and the possible loss of 20,000 jobs.
The surveyor said we could fit 6 panels on the roof, but the fitter said he could fit 10! So on installation day we had to make a quick decision as to what we wanted to do. In the end we had 9 which looks better than a possible 10.
We are all up and running and I have seen the electricity meter going backwards! We will be getting a new digital meter which cannot go backwards – shame.

Scaffolding up – now for the panels

Fitting the pv panels

 

6 done 3 to go

Finished

    

Oldie photos from 1991

David and myself at the start of the Paris to Versailles run (21 kms). I had to be persuaded to do it and David had forgotten to tell me about the hills!
In the right hand photo you can just see one of the legs of the Eiffel Tower.

     

I have just found that I can look up our results of the Paris – Versailles website. At least I didn’t come last!

David’s Statistics (his age is a closely guarded secret!)