Thursday, 13 March 2014

Moving Soon??

We went to the house the other day to set the sighting scope on the Dobsonian telescope.  I had a spot of bother and took it off completely so that I could start from scratch on another day.
We went again on a bright sunny day and saw about 40 greylag geese in the field below the house. Then I realised there were as many again on the water.
Suddenly they all started fluttering about and I saw a large bird above them. I thought it must be a buzzard but it flew closer and I realised it was a red kite. It had evidently been around for about three days.
I sat on the back veranda in the wheel chair. They had fitted the glass panels and there was a gravel path coming round the house to the steps leading up. The front of the house was drying out and they had started putting down hard-core.
They also agreed to put a shelf in the entrance hall and a rail under it for hanging coats.
The various hand rails that re being supplied by Occupational Therapy should be put in by someone other than our builders so we agreed to that.
We have got to the point where we know the date we move in but not whether the removal men can deliver on time. The hospital beds are included in this little problem. We have asked for the chair to be delivered but have no guarantee of a date for this. Otherwise everything is going very well.
The ponies have somehow managed to move themselves again. We will have to arrange for them to be moved back to one of our bits of land.
 There is another when? for this activity.
All the potential visitors will be given jobs when they arrive. We have not told any of them yet that they might have to bring tents if the moving arrangements have not been finalised.
I see the Woodland Trust have 3 million trees to plant. Problem is we would need 3 million visitors to help plant them - not that we  would get all of them. We will do something but perhaps on a smaller scale.
Janet has been advised about the under floor heating and has two remote controls for opening the garage doors. We can spend  an afternoon  sitting in the car opening and closing the door.
Today I played a couple of games of chess on a 10 by 10 square board.
There are three extra pieces to contend with and certain complications inherent in the use of one of them. It makes a change but is quite tiring.
There are oystercatchers, curlew and the odd wimbril about. I have yet to see or hear the golden plover. It can't be long now.
I have put on almost all the weight I lost before Christmas so I shall start being careful about what I eat.
I have discovered that I can take a little wine for my health's sake.

1 comment:

  1. Wow the view from your new house looks amazing. We have been watching a murder mystery set on Shetland on BBC iplayer. It looked stunning. I can't believe I have never come to visit you there.
    I am stuck in to my dissertation at the moment. The end of my course is fast approaching and there suddenly seems such a lot of writing to do. Sending you both lots of Love, Ruth xxx

    PS Patrick says, have you every read Konrad Lorenz? Apparently he wrote all about greylag geese.

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