On Sunday we had a call from one of the neighbours in Nottingham – our overflow was pouring water out at the back of the house. This was mixed news. Obviously something was wrong, but equally obviously, it wasn’t a burst pipe, as that wouldn’t come out of the overflow. So we abandoned everything, including our carefully dovetailed plans for the rest of the week and shot up to Nottingham to sort out the overflow. The water is currently switched off and we are hoping that after a few days thawing the system will return to normal. (General opinion is that it’s a frozen ballcock. Time will tell.)

We returned to Peterborough that night then went back to Nottingham in the morning, collected a delivery, filled the car with stuff, ran the heating to warm everything up a bit, attended a meeting of the Numismatic Society and came home. The original plan to stay over seemed less attractive when faced with a cold, waterless house. Yes, it’s still cold despite the fired being on.

On Tuesday we stayed in Peterborough. Originally we were going to stay over in Nottingham and go for a meal with a friend, but see above remarks on cold house, no water etc.

Today, we went up, arrived at 10.30 and packed some stuff. I then went for a blood test, we visited the shop and then came home. Imagine my cheerful reaction when I had a call to tell me that the sample had been untestable and I would have to return tomorrow as a matter of urgency to have a retest. I’d been looking forward to some nice relaxing time with Julia, including a daytrip out. I hadn’t intended that trip to be to Nottingham. Again.

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