After struggling against the drizzle which was getting steadily heavier as the day went on, I had just jacked up the garage a little more and stabilised it when Steve Bloom and his work colleague Christine arrived to help. Together, we used the mixer bricking the sides of the garage until dark.
Daniel arrived to do his washing and, later, his friend Later, Jonathan Bloom arrived but went sailing in his catamaran. Later, I was invited over to Christine's boat where she had prepared a nice meal which we enjoyed and, having enjoyed another bottle of wine and drinks at the Hotel Wroxham afterwards, I had quite a bit to drink
I was awake a bit late after a patchy night with fitful periods of sleep. It had rained all night and was raining again this morning with the drizzle getting steadily heavier as the day went on. I had my breakfast and then got washed, dressed and out to the garage, wearing old clothes but also cursing the rain. I unloaded the cement mixer and struggled to get it up onto its pedestal and set up without getting too wet in the process and I had just jacked up the garage a little more and stabilised it when Steve Bloom and his work colleague Christine arrived to help. Together, we loaded the mixer and started work, bricking the sides of the garage until dark. We worked within the line of the garage to keep out of the rain as much as possible until the sun finally came out in the afternoon.
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Daniel came by to do his washing at Heronshaw and was expecting to help me move the railway sleepers but was reprieved as they had not come. He joined us for bread and cheese at lunchtime and told me more about his girlfriend who should be coming to see us next weekend at The Hayling View. She is the oldest of three children from a professional family in Cheshire. Later, Jonathan Bloom and a friend arrived but went sailing in his catamaran and was not much help to me. We worked on after lunch until dusk and, after clearing up, went inside to have a cup of tea and rest. Later, my helpers left for Wroxham and I was invited over to Christine's boat where she had prepared a nice meal which we enjoyed. I stopped off at the shop for another bottle of wine and, what with that and the fact that they joined me for drinks in the Hotel Wroxham afterwards, I had quite a bit to drink before I went back to Heronshaw for the night.