Tuesday 10th Sept

I have a couple of belts that need shortening, and a watch back that needs putting back on. To put you in the picture the eldest brought the belts back from Morocco for Mrs P and I, and they appear to be one-size-fits-all, at least if you are a lot bigger than we are. So they need the ends taking off, shaping and a few extra holes putting in. The watch back I removed myself to replace the battery, and because it’s water resistant and the fit is tight I can’t get it back on. So it is I take them to the local cobbler/key cutter/leather worker/engraver. A young lad puts my watch back on in about 5 seconds, at no cost, and the belts will be ready on Thursday at a cost of about £5. Great value and great service, if it works.

I spend the afternoon pulling out kitchen appliances to clean behind them and doing ironing, under instructions from Mrs P. Whilst ironing I flick through the On-Demand TV service, and find the Borgia’s series 1 and 2 to watch. I think my daytime TV watching is sorted for the rest of the month.

In the evening I go out driving with the eldest. In an attempt to improve her sense of direction in the local area, I ask her to take me to one of her friends houses, and leave her to it. Then to some other locations she knows. We arrive in a roundabout way at each destination, so hopefully it helped her. In fact I learnt a new route to one place, more luck than judgement, but where there’s a will there’s a way.

Yours being chauffeured the long way round.

Jay