After a great night's sleep I was treated to a hearty breakfast. Turns out that was good fortification for the cold day. It was bright and sunny, and absolutely frigid and windy. I do have appropriate clothing so once attired, I was quite warm.
Ann drove me to Kathy's place to have a short visit and get the key to her car. It's a VW Polo and perfect for what I need. It has been a while since I'd driven a standard, but it's kind of like riding a bicycle, except in traffic, on the wrong side of the road, shifting with the wrong hand.
The car worked fine and I didn't strip the gears. What took me a while was figuring out how to shut off the wipers – both front and back. Every car has slight differences, so I likely amused any drivers who passed because the wipers were working nicely at intervals on the (then) perfectly dry and sunny day. A little time behind the wheel after arriving at Minmore Mews and I had them shut off.
I had stopped for groceries en route so had all that to put away and I did. Then I unpacked and put away my clothes. Then I got out the laptop. Then the heating system quit. It kept getting colder and colder in the cottage. Some further investigation, not by me, resulted in a diagnosis of a broken something or other. It was of course not available by the time the problem was diagnosed. This is Saturday. No way I'm going to spend the weekend wrapped in a duvet until sometime on Monday.
The owner was contacted - having just left a short time before the heating died. He returned and moved me to another cottage. So, I repacked everything, moved about 30 feet, and reversed the whole procedure.
That brings things up to date. There are no major plans for tomorrow but I expect there will be a brief excursion somewhere.
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