Sorry folks

[Bonzo]

A big sorry for my absence from the forum for the last few weeks folks

Snowed in for the best part of a week……………I threw myself into some of the DIY jobs needed about the home.
I heard that !!?? Who said “ Better I threw myself in the lake “

End result ?? A well pleased better half & loads of big & small jobs out of the way.

The downside of all this graft was lots of early nights, lazy starts & no forum time.

How strange is life ???...................Our lane was snowbound & frozen solid for a full week.
Not being very steady on my feet at the best of times, I managed to walk the dog several times a day without slipping over.

Last week, I was on the top tread of our step ladder getting something out of the top of a bulit in wardrobe.
There was a largish box in the way ………..I slid it out …..Yikes….I was too heavy for me.
I threw the box down onto Juniors bed that was close by ………. In the process, I managed to throw myself from the ladder as well !!??

Well the wife was a lot of use…….She was in a fit of laughter & said “ I was impressed that you managed a commando roll in mid air & land on the bed, next to the box “

No harm done, just a pair of skinned shins, bruised wrist & tweaked my back a little.
We both had a darn good laugh about it.

No progress on my build, it has just been too darn cold & I have reached breaking point with the leaky workshop roof.
This winter has really put paid to it, good n proper . Hardly a dry area to be found now ??

At the expense of my build fund ……..I have decided that a new roof is more important at this moment of time.
At least I already have the new tiles & my Two lads are roofers.

Grumble time ?? ………. I thought the building trade was slack at the moment.

I contacted 3 local roof truss companies on Monday. All of them promised to get back to me with a quote, true to form, none have !!!!!

Personally, I thought 11 trusses would be worthy of a quote. Perhaps they don’t need the business.

On the plus side. My eldest has priced up the timber & is happy to do all of the joinery work as well as laying the roof,
Should save me an extra few hundred £££’s …..Result

I’ll try to catch up with the latest forum posts this evening & get round to replying to my PM’s

That’s all for now folks