9th January 2014 - A good start .... and then...

Yes, the day started very well. The sun was out and the winds had gone down. The Chickens were delighted to be out in the sunshine instead of hiding from the rain and hail. I was up unaccustomedly early, tasked to deliver my mother to the Hospital for an MRI scan before 9.30am. A task in itself!! But an early cup of tea and a quick jaunt down to Burry Port worked fine.. As did the appointment at the hospital itself, though as the first appointment of the day we seemed to be fairly delayed and running about 3/4 hour late by the end...

No, the start of the day went very well all things considered, and then we picked up the extension lead and popped into the garage to open the Bothy and fetch the battery charger with a view to charging and starting my mother's car - left a little too long on the hard standing over Christmas methinks...

So, having been dropped off with the equipment, I started the simple task of dropping the extension lead out of the window - over the balcony, and connecting the battery charger.... When I noticed that there was a missing crocodile clip on the positive wire from the charger...... This would cause a bit of a problem - but undaunted - I raided the office at Plas y Mor and found a rather large Bulldog Clip... Aha !!!  a bit of ingenuity and a connection... but - no power!!!!

So up to the flat again and check that the lead was plugged in... change to a wall socket and back to the car....  No joy!!!    Back to the car - check again - No joy... Back to the flat and get a bedside lamp to plug in to check if the power is out or the Battery Charger failing to make contact ... Back tot eh car - No light on the lamp - so no power....  Back to the flat, check the fuse - change it for the radio - works on the radio so not the fuse...  Check the wiring - all seems okay..... Back to the car - Working !!!!

Oh well - getting exercise if nothing else !!!! Back to the flat - give it five minutes ....

Ten minutes later - down to the car and starts first time - disconnect the charger, unplug the charger... back to the flat to unplug the extension - back tot eh car to stow everything away . Say goodbye - get in the car and the rear wheels are jammed!!!!   Nearside frees after a bit of rocking back and forward - forward - reverse - forward...  Off side - no chance ... 10 yards driving and still will not turn...

Time for the breakdown insurance to kick in - and an hour's wait as they pop up from Swansea....

Nice fellow turns up with the recovery truck and agrees with me that a large sledgehammer will probably be the correct tool for the job !!!  So, me driving back and forth and recovery man hitting the wheel with the hammer and we are free once more.....

Battery seems to be okay now so, time to say goodbye and head home..  But at home there appears to be a slight problem - in that I have keys to the car and Arnold's car - but no house key!!!  I know it was in the pocket earlier on - it was on a piece of tape material...  Blue and Gold !!  (and not a green one at all!!)

I have a multitude of pockets, and it takes about five minutes to actually convince myself that three is no key in ANY of the assorted pockets......  Best get back to the flat then !!!!

Luckily a spare key was with my mother - but a search of the grounds fails to find the offending key on the blue and gold tape....  On the off chance I pop in on the office , and sure enough, a house key on a piece of Blue and Gold Tape had been handed in - found in the car park out front!!!

Back to the flat then to return the key - those steps are beginning to kill me !!!

And back to the car and home ...

So job done !!!  Oh, forgot to get the extension lead out of the car - it can stay there for the moment - I am not going out to the car again !!!

Instead I will get to the computer and laugh at all my friends who are so pleased at having a new Beta Version of come on line computer game sent to them .... It could be the Elder Scrolls.  But that only means this to me ...

So- having rested for a few minutes - I shall go and make some bread.. Getting to be quite expert at throwing the right ingredients into the machine and letting it get on with it ....