Other things!

Other things that happened in June.

Sunday 6th June.

Other things have been happening to us besides reminiscing over our last holiday.
At the begining of the month we had a very wet footpath at the bottom of the drive. When the Water Board came to check they found that there was a leak in the water main.



Alex was put in charge of operations.




I think the Soccaroos scarf is a little out of place !



That's a very brave bloke in the hole. Actually they took the key out before letting Alex sit in the machine.



At last they found the pipe which was below two phone lines which made the repairs even harder to carry out.



A new section of pipe in place. The old pipe had been corroded from the outside by our very acidic shale ground. That's a submersible pump in the top right hand corner. The electrical cables either end of the new blue pipe are earth cables to prevent the team from getting electrocuted when working in the water. It was a long job but it was finished before the weather took a turn for the worse. Unfortunately the hole was back filled in reverse so we ended up with a hump of very sticky clay of the surface. I hope I can eventually get it sorted and grass to grow again.

Saturday 12th June.

I'm rather proud of myself. As the computer nerds in the family know, I'm a little frightened of the insides. When I started up the computer there was a terrible screeching noise so obviously I had to do something about it. Step by very slow step, I took the computer apart and by a series of elimination found that the bearings on one of the small cooling fans were gone. I tracked down a replacement locally and reinstalled everything. Its amazing the difference, the machine is so quiet. This fan must have been going for some time but because the change was so gradual I didn't really notice it.



Saturday 26th June.

I hear you asking, "Why is Alex dressed as a Mongolian Yak herder".






Here's the answer, we were outside on a very cold night watching an eclipse of the moon.