Friday a package containing two isolator switches so that the electrician can put in a special bit so that we can change over the office to generator easily but it did not arrive - Al had ordered it on next day delivery so was suprised and half way through Saturday morning discovered that the order hadn't gone through properlly and as the electician had said he wanted it for Sunday we then had a big flap about trying to find one we could get too a)before the various trade countors closed and b)the one in stock sold - we didn't manage it so we bought a half measure in the form of junction boxes at B&Q alonf with our new outside lamp (which was one of the more expensive ones around £30 as we decided going with metal instead of plastic would hopefully mean it would last longer).
Then back to the Mill before setting out for first Stroud to a shop that turned out to be closed and then to London and Essex to pick up the Dishwasher and washing machine. Nipping in to see Mum whilst we where there - she really does have sunburnt looking patches on her :/
We then begain driving back and it would have all been fine where it not for a big accident on the A147 which had things cut off when we where only like half and hour from hime resulting in us getting in at the annoyingly late time of 11:30 - it was a nasty hectic day is all I will say.
Obviously we had to have the bottom step replaced - unfortunatly I wasnt there to get a photo of the old one being pulled out etc... but here is our shiny new step though I'm not entirely sure why they've made it wil so many screws visible on the top surface - I know they are counter sank but it still ruins the idea of having a middle carpet thing on the stairs with the sides exposed. I've never seen a step made like this. Still its sturdy and it means we are a step closer to being back in our home 
Sorry I just had to get a joke in there somewhere!
The Wood burner had to be removed for the holes behind it to be plugged up from the inside - the tunnel men have already repaired the holes in the tunnel. The wood burner also needed to be checked out for thinning from the rust.
Too our suprise lurking behind it is this buetiful cogg thing set into the wall - it looks like it was probably from the middle of one of the mill wheels or something. It seems such a shame that it is covered up by the fire - What I hope we will be able to do in future is replace the current wood burner with a smaller more effecient one with a glass door etc... which will be able to sit to one side of the cogg so that it gets seen - the builders have cleaned it out and it would make a nice little trinket shelf Then the old preserving pan can sit the other side of it as our coal bucket etc... and it will look nice and rustic in a sarah and Al type of way but for now it will have to go back into hiding.
As some of you may have noticed there hasn't been any blogging in Feburary - this was due to building work on the Bakery resulting in no power and no internet but I have been writing the posts off line - I have just sent them all live from the McDonalds in Stroud who turn out to have free Wiifi I think I have just become a champion of drinking coffee very very slowely!
I will now endeverour to read about 1000 or so emials that have been waiting for me - also I abviously haven't been checking face book or anything. I have just a bit of work to catch up on here
Seth and Ella have been helping us clear out the upstairs of our house - unfortunatly becuase my back and pelvis started acting up as I tried to do a lot of the packing up and clearing myself at the weekend and stuff.
Also Alaric has had to work and so with me being stuck in bed for the first part of today not as much as could have been done was :/
Thanks anyway guys.
