Tuesday 25th September
Woke to the sound of water dripping on to the dining room table. Like all good DIY- ers, poked a hole in the plaster board ceiling to let the volume of water through. Next I awoke Robert with the words: "Please get up, there's water coming through the ceiling". He more logically looked in the main bedroom to find water not only pouring through the ceiling, but on to my computer. Time now to move computer and place buckets under the leaks. I got dressed and went next door and asked my neighbour to come and help, which he did in an instant. He managed to turn the stop cock (is it legal to use that word?) off, but it made no difference to the leak. Robert, by this time was firmly ensconced in the roof (it was a tight fit) and had located the leak coming from a seal in the side of the Header tank. By running the hot water taps, the level of the water reduced and prevented any further leak. Decided I'd not tell Graham until he get's back from the US.
This was not the end of today's adventures...A still very homesick Lucy had requested my presence, so leaving the leak, fingers crossed it wouldn't return, we (Robert as chauffeur) set off for the station. Having free rail travel is a perk we never seem to use to it's full, but it does take the edge off it a bit when the car park at the station is £9.00 per day (or part off). The weather was pretty wet as well and although we had a walk round town (Hermione not really being up to it) and tea back at Lucy's room, we didn't seem to have made much of a difference to Lucy's state of mind by the time we left. I proffered a shoulder to cry and words of support, Robert took on the role of father figure and gave the "you will survive talk".
Eventually back at home at 9.00pm.
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