I had a bit of a lie-in which was good, and when I came down I filled in the Census form, although I found it complicated and had to make a few corrections, crossings out, explanations, and I accidentally spilled some coffee on it. Whoops. Methinks the American arms manufacturer who has won the contract might not make any profit on our form. The boys filled in their sections, and then Gill did hers; she too had to help the form administrators understand what she was putting. It's nice to know a real person will be dealing with our information, not some faceless computer.
However, as it was lovely outside I got out into the garden as I still had more compost stuff to sort out, and I got quite a bit done.
But then after lunch I remembered I was supposed to take my bike to Cycle Heaven to get the new disc brakes fitted, as the original ones wear down really quickly and the little plastic wheel used to tighten the pad has broken off and the mechanism gets too difficult to tighten up even with pliers. Very unsatisfactory. So, at some expense, I'm having disc brakes fitted with pads which are twice as big, and hopefully will wear down half as fast! I also need a new front chain wheel, or sprocket, but the stainless steel one hasn't arrived yet so I'm having an ordinary one fitted to make the bike safe, and if/when the more resilient one arrives, that will replace the one being put on today. So I cycled down and left my bike and trailer there, and came home on a replacement bike, which doesn't have all the three gears working.
I popped in on Rich at Country Fresh and bought some fruit and veg, and loaded a box and a bag of recyclable materials on the rack, and came home and continued my work in the garden.
Gill came down the garden at about 7pm and suggested I come in and watch Countryfile and have tea, which was pasta and mushrooms.
I was glad to come and sit down as I have been very busy today, and I watched a programme about the Japanese Earthquake and then a Brian Cox offering about light whilst playing Scrabble.
However, as it was lovely outside I got out into the garden as I still had more compost stuff to sort out, and I got quite a bit done.
But then after lunch I remembered I was supposed to take my bike to Cycle Heaven to get the new disc brakes fitted, as the original ones wear down really quickly and the little plastic wheel used to tighten the pad has broken off and the mechanism gets too difficult to tighten up even with pliers. Very unsatisfactory. So, at some expense, I'm having disc brakes fitted with pads which are twice as big, and hopefully will wear down half as fast! I also need a new front chain wheel, or sprocket, but the stainless steel one hasn't arrived yet so I'm having an ordinary one fitted to make the bike safe, and if/when the more resilient one arrives, that will replace the one being put on today. So I cycled down and left my bike and trailer there, and came home on a replacement bike, which doesn't have all the three gears working.
I popped in on Rich at Country Fresh and bought some fruit and veg, and loaded a box and a bag of recyclable materials on the rack, and came home and continued my work in the garden.
Gill came down the garden at about 7pm and suggested I come in and watch Countryfile and have tea, which was pasta and mushrooms.
I was glad to come and sit down as I have been very busy today, and I watched a programme about the Japanese Earthquake and then a Brian Cox offering about light whilst playing Scrabble.
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