Now completed, a new dropped kerb outside our house – and very smart it is too. We should now at least be able to park! Of course I had to repaint the door to make that look smart and we have put some standard roses in new tubs … now we’ll have to repaint the stonework as we got it clean with the power washer but that revealed peeled paint … a never ending saga.

When I went to use the power washer I found that the outside tap wasn’t working and we only had it installed last April – turned out that the non-return valve had stuck closed … took it out, jabbed it with a pointed stick and all is well again!