Thursday

Did some gardening today. Monica set up the gro-bag with tomato plants while I prepared some peat pots for courgette seeds. Fortunately there was enough peat left from last year to fill a couple of pots for the mini-cucumbers, too. The grey sky turned out to be rain clouds and the downpour started just after we went inside. The temperature dropped and we felt quite chilly indoors. The rep came to estimate for a through-floor lift. He was very helpful and the ball park figures he hinted at sounded as though it may come in cheaper than the previous estimate but we won't know until Monday. Watched a really interesting short video of the transit of Venus on the Guardian website. Well worth a look as the next transit isn't due until 2117!