I arrived home from work yesterday to be informed by Tricia that the floor under the washing machine was wet. Fortunately the problem isn’t with the washing machine, but with the outlet pipes which have scaled up and blocked up. Taking piping apart is easy. Cleaning the pipes is easy. Putting it all back together with no leakage not so straightforward.

This evening I reconstructed everything. And then, with a little trepidation, started the washing machine. So far so good.

The downside is that Tricia hasn’t been able to do any washing…. and she goes away for the weekend tomorrow with some friends. Which means, that now the pipework is fine, I will have to do it over the weekend.

Tricia is off to Norfolk, with her friends. Leaving tomorrow afternoon, and coming back Sunday evening. With Nikki being away, you would think I might have a relatively quiet weekend. However, Robbie has ‘band practice’ on Saturday, I also have to get Ellie to ‘Brownie Revels’ and then a party. So I will be Mr Taximan in between the racket.