Chilly.

Very windy today but no rain.

When Peter attempted to put the new battery into the car he found one awkwardly positioned nut rusted tight. Which wouldn't have been a problem if we hadn't given away all of the socket sets and other car tools. It happened when the only neighbour around didn't have any car tools. Peter's only option was to walk down to our friendly garage to ask to borrow the required tool. At the garage he found that the owner was away on holiday but one of the mechanics loaned him the tool. Once he got back to the car it only took 5 minutes to change the battery over. In the meantime I'd worked out a plan for my doctor's appointment. I was going to walk there and then afterwards nip over to Tesco's, do my shopping and get a cab home. I'm glad I didn't have to do that long walk because it was rather cold. Because my appointment wasn't until ten to five I planned to shop at Lidl's first then drop in at the garden centre where I could mooch around before collecting more cardboard boxes. While at the garden centre I took photos with the phone camera. A lot of them came out blurry not sure why, maybe due to the low light levels in the shop area. Here are some of the rest.

I don't think this giant orchid is for sale but I would love any of these specialist but very expensive orchids below. The glass containers were tempting too.

The doctor was helpful though the response from the hospital to her request for me to be seen urgently was that I should have another 7 day heart monitor. I've already been given a time for that, at the end of March! So I doubt if I'll be seen by the consultant for at least 2 months. You never know, we might even be in Wales by then. So for now I've some new tablets to try.

While Peter was dealing with the car he met the first couple that came to view our house recently. They are buying the house 4 doors down which is bigger and has a drive. While it would have been great if they had wanted our house at least the neighbouring property is now off the market.