Windy.

We had a lot of heavy rain in the night including a noisy thunderstorm. 

By morning the rain was easing off but then the builder phoned to say he was stuck without any diesel for his van. This fuel 'crisis' is completely ridiculous and a result of panic buying after the media reported a couple of petrol stations had run dry. As soon as the media hyped up the story it seems everybody went into panic mode and went out to fill up their cars and vans even if they didn't need to. Petrol stations reported a 5x increase in demand, roads were blocked with queueing vehicles and naturally the fuel ran out. Our car is very efficient and with the limited distances we travel we only need to fill up every couple of months.

With showers come rainbows. This one grew and grew until the whole arc was right in front of us with the ends dipping into the sea below the cliffs. I couldn't get far enough back to get the whole rainbow in a single shot.

Peter went of to town to do some shopping and then the builder turned up. He'd found out on FB that the local Morrison's garage had just had a delivery and was able to fill up. The front is now fully rendered and he just needs one dry day next week to put the final textured coat on. The current flat finish is much nicer than the bobbly finish on the rest of the house but we're not in a position to render the whole house so bobbly it will be.

I still need to take things easy so instead of working in the garden or even a windy walk along the beach I emptied two of the big boxes from the bathroom into smaller ones that will fit through the hatch. Another job I was able to do was to go through the pile of magazines we get from the camper club to pull out any interesting articles before consigning the magazines to the recyle pile. Did some more paperwork and piano practice before settling down on the sofa to watch a programme about dream kitchens and bathrooms. I can't say that the kitchen which cost over £50K was worth it. £2K for a coffee machine!! I'm hoping to pick up some ideas for our bathroom which still needs to be done.

The big waves have brought out the surfers.