Storm Approaching.

The day began with torrential rain, possibly the same band of rain that caused a mini-tornado in Cornwall. It was quite nice sitting in our warm home, drinking coffee and watching the rain and the wild sea.

Later in the morning there was a break in the clouds and for an hour or so we had lovely sunny weather though still very windy. I took the opportunity to clear the drain from the kitchen sink. It wasn't blocked but for a while now it has been making glugging noises and occasionally an unpleasant smell would waft up from the plug hole. I checked that there was nothing in the U-bend by poking around with a wire and then turned my attention to the outside pipe. Luckily all the plumbing was redone after we bought the place and the pipe taking water from the sink running along the outside wall has easily removable end caps where the pipe bends. Opening these up I found some sludge which I cleared out with a wire and then the garden hose. Feeling very pleased with myself I poured some soap and a kettle of hot water down the kitchen sink only to see it not running away at all. Somehow I'd made things worse. Off came the covers again and by repeatedly sending the wire right along each section of the pipe and flushing with the hose I cleared everything. I got the job done in the end, no need to call a plumber.

 

Things got grey and windy in the afternoon and there are dire warnings about Storm Eowyn which is due to arrive in the early hours of the morning. The whole of Ireland and the Irish Sea is under a red warning for wind. It's only a yellow warning here but I've made sure there is nothing that can be blown around outside, we'll put the sofa across the French doors before we go to bed and fill a flask with hot water in case the electricity goes out. It only takes one tree to fall on a power line and off goes the electricity. I also hammered a few very long metal garden stakes down through the hedge at the bottom of the garden to try and reduce the effect of the wind.

We had our Welsh lesson in the afternoon and it looks like we will have just one more week on the Mynediad (entry level) before we move to the Sylfaen (foundation level) course.

And of course as it's Thursday it was time to cast away the stresses of the week dancing around to loud disco music. The session is so much fun and a good cardio workout too.