Monday.

 

We had the first frost this morning. People had to scrape their car windscreens, we're told. However, as you can see from the above photo, two hours later it was a fine warm morning, with, Ann tells me, a good 'dry out'. Worked in the workshop and forge this morning, and completed a job I'd been dreading- silver soldering a broken flintlock gunpart together - managed to do a sort of scarf joint, seems strong and preserves an original part- otherwise I would have had to make a replacement part. A friend of ours (a young furniture restorer) delivered some of our dining chairs he's been firming up for us (they were getting very creaky in their joints- every sympathy for them) and stayed for a sandwich lunch with us. Had to nip into town this afternoon to post letters, then motored over to see our friend Terry, who lives a few miles out of town. Had tea with her, then spent a very pleasant hour chatting and catching up on the local news. Then home, supper, and a good, stimulating, two handed game of scrabble. Time for bed now. Goodnight all.