Heavy haulin....

The morning dawned and, first thing to note, the world had not ended - yet.

Next task fall out of a far too warm bed, raid green goddess for various ropes and away to go. With Big D along to provide a bit of back up muscle.

First stop was Biker Phil and drag him away from the house and off in the trusty transit heading for the Rayburn.

We found the address with worrying ease, so where was the drama?

I should point out that if i have to move something large and heavy, it is always on the third floor with several 90 degree bends on the narrow staircase that the house owner only thinks to tell us it rotten after it has collapsed.

This here Rayburn is a huge item - has to be 250 kilos of anyones money.

So three of us got stuck in and with the aid of rollers  Soon got it moving and in a very short time with very little drama it was out in the street. Of course this wasn't any sort of street, it was a narrow little victorian town street, moving the big luton into complete block, not one but two streets. It was but a five minute job to get the stove in the van, another 5 minutes to lash it down, all done with very little honking hooting and impatience.

Back home and into the house went the "beast" with four of us and 3 rollers navigating it through a house cleared of items that might impeede progress.

Soon the lump had been trundled into place.

To say she was happy was not even to touch the emotion.

The bits needed to rebuild the stove have been catalogued and websites ransacked to find the best price.

I suggested that, at a pinch Xmas lunch could be Rayburned, she turned that one down, but only after a pause.

I really wish i had paid for this as a Xmas preseant it would put me so high on the moral high ground with the added value that I know for a fact that, unlike a shovel she would not be able to hit me with it.

So anyways with minutes to spare, the Transit was returned whence it came, then another Booker trip and then Aldi fun of Xmas.

Ahh yes Xmas, Branwen has been asking for a slow cooker.  Something she needs for her student house, so of course it was on the pressie list, then tonight on Freecycle there was this person offering a slow cooker, only used once, still with the box and instructions - WOW result.

So I hit the reply button fully expecting not to get it, then the phone rang it was Phil Bikers other half:

"About this slow cooker"

Thats two perfect Xmas pressies bought without paying much money -I can sort of get into this Xmas thing, well no not really.

Rhys