Saturday 11 July.
It was back to walking before breakfast again this morning. It was a bit of a longer route today, going out to Old Faith and down towards the main road. Before reaching the Spar supermarket we turned at Mdoni Rd, up the hill past where Ray and Carol used to live. At the top it was still uphill on Park Rd to meet Edinburgh Rd and home. It was about 50 minutes for our outing today and we walked quite briskly, Moira is slowly getting rid of her aches and pains and getting fitter.
After breakfast Moira went to the hardware shop in Port Shepstone to get a stiff broom to brush out the patio when I continued to spray with the pressure washer. While she was out I began to chip away the adhesive that was set and hard where I had lifted the two cracked tiles in the back bedroom. The wide steel chisel I got yesterday worked all right but it was hard work. The trouble was that it was awkward and painful sprawled on the floor and hammering away at the chisel. I gave up when Moira returned with broom, I had done about half the area and it looked good once I had vacuumed up the debris.
After relaxing with a cup of tea for 10 minutes we started to clean the patio and the walls at the back. I stripped down to must a pair of shorts and in my bare feet. While I powered cleaned the patio Moira brushed away the water, sand, leaves and dirt. The brick flooring now looked very good and I finished off by cleaning down the walls in the area. It was worth while getting the power cleaner, it is doing an excellent job.
When finished Moira hosed me down to get rid of all the grit that was on my body. I then showered and got clean clothes on. We sat down and did some more of the listing of the stuff we are sending to Scotland. We have done most of it, there is only the t-shirts to count and the forms to fill in. Moira is going to complete everything tomorrow and fax them to Stutterford on Monday. It had been a busy morning and after our lunch we got ready for bowls. Before leaving I checked the cricket; it had not long started for the day and when we left for Southport Australia had lost their first wicket and had scored 32 runs.
Moira and I were playing in the same game again but this time against one another. We were both leading for our sides and
I had a different skip not Marnie for a change. It was an old guy, Ian Gibson, who is 87 years old and still a fair player. I remembered him from the many times we have played at Southport over the years. We started off very well and had a 7 shot lead after the first two ends. But our opponents fought back and after tea went ahead, it was neck and neck until the final end and we lost. Moira had to buy me a drink! We both had reasonable games and played some good shots.
As soon as we got home I turned on the TV for the cycling. There was only 20 km to go and the breakaway was being quickly caught. The stage was from Rennes to Mur-de-Bretagne. It was flat at the start and at sea level but it climbed to 1500m at the finish. This wasn't a sprinters stage and there was a nasty climb to the mountain top finish. Froome was pushing hard up the hill but with about 500m to go the Frenchman Vuillermoz of the AG2R team broke away and won. The other main contenders were all in the main peleton just behind and there wasn't any change in the general classification.
Next it was over to the cricket and it looked like England had made the correct decision last night. Australia had lost 7 wickets and were still 200 short of England's total. It didn't take long for the English bowlers to see off the tail enders and the Aussies lost the first test by 169 runs in 4 days. It had been an enjoyable game and England appeared to have recovered after a few bad years.
We had dinner during the cricket but after it finished there wasn't anything on TV tonight worth watching. I returned to my Ian Rankin book and read it until bedtime.
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