Monday 13 July.
I had my last visit to Dr Viljoen this morning for a final check-up on my ear. We overslept and it was 7:15 am when we got up and my appointment was at 8:15 am. Moira had her shower while I made the breakfast then I got washed. We left at 8 am and the road into Port Shepstone was quiet so we made it with time to spare. The weather wasn't very good very cloudy and some rain in the air. The carpark at the medical centre was nearly full and I thought we would have a wait before we were taken. But when we entered the waiting room it was empty and when the doctor was finish with the patient she was dealing with it was my turn.
The examination only took about 5 minutes and after cleaning it and applying more ointment she declared she was happy with it and said it had all healed. I can now shower without stuffing my ear with press-stick and can try out my hearing aid. I don't need to see her again unless I develop some pain but she thought everything would be all right.
Before going home we went to the Sanlam office next to the Spar in the 'dip'. I wanted a certificate of the interest earned on the unit trusts I cashed in a few weeks ago for last tax year. I needed the information for my tax return. I spoke to the woman in the unit trust office on the phone and she said the certificate was being emailed to me. When we got home I checked the email but it hadn't arrived. We had to phone again, twice, before we finally got it. Moira also checked the interest earned on the Government Retail Bonds that we had also cashed in. This was available from our account on their internet site.
On Friday Moira had phoned a guy about fitting a security gate on the back door. He was to phone back on Friday afternoon when we returned from Margate but he didn't call. Moira got the name of another person to do the work from Tom, the president of Southport bowling club intended to contact him. But just before we left for the doctor the first guy, an Indian, phoned and apologised for not getting back to us and arrived at the house not long after we got back from the doctor. He suggested that instead of a gate on the outside of the back door to put a security gate on the door into the lounge. He also agreed to fit drop bars on the inside of the back door to secure it that way. He makes the doors himself and the supply and fitting will cost R1700, about £100, not bad. He will do the job before next Monday.
Another job we got done was the removal of the old broken down freezer that was in the garage. Moira saw an advert in the classified section of the South Coast Herald for a man who takes washing machines, fridges, freezers etc for any spares he can salvage from them. Moira phoned him and he arrived just before lunch time. He had a bakkie that he reversed into the garage and we helped to lift the freezer on to the back. He secured it with ropes and drove off happy. It was all free; in Scotland you would have to get in touch with the Council for a special collection and they would charge you for the service, that is if they would accept a freezer with the coolant chemicals to depose off.
Finally before lunch I spent some time finishing off the clearing of the remainder of the tile adhesive. It is looking quite smooth now and the new tiles fit nicely. After lunch, with it being a rest day in the Tour de France, I spent the afternoon working successfully on the crosswords in the 'Telegraph'. I managed to finish yesterday's prize puzzle and submit it. I started a new book, this is by Ann Cleeves, 'White Nights' and is one in her series of Shetland murder mysteries with the detective Jimmy Perez.
After dinner tonight we watched the quizzes, 'Pointless', 'Eggheads' and 'Millionaire' on TV. Later I put on the recorder we brought with us from the UK and listened to the folk concert with Bruce Springsteen 'The Seeger Sessions' which was very good then there was another concert programme with the flutist James Galway that was enjoyable as well. It was off to bed at the usual time.
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