Day 307 - Just 3 days to go...

I was supposed to be getting the old sticks out again this morning but the combination of the weather forecast (rain from mid morning combined with strong winds) and the need to get some grocery shopping in before the Big Day meant that duty called...

We were outside the gates of Costco at 09:58, ready for the off... As it turned out, we needn't have worried: the crowds weren't too bad, but the shelves were definitely emptier than they had been a week earlier. We didn't have a lot of choice on the beef front but, after an extensive discussion with a fellow customer, I found what looks like as if it should be a fine centrepiece on the table on the 25th.  Watch this space...

Arrived home via a stop-over at Sainsbury's (for some smaller portions) in time for lunch.  And when we came to dot he washing up, we realised that we had a problem... the pilot light on the boiler had gone out and was refusing to be coaxed back into action.  Don't panic...! 

A call to the local bathroom shop (TJ Bathrooms of Cobham) produced a plumber and, what's more, he had time this afternoon.. problem solved: he managed to fix it and, what's more, persuaded us that the boiler itself was good for many years to come... result....

A walk into Cobham followed: the traffic in the village was desperate and Shank's Pony was definitely the right choice!

And then it was back to the Club (no escape..) for the final Men's Committee Meeting of the year.  A few fellow committee members had called off which meant that there were only five of us there.  We were still quorate however and arguably were even more efficient à cinq....