The Rectory is now nearly ready. The new furniture fits in well. Vicky has been busy making curtains - the two remaining important ones are the living room and the kitchen, where the light is very bright when the afternoon sun shines straight into the room.
There have been unforeseen difficulties. The vent in the Utility Room had been blocked in by one of the new kitchen base units. That had to be moved to provide adequate ventilation for the ageing boiler. The water is far too hot for safety, and this was tracked down to a motorized valve which had been removed years ago by a lazy plumber and not replaced. The sliding patio door does not slide - this will mean the entire wall of glass will have to be refabricated as the door is too old for spares to be available, and a big double glazed adjacent panel is leaking.
There area few other things which are not unexpected in a house that has been unoccupied for more than 2 years, and closer to 4 years uninhabited.
On Saturday we rehearse the licensing service, and this takes place on Monday 14th at 7.30pm. The small church will be full, as it was last Sunday when the Morris Dancers stayed in the village all weekend and did an 'offertory dance' of jingling bells and waving handkerchiefs during the Communion.
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