On our own again with not a soul to be seen. Sunday afternoon and the intrepid weekend cruisers who were bold enough to come out this weekend have all gone home to their Marinas - if we had one I'd probably join them tonight.
Continuing with the refurb. G put the finishing touches to the fire - copper behind and fire blacked, he really has done a lovely job - so good, in fact, that I think I now trust him to refurb my galley. We even stacked some of the wood we split yesterday underneath to make a new home for our spiders to keep it dry and convenient. Hopefully there will be a grand opening and lighting ceremony on Saturday.
Meanwhile I turned my attention to the things that might fail the BSC (Boat Safety Certificate - 4 yearly MOT). MR is nearly 8 years old and The Inspector Calls on Thursday. The knobs on our hob are sticking and not springing back so, if the flame blew out, the gas wouldn't stop - this would fail us. So I prised the knobs off and decontaminated them with boiling water and detergent, mucked out the sockety bits (technical term) underneath and set to with vaseline and WD40 - jobs a good'un.
Then (and now my halo really starts to glow) settled down to write a complicated letter of complaint to the CEO of the Nationwide - a Building Society with which we have previously had an excellent relationship. Like nearly all the things that I put off, it really wasn't that bad once I'd started although it took me 2 hours. Don't expect it will do me much good, but at least I'll know I've tried - it's all down to that old chestnut that we're not on the Electoral Role at the address they have for us and that a third party is. Well they would be - it's their house.
This is us moored above in desperately windy weather and splendid isolation - the flood banks are very unforgiving in strong winds. I, literally, dragged Baxter 'over the top' today but then found a nice new circular walk on the other side - once on soft grass and with trees to break the prevailing wind we had a good time.
You can see the waves breaking against MR
Then (and now my halo really starts to glow) settled down to write a complicated letter of complaint to the CEO of the Nationwide - a Building Society with which we have previously had an excellent relationship. Like nearly all the things that I put off, it really wasn't that bad once I'd started although it took me 2 hours. Don't expect it will do me much good, but at least I'll know I've tried - it's all down to that old chestnut that we're not on the Electoral Role at the address they have for us and that a third party is. Well they would be - it's their house.
Hi Jill
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the Nationwide - I've got an ongoing complaint with them re our buildings insurance. First you go to a 'first resolution team' who don't resolve anything, then to a 'customer experience team'. Bit worrying that they deal with complaints but neither dept has the name 'complaint' in it...
Abby (Joe's daughter) x
Stove looks really smart. I do like the log storage underneath. What a ggod idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you. The storage was G's idea and it does provide extra space just by raising the fire.All I need now is a chimney! Glad you are safe
DeleteHi Abby, lovely to hear from you. I've cut out the normal channels and found the name and e-mail address of the Manager of the appropriate dept. I also found an e-mail address for the Chief Exec and e-mailed him a copy. I had a response today and was told I'd have an answer tomorrow whether or not it'll be the answer I want.....but at least they are communicating
ReplyDeleteCheck you out going straight to the top, then again we are mere plebs aren't we!? (as an MP may once have said)
DeleteAbby x
Sometimes it's the only way - and it's worked! xx
DeleteStove's looking good. You'll be glad of that now.
ReplyDeleteWell done G!