14.10.2025 Window surround.

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  Tuesday 14th 51F/10.6C  [8.00] A grey, but dry day is promised. Possible sunshine later in the afternoon.

 Up at 7.15 after a typically mixed night. 

 8.15 Time for a walk. 

 9.00 Back from a half hour walk. I could hear birds of prey calling at some distance. Only in the last few hundred meters did the black kite show up. Gliding parallel with the road. Then I heard more cries from the top of the hill. Seemingly unconnected with the black kite. 

 The heavy tipper lorries continue their trundling back and forth. Interspersed by several, large, container lorries at intervals. The lorries were easily outnumbering the cars again. 

 Somebody keeps blasting their horn at me. Though I haven't a clue who they are. They were on the opposite side of the road. So it had nothing obvious to do with my presence on the edge of the road. I take to the verge whenever lorries approach. To avoid causing holdups. Or the lorries having to go around me. 

 No visit to my English friend today. He has guests. Perhaps tomorrow instead.

 12.15 I have been working outside. On the bedroom window surround. One side is all but finished. The second not far behind. I decided to carry the sides under the window. With a small rectangle filling the remaining space under the window. This avoids rainfall being directed to the vertical joints. By the outer edges of the windowsill. 

 I avoided having to drag the heavy circular saw out from the shed. By using the jigsaw with a straight edge as a fence. A fine, up-cut blade helped the cause. The slightly ragged edges were easily cleaned up with the orbital sander.

  15.00 Back in for a rest and to cool off. The grooved boards just need to be fixed now. They cover the area which was once a single glazed "picture window." The new, smaller window is triple glazed. It completely blocks the noise. Which once passed straight into the bedroom unhindered. 

 17.30 I managed to find some screws and fixed the new boards in place. I had better tidy up the tools. A small strip above the window still needs to be finished off. 

 Dinner was fish fingers with chips and peas.  

 

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