A step in the right direction

 Today's housework was.... starting to declutter the bathroom and vacuum floors downstairs....

Later one of our friends came by with contributions for the cycle jumble...and doesn't want any of the proceeds! There is some cleaning involved, but that is no great deal.

Then just after midday my car was lifted..its first step on the way to a garage near Ayr and a new clutch!!

The next quick job was halved and stone six pounds of plums!! Three layers of the dehydrator...with empty layers in between which will speed the (slow and steady) process....then off on the bus with slightly orange hands!!

I went to thank the travel agents for their well done work...and talk about the next trip....to the same place but aiming for nearer my destination to avoid giving my Friend a long drive back from an airport... Bordeaux is 2½ hours from home on a good day...

Then a little shopping..and a phone call from the son of Pirate's old opponent and eventually good mate...to say that he had died..when I saw who the missed call was from I guessed. He was a couple of years older and hadn't been in good health for quite a time...but like Pirate had still carried on riding his bike.