Full of surprises

 Life's full of surprises and today saw yours truly presented with a fantastic cake made by a friend and colleague to celebrate my eversonearnowyoucantavoidtheissue half century. The time it must have taken to craft such a masterpiece of icing, fondant and cake is truly flattering so a huge thank you. The fact that it tastes even better than it looks is astonishing and much appreciated. I promise to bring some back to work.

 Another surprise is the fact that yours truly has started using proper tools on the big job, rather than just guessing (don't panic I still bodge) and hoping its upright/level/long enough/fits/sturdy. So here on my desk along with some light reading is my latest toy, a bevel, which will be put to good use to help transfer the angles for the eaves of the Swiss Chalet Style Kennel Block. Having moved the felt shingles tonight ready for installation I am satisfied that doing it right for change was the right way forward as the shingles alone weigh 500 kg so thats a lot of weight to be kept off the ground by 3 by 2 inch timbers.

And finally, todays the day both Rock HQ Land Rovers were reunited. Gerry was away for a couple of weeks having a new suspension fitted, the day he came back Miranda went off to have her annual MOT which she promptly failed so spent 5 days in intensive care. We currently have a sweepstake as to how long both will be running for.