Made Me Jump

That momentary jump in the pulse rate as you walk round the corner at the end of Paddy’s walk to find a fire engine right outside your house with its blue lights turning. Then I noticed that all the ladders were in place and that the roller doors covering the equipment stowages were closed.
Turns out that the crew were calling in on HMO’s to check that the fire regulations were being complied with.

No mail, no visitors another quiet day, some of the hundreds of e-mails stripped and deleted, paperwork updated and assorted rubbish readied for the recycling collection next week. I cannot imagine our house being that popular with the recyclers, with a week to go we are already up to five bin bags of plastics and cardboard.