Cloudy again today, with strong wind and occasional rain. We got up slowly and decided to to to Penarth for a walk after a light lunch. The day before Christmas Eve, Clare realised that our food laden fridge wasn't working properly. The thermostat, and maybe something more wasn't working, although the lower freezer compartment was, but not quite as efficiently as desired. It didn't improve after vacuuming the refrigeration unit at the back. Getting it repaired at this time posed all sorts of problems, not just finding a technician to do the job, but letting someone into the house without knowing if they were covid free. As the fridge is fourteen years old, it seemed better just to order a replacement fridge freezer on-line.
Argos duly obliged with a delivery promised on Sunday, St John's day. Clare borrowed some freezer and fridge space from two neighbours in the street for food we didn't need for the moment, and the rest went in the garden shed. It's around four degrees or less at the moment. Thereafter Christmas catering went on as normal, lacking nothing. Today it was necessary to empty the remnants, decommission and remove the unit from its space in the fitted kitchen unit, ready to be taken away for recycling. Goodbye and thanks tomorrow morning, probably while I'm at St Catherine's, celebrating and preaching the Eucharist in honour of one our Parish patrons, St John the Evangelist. Thankfully the homily came together quite easily once I started it.
Penarth promenade was windy, cold and damp, but it was good to get out for some fresh air by the sea. We had turkey soup and cold meat for supper later, and sat together enjoying a fairly early episode of Inspector Montalbano on iPlayer, set just before New Year's Eve. A nice programming proposal on the part of iPlayer. I find it easier to follow the Italian these days, since my comprehension of spoken Spanish has improved. It's only natural as the two have so much in common.
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