All over cloud today, a disappointment after such a long sunny spell. After a late breakfast, Clare and Kath went for a walk, and I went to the shops for a jar of Clare's favourite honey to replace the one I smashed yesterday. Then I worked on creating a fish stew with stock and spare pieces of salmon Clare had prepared yesterday. It turned out to be a satisfying success.
Kath and I went for a walk as far as Llandaff weir after lunch, and we met up with Clare in the park on the return stretch. When we got home, Kath noticed that the candelabra in the dining room was hanging oddly and got up on the table to investigate. It was meant to be secured to a beam in the ceiling by means of a bracket, but this had worked loose, most likely the last time a light bulb was changed. The candelabra was in danger of detaching from the ceiling altogether, so we decided to disconnect it from the power supply and take it down altogether. With some difficulty we did this, but the produced a break in the downstairs lighting circuit.
Fortunately, Clare had the phone number of James, an old friend of Owain's, an electrician who lives in Grangetown. She called him, and within an hour he and his wife Jo called around to fix the problem for us. It was the first time we'd met, despite them being friends of Owain's for twenty years. We had a good conversation and drank some wine together. We were so fortunate that James was free and available to come around on a Friday after work. His everyday job involves the electric arc steel furnaces down the Bay, driven by a 11,000 volt power supply. James said that when the furnaces are operating they coosume half of Cardiff's power supply. Mind boggling.
We had laver bread fried eggs and/or smoked mackerel for supper, a delicious treat. Then I watched this week's episode of 'The Crimson Rivers' - just as ridiculous as previous ones, sad to say. A waste of of good quality actors.
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