Hooks, maps and a great match…

September 23, 2007

Today was a bit of a stay-in-the-house-because-it’s-terrible-outside day. Rain and increasing winds so we didn’t go out to venture anything special. I started reading one of my latest book acquisitions: a very nice second hand copy of Jack Vance’s “Chronicles of Cadwel”.

We also did some useful things. After hanging the curtains we still had to install curtain hooks and holder bands. Claire made bands from the leftover cloth and we had ordered sets of hooks which I fixed to the walls today. There was to be some drilling and you always have to be prepared to use special plugs to fix things in the plasterboard walls, however we were lucky this time. All the hooks were located on studs, so no need for plugs. Just screws!

I added a pretty nice feature to the skinidin.com site: a Google map of Skye with a collection of markers showing places we’ve been to or visit on a regular basis. In the coming days I will link them to pictures and blog posts when relevant, so it will add a alternate way of reading about our doings here on the island…

And… there was a great rugby match: South Africa - Tonga. The Springboks anticipated a walk over and had send out a team of second choice players. Bad move! The Tongans played great and South Africa only just got the better of the game: 30 - 25. A truly great match! I was on the edge of my seat!!

Posted by roger | Filed Under About the house, Blog 

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