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Vertically challenged

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Last week we noticed that the bushes to the garden shed were no longer high enough to walk under. It transpires that the wall between our garden and next door had collapsed… 🙁

The gardener removed the shrubbery so that we could inspect the damage and once it was removed, we saw…

It would appear that the neighbours have very recently been pruning back the bushes just over the other side of the wall – so it stands to reason that maybe somebody leant against the wall and….

However it happened, clearly it was not very stable and we need to get it rebuilt and strengthened…

To iPhone or not to iPhone….

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Elliot’s iPhone 6 is dead in that it no longer works as a phone – the phone part is simply BF’d 🙁

So, for his birthday, we agreed to upgrade his phone so he is now the proud owner of a shiny new Apple iPhone 8 in red.

The deal with 3 was really rather good so for £50 down and £42 a month we have all you can eat everything – feels like it makes a mockery of Simon’s SIM only £30 a month….

He is of course busy sorting all the apps that he needs.

Olly is similarly pleased as it has effectively supplied him with an upgrade from the old iPhone 4S to an iPhone 6.

Also, Simon has an appointment for next weekend to have a new battery installed by Apple in his phone so that should give it an extra lease of life until the new phones are available 😉

Gas….

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Yesterday we had a knock at the door – Northern Gas networks wanted to test the pressure of he Gas at our house. Funnily enough we have been experiencing gas pressure issues where he oven doesn’t cook particularly well or wailer in the year the Gas fire was bubbling away to itself.

We had put it down to the fact that the new houses were being built in Flockton and that it was negatively affecting our supply.

Anyway, turns out all of the houses in Kirkby Grange are experiencing the same and that it transpires there is water in the gas pipes somewhere near here.

The poor guys from Northern Gas Networks have now been working on it for the last 24 hours and still haven’t located the actual leak 🙁

The negative news is that we were switched off from around 9:30 pm last night so while we were able to shower this morning (still has hot water in the tank) we may be taking a cold one tomorrow 🙁

Hopefully they sort this out soon…

Refund

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Only 7 or 8 weeks after starting a dispute with Land Rover regarding the full extended leather option pack on the new Velar (incorrect stitching on the dashboard), we finally have confirmation from Land Rover that they will provide a full refund on the option that we should claim from the dealership.

Clearly this is the right and only cause of action based on the fact that we bought from their collateral that showed a different dashboard from the one that was ultimately delivered to us.

We are thankful for the result but very disappointed for the way in which it has been handled.