Storm Erik has already unleashed a little havoc on us in Flockton – there was a cracking sound and then a whoosh and we found 30ft of tree collapsed in the back garden 🙁
Guess we have some firewood for a while…
The last image is just to get an idea of scale. We have been lucky that this fell this way – it could have heavily damaged the fence….
Ronnie has been into the dealer today for an update of the onboard software to hopefully resolve some of the connectivity gremlins that have plagued the car since delivery…..
At the same time we decided to shoot for the CarPlay upgrade – only had one journey but already much prefer call handling and voice control via Siri 👍
Fingers crossed the gremlins are banished for good…..
We are midway through a pretty intense clear out from the boys rooms – there are loads of toys that have simply not been used in years so we found a car bootful to take to the tip (broken / lost parts etc) and then two bootfuls to go to a charity shop.
The Salvation Army in Batley seemed very pleased to be the recipients of the gear as they stated that they only had girls toys at the moment – we certainly managed to redress the balance.
Elliot and Oliver had a moment when they saw how pleased the small boys and girls were (that we visiting the store) when the items were taken into the shop. Simon asked them to try to remember that moment as it is such moments that makes us all such nice people – ie wanting to help others wherever we can and feel good to be positively helping somebody.
Hopefully we will not be hoarding as much stuff in the future…..
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…
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.