We now have an empty living room that echoes to the sound of footsteps. But the ceiling is up and skimmed, complete with coving and substantially more insulation than we had originally. Now I just have to persuade Mr Bunn the Builder to come and repair the roof. The felt is definitely in need of replacement where the leak was, and in a couple of other places too. I’ve taken pictures. Redecoration should take place early next week after the ceiling is completely dry.

This week has as a result been rather odd. I’ve spent quite a lot of time trying to write a sermon and become involved in other computerish things – most excitingly the resurrection of my website, that David has done a brilliant job with. I really like the look of it and have posted something new to celebrate.

Today, in very warm weather, Dot and I played pitch and putt on Mousehold, which would have been a lot more fun if (a) I hadn’t played so badly and (b) I hadn’t been worrying about finding details of our travel insurance for our Treyn holiday. The policy was online but it proved very difficult to find because the directions to it were out of date. I think it’s all sorted now. I suspect (a) and (b) may have been related, but of course I could just be losing whatever touch I had.