A bit of a break, not likely.

With D&B back in Blighty and a week before next visitors, no time was wasted in assembling the base units for the kitchen. Tom and Caz will be here next Monday and I would like to have the base units in at least. Toms task is to help with the felting of the front veranda roof and I don’t want to rope him into kitchen duties too, might not be popular!!

With the units assembled and lined up down the hall like soldiers it was time to rip out the old backbreaking kitchen. There was no hesitation from Mrs D when asked if I could “rip em out” (the units that is, please!!) They came out easy and the repair work was minimal. The old tiles, which were vileness in the extreme and delicately painted over by Mrs D, were also easy off with minimal repairs behind.

We had been to the tile shop where the unmentionable (bathroom, sorry I mentioned it) tiles came from. We went down on the bike as last time we had to wait for them to come from Athens. Would you believe it, this time they were in stock and could have taken them home typical!! Well, I went back for them a couple of days later and once again with all the weight of the tiles this time, the car struggled over the hill through Skripero!!

With the units out and the sink out of action, speed was of the essence in order to resume functional kitchen services. Wall plastered the base units were lined up in their respective new homes. The new sink was sat on top of the worktop and a good old bucket under the waste. Basic kitchen facilities restored!! This was how it stayed until T&C arrived.

It wasn’t all graft during the week, don’t you believe it. We had time for a few swims, beers with friends and our regular visit to the vodafone shop to find out why we had no internet at all!! With problems resolved, swims and beers had it was time to think about our next guest’s arrival on Monday evening my youngest son Tom & his wife Caz.