Wow, the old chap was off work again today!  Two days running.  In my diary, I’ve written ‘they all’ went out for the day – can’t imagine my brother wanting to go with them, so I’d imagine it was just my sister and the Ma and Pa who went.  Meanwhile I stayed at home and attempted to light the fire.  Four goes at it I reckoned and still it wouldn’t burn.  It was one of them Parkray affairs – it burned smokeless fuel and it had a door.  You had to get the setting just right depending upon which way the wind was blowing or else it just would not go.  Or maybe that was just me.  Anyway…