Building bridges...

Keith and I went to B&Q this morning to look for concrete blocks to help the cats get in and out of the cat flap, which was fitted yesterday. I was delighted with the new glass in the roof, and the cat flap looked great, but there's quite a drop to the path below.

We made straight for the building supplies section and picked out six rough concrete blocks, costing only £2.50 each. A helpful B&Q employee helped us put them through the checkout as there were no bar codes on them!

Outside in the car park, we chatted with a man in the car next to ours about cat flaps after he'd asked us what the blocks were for. He told us a funny story of when he worked as a site manager on a building development. A resident had asked one of his men to fit a cat flap in a door, and he had taken it off its hinges and fitted the cat flap but had put it on at the top of the door by mistake!

We were meeting Sophie for lunch and had a spare half hour, so we pottered about Lidl and looked at their wine range. I picked out a Ventoux white to try and noticed they were selling a Saint Emilion Grand Cru for only £13.99!

Sophie texted us to say she was out of her meeting and we made our way to Brackmills to meet her. Keith and I had had eggs on toast for breakfast so we didn't want a lot of lunch, and I chose a small bowl of fries and a cup of tea while Soph and Keith had sandwiches. The place gradually filled up with office workers arriving for their lunches and it was great to sit and relax for an hour.

Keith and I returned home and we put the blocks onto the path to make a little bridge for the cats to get in and out more easily, not that they have used it yet! I fear it will take some time for them to work out how to open the flap with their heads! I then asked Keith to chop up some vegetables for me and drove over to see Mum and Dad. I felt shattered today, for some reason, and it was pleasant to sit with them and chat for an hour!

Back home, I prepared tonight's dinner of spaghetti Bolognese, hoovered and made the porridge for tomorrow. I left the hated list for later when we relaxed with a drink!

The meal was lovely and had benefited from a long cook on low heat. Preparing the meal from scratch is so much better than using a jar and the flavours were intense!