Getting jobs done!

I waved Sophie off to the gym this morning and had a little lie-in before enjoying a coffee. There were two jobs I had to get done today: get the VW cleaned as it was filthy, and replace the rear windscreen wiper, which has been annoying both of us for weeks!

Keith went shopping, but before he went, he ordered a new wiper on Amazon for delivery today! I pootled about, catching up with jobs and trying to stay cool. Today is supposed to be the warmest of the year so far, with some parts of the UK hitting 24 °C! Phew! It was a beautiful day, and warm and sunny, but it's best not to get complacent; it can all change again soon!

We decided to take the VW through the carwash in Market Harborough, and it emerged gleaming once we had travelled through the automated system. We drove home, and I had a lovely hot shower and did some foot care to round off the afternoon. 

Before Sophie arrived home, I did a little searching on the internet for a family I'd known when I was about five or six. They were from the US, and the father worked on a US air base in Upper Heyford on the Northamptonshire/Oxfordshire border. Why they came to live very close to us is a mystery, when there were other towns - Bicester, Brackley, Towcester - much nearer. It was my first taste of US living, and I vividly remember the barbecues they used to have, my first sip of 7Up and visiting the base where everything was strange and new. I did a search, but I didn't get anything at all, so it may be a challenge!