It’s August the 4th

Rain rain rain from the early hours and wind wind wind from 10am. 50mph wind.
Storm Floris.
Not what one would expect for the time of year.
We’d battened down the hatches in readiness, but with trees in full leaf and some in full fruit, and vulnerable bean poles, there were always going to be casualties. Flattened flowers can just be cut back and will probably have another flush of flowers once they have recovered.
We’ll have to sort it all out in the morning as the wind is forecast to be strong through to the early hours. Just what we didn’t need to do as we are going away for a few days, and having already spent much of today dealing with an idiot building society who managed to transfer the whole of an ISA into one new bank rather than send one third to one place, one third to another, and retain the last third. Of course, we are now left to ensure repayment is made, and then to reapply for all the new ISAs again, and fight the bungling one for loss of interest and compensation for maladministration (including the person who made the error attempting to cover up their bungling by lying). Bang goes another day. If not two. Or three if we have to involve the Ombudsman.
All this around trying to pack and leave everything watered and fed enough to leave for a few days, and Mr BW also having to set up his new laptop that arrived this morning just as we were going out to Nice Nearest Neighbour’s to deliver her birthday card and present.
We thought that after we waved goodbye to the final workmen, back at the end of June, life would be simpler and our time would be our own again. Fat chance.
I don’t know if we are just very very unlucky with all the appalling service we receive, or whether most people don’t have time to notice, let alone sort out all the mistakes that companies make.
The Bank of England’s Base Rate (so interest rates in general) are predicted to come down 0.25% to 4% on Thusday, when their Monetary Policy Committee meet.
Food inflation is predicted to rise to 6% by the end of the year.
And the government’s emergency warning system is being tested again on Sunday September 7th at 3pm.
The end of the world could be coming…