Wednesday 2 September 2015
As we were hoping to get the new delivery of bales anytime soon, Dave and I decided to put the last few of the original delivery into the wall. Not being young and strong, we rigged a rope round the wood frame and hauled a couple of bales up over the SE window.
Then we tucked the last few bit-bales in the window box and spread out pallets for reception of the new bales. At this point we got a phone message to say the bales were 20 minutes away - en route from Lefkada. Despite asking innumerable times, we hadn't had the two days notice we wanted! But at least we were ready.
There was no rain forecast, and we'd already had a full day, so we decided the bales could stay there until tomorrow, Pete and Lin from Neohori had offered to help get the bales in when they arrived, so we put them on notice for Thursday.
Then Panos, who plays bass in the band with Dave, and Lucy came round as Panos had asked Dave if he could help fix the bass that had developed an electrical fault. Dave nipped out on his bike for solder, and Panos, keen to do something to help us in return, suggested making a start on the bale moving. Within 10 minutes he and Lucy had thrown almost a third of the bales in through the cathedral window while I stacked them inside. When Dave returned, we sat around innocently (if very sweatily) until he noticed what was different about the living room ...
Next morning we woke surprisingly early at 6.30 and bunged the rest of the bales in before 8.30 am, then called Lin and Pete to cancel. It all went remarkably smoothly.
As we were hoping to get the new delivery of bales anytime soon, Dave and I decided to put the last few of the original delivery into the wall. Not being young and strong, we rigged a rope round the wood frame and hauled a couple of bales up over the SE window.
Then we tucked the last few bit-bales in the window box and spread out pallets for reception of the new bales. At this point we got a phone message to say the bales were 20 minutes away - en route from Lefkada. Despite asking innumerable times, we hadn't had the two days notice we wanted! But at least we were ready.
Then Panos, who plays bass in the band with Dave, and Lucy came round as Panos had asked Dave if he could help fix the bass that had developed an electrical fault. Dave nipped out on his bike for solder, and Panos, keen to do something to help us in return, suggested making a start on the bale moving. Within 10 minutes he and Lucy had thrown almost a third of the bales in through the cathedral window while I stacked them inside. When Dave returned, we sat around innocently (if very sweatily) until he noticed what was different about the living room ...
Next morning we woke surprisingly early at 6.30 and bunged the rest of the bales in before 8.30 am, then called Lin and Pete to cancel. It all went remarkably smoothly.
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