Monday, January 25, 2010
Not a very peaceful day in Dorking - but good anyway.
This has not been the most peaceful of days.
But the work must go on.
At half past seven men were working in "our" field. The digger with a huge bucket was back and forth collecting the wood from felled trees. They were not giant trees, having been planted in the last 20 years, but there is a lot of wood.
The field looked sad - with muddy "tank tracks" creating a web in the grass.
Well, we thought - at least we will be out of the house for the day. There is a lot of traffic going by the shop, but it might feel more peaceful than home today.
Wrong!
At the end of West Street there is a collapsed sewer.
There was work going on there a couple of weeks ago.
Today a huge drain sucking tanker was parked right outside the shop, with the engine running because it was from the engine (I gather) that the pump was powered to empty the collapsed sewer.
The man doing most of the work came in the shop - and , at least, appreciated not being grumbled at!
He was looking for some ceramic handled cutlery for his aged mother's special birthday. Sadly we didn't have any - and seemingly nor does anybody else in shops or on EBay.
The work, far from being finished today, has been the prelude to major works.
From 7 o'clock this evening West Street will be closed to through traffic - this is the main A25 from Guildford to Reigate!
Diversions will be in place.
The work is expected to take a few days.
The sewer man - who liked us, spent some time explaining what was going on to us. He will expect to be earning much overtime in the next few days. The work would go on through the night, maybe he can grab a bit of sleep in his cab.
When we mentioned about the work outside out house and the first clue to its beginning being the arrival of the Welfare Unit, he sighed. He wishes he could have one - he has nowhere to go when nature calls.
Anyway, the shop will not be closed. The pavements are still accessible.
West Street can still be used for access and to the car park that we use.
The sewer man was not the only person to like us today. We chatted with a couple from Cranleigh - she has a little antiques shop there. She was so glad to have discovered us - and wished she had been in first and not wasted time in the other shops where, she claimed, people just couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.
She bought some of my things! One item I had decided to put in my sale just this morning - it was a huge vase and I kept having no room for it; and another item was a lovely small set of china that I took in for the first time this morning.
I sold 4 things today. I am very happy with the way things are going.
The music man from the mask show we saw just after Christmas was in again. Mark is a friend of Monika's and we see him most weeks with his lovely wife and beautiful baby, Willow.
I spent some time taking pictures with a lose sort of Scottish theme to mark the birthday of Robert Burns and Burns night, which is today.
Some items are quite tenuous! I photographed some china of Jonathan's - by chance the same pattern as the sewer man wanted on the handles of cutlery. It is called Old Country Roses (red roses) - "My love is like a red, red rose......".
There are scottie dogs, whiskey jugs and jars etc.
I'll sort the shop blog out tomorrow.
If work men are going to be starting work at half past seven for the next few months, I guess long lie ins are a thing of the past. We should have some earlier nights.
But the work must go on.
At half past seven men were working in "our" field. The digger with a huge bucket was back and forth collecting the wood from felled trees. They were not giant trees, having been planted in the last 20 years, but there is a lot of wood.
The field looked sad - with muddy "tank tracks" creating a web in the grass.
Well, we thought - at least we will be out of the house for the day. There is a lot of traffic going by the shop, but it might feel more peaceful than home today.
Wrong!
At the end of West Street there is a collapsed sewer.
There was work going on there a couple of weeks ago.
Today a huge drain sucking tanker was parked right outside the shop, with the engine running because it was from the engine (I gather) that the pump was powered to empty the collapsed sewer.
The man doing most of the work came in the shop - and , at least, appreciated not being grumbled at!
He was looking for some ceramic handled cutlery for his aged mother's special birthday. Sadly we didn't have any - and seemingly nor does anybody else in shops or on EBay.
The work, far from being finished today, has been the prelude to major works.
From 7 o'clock this evening West Street will be closed to through traffic - this is the main A25 from Guildford to Reigate!
Diversions will be in place.
The work is expected to take a few days.
The sewer man - who liked us, spent some time explaining what was going on to us. He will expect to be earning much overtime in the next few days. The work would go on through the night, maybe he can grab a bit of sleep in his cab.
When we mentioned about the work outside out house and the first clue to its beginning being the arrival of the Welfare Unit, he sighed. He wishes he could have one - he has nowhere to go when nature calls.
Anyway, the shop will not be closed. The pavements are still accessible.
West Street can still be used for access and to the car park that we use.
The sewer man was not the only person to like us today. We chatted with a couple from Cranleigh - she has a little antiques shop there. She was so glad to have discovered us - and wished she had been in first and not wasted time in the other shops where, she claimed, people just couldn't be bothered to pay them any attention.
She bought some of my things! One item I had decided to put in my sale just this morning - it was a huge vase and I kept having no room for it; and another item was a lovely small set of china that I took in for the first time this morning.
I sold 4 things today. I am very happy with the way things are going.
The music man from the mask show we saw just after Christmas was in again. Mark is a friend of Monika's and we see him most weeks with his lovely wife and beautiful baby, Willow.
I spent some time taking pictures with a lose sort of Scottish theme to mark the birthday of Robert Burns and Burns night, which is today.
Some items are quite tenuous! I photographed some china of Jonathan's - by chance the same pattern as the sewer man wanted on the handles of cutlery. It is called Old Country Roses (red roses) - "My love is like a red, red rose......".
There are scottie dogs, whiskey jugs and jars etc.
I'll sort the shop blog out tomorrow.
If work men are going to be starting work at half past seven for the next few months, I guess long lie ins are a thing of the past. We should have some earlier nights.
