Had a  letter today from the Inspector of taxes.

Informing me that my tax code has changed and I can now earn £45 more a year before paying tax.

So that’s £5270 a year or £101 a week.

Why should I be getting this extra £45 a year , well its a laundry Allowance as I wear a uniform for work.

Wonder how many people know about this Allowance ??

Certainly no one I work with knows about it.

Thanks to a friends Husband I found out about it  but do wish I could have had the £45 in cash……..

After getting off to a scary start with them saying we will patch this up and that up, which left me with images of a patched up bathroom.

Then seeing them take a hammer and literally smash up my old bathroom.

It now seems to be turning out ok.

Old flooring was taken out and new lino will be laid, a good 1/4 of my tiles have been removed and will be replaced with a white border.

Which is far better than just patching up here and there.

It will be a few weeks till its all finished but I think I can live with that.

At the moment I have a half fitted bath but no sink or Loo, thank god they didn’t take downstairs Loo out just yet.

Just hope Princebuild can cope with out me around to give them cups of tea….

 

The nice man from Longhurst homes did come to see me, told me nothing I didn’t already know but assures me he will look into the matter, see how old my heating system is and when its due for replacement. He also said he would get someone out to check my meter too.

So lets see if he keeps to what he said.

Funny thing was he knew all about my blog and my garden fences, can only think they  do a web search on technorati for Longhurst homes.

 Tomorrow I will have no electric for most of the day,as I am having a new bathroom put in by my Housing association…. Longhurst homes.

Also having a new electric fuse board …..

Would much rather they come and fix my garden fences that got blown down in January, when we had those bad storms..

Especially when I had spent last summer painting all my fences and making my garden look nice.

Even better would be some decent heating…. or just efficient heating.

When your electric bill is £450 you expect to be warm.

I have been complaining and some nice man is coming to see me tomorrow to explain how to use my heating, we shall see if he tells me anything I don’t already know…..

Son is now tapping me on my shoulder , so I have ran out of time……

At the week-end we went to see the film  Amazing Grace , I didn’t know what the film was about but when I asked got told it was all about William Wilberforce

I then had to admit I had never heard of him……..

Some times I wonder if I learnt anything at school…..

Anyway today I decided to ask around at work , and see how many people had heard of William Wilberforce,not one person I asked knew who he was , which made me feel much better…….

People from Cambridge have obviously had a better education than the people in Downham Market.

Truthfully how many of you  had heard of William Wilberforce ????

 A photo of me in my WRAF uniform, taken in 1978….

I was in the WRAF till 1986….. My first posting was too RAF Finningley near Doncaster, infact I arrived there with another girl to find we were One of the first WRAF at that camp….

My next posting was to RAF Kinloss in Scotland…

My biggest regret… living in Scotland and not being into walking at the time, what a waste…Hopefully one day I will get the chance to walk in Scotland

Goes Barefoot dancing at the Junction in Cambridge for starters….

Then goes shopping for boots and bags….. but not the Girlie type , walking boots and ruc-sacs.

Must have drove the poor lad mad in Field and Trek…. but in the end I decided on the Asolo Flame Gtx.

Tested the boots and my heel out yesterday on a quick 6 mile walk and both felt fine, so wont be long till I am back into my training.

Good job really as we are off to french Alps on 20th April.

Ruc-sac was easier to buy, ended up with a mac-Pac light 45.

There will be plenty of room for all my kit for Corsica, although I am being watched carefully to make sure I pack real light and he does mean light…..

Almost forgot I also got a Crag Hoppers light weight fast drying Corey Jacket, so now its beans on toast for the rest of the month…..