More digging to get ready for tomorrow

I have just got back from a lovely meal with my parents at their hotel and am going to keep this update as short as I possibly can; I am exhausted from my efforts today and have an early start tomorrow picking up Bekir and Sally to come and work on getting me hot water in. More on that later.

First of all, an amusing tale which took place just after I finished the blog last night. I went out of