Herefordshire Week 345: Tuesday 4 – Monday 10 August 2026

Air Source Heat Pump installed. Two good walks. Socialising. Wildfires from the West. GVWC: Peterchurch to Hay on Wye: Peterchurch’s Chained Trout Cool day Tuesday, even the very occasional spots of rain! ASHP installation day 2. Admin for me. More drips and drops of rain towards the end of the afternoon. And texts and emails with BS who’s coming to the rescue on the holes in the brickwork in the Utility Room and also doing our long overdue plastering of the old doorway between the Lounge and the Telly Room. To the gym Wednesday morning: calisthenics, stretch and PT. Home to lunch and the nout into the garden to put the tables and chairs away – just got them plus the strimmer mover into the green shed, then emptying the log shed / old garden railway storage box. The signal box was in there. Couple of nice slabs underneath. Maybe I’ll move the chest of drawers caracass… A&C headed off around 4.30pm, ASHP installation all complete. Three long days by A, but delighted that we’ve got…