Deja view

Stuart and I met, same time, same place 1 week on - we had unfinished business! Having attended Ms C a week earlier to find the mission cancelled we were both keen to complete the task of swapping her old chair from bedroom to sitting room and new chair from sitting room to bedroom. Apart from anything, she lives at the top of a very steep hill and I didn't want to have gone up there for nothing!  

So, having become acquainted with the task and Ms C's son, we set about moving the old chair down the stairs. It was pretty tough on the tight corners but we managed it fairly swiftly. So far so good. You might be thinking this meant we were half way through, so did we, but unfortunately we were nowhere near.

The new chair, on account of all the excellent features, was significantly heavier than the old. On top of that, moving up some stairs is harder than moving down. There were a number of times we all thought it wasn't going to be possible, but with Frances' unfounded certainty, Stuart's tenacity, and Ms C's son's encouragement, somehow we managed to slowly bump it up the stairs and into the room. This involved quite a bit of dismantling of both the chair and the house so once it was in position we quickly went around making sure everything was spic and span, and looked like we'd never set foot in the place. And then, with joy and delight, we set off downhill to our homes, to rest our backs and marvel at a tough task done.