ffffing freezing

with hindsight january may not have been the best month to get the boiler replaced. work has been going on all day to fit the new boiler, which means that since 8am this morning i've only had the kettle for warmth.

what makes it harder is that this is self inflicted. we've got a couple of things to do on the house but, as the old boiler, whilst working ok (albeit quite noisily), was nearing a quarter of a century old it was inevitable it would need replacing at some point soon. so rather than having a nasty shock at an inconvenient time we decided to get the new boiler put in first.

*note to self, next time you need a new boiler get it done in july.