Electricians & Seaside Holidays

Yesterday we had the Electricians move in for the week for phase 1 of our house re-wiring job, so we have moved out, we are in Southwold for a week.

We were around a bit during the day yesterday and it was good to see how well they were getting on with the wiring and electrics, attached are some photos of the work they have managed to get done in just 1 day, the lights are their first objective.

As you will be aware if you know us, we have some particular issues with our children, or more specifically Steven and pretty much everything we do has to be designed around his needs/demands, for example we don’t have anything within his reach that we don't want him to ruin!

The complication when it comes to lighting is that normal pendant lights and wall lights are a magnet for him, he loves trying to swing on them or knock them, our ceilings are a little on the low side and now he has grown a bit he can reach eh pendant lights without too much effort, with the aid of a short stick, in the dining area he just climbs onto a table and swings from the light! So we have had to go for recessed lights in most of the house, this has entailed a lot of holes being drilled into the ceiling for a number of lights.

The place we are staying in is very nice, we are really pleased with it, its nicely decorated, yet without loads of ornaments that needed moving on arrival and there is plenty of space, the garden isn’t exactly Steven friendly but that’s the only negative we have found so far.

Today we went down to the beach, I spent most of the morning playing with Nat and Joy was walking up and down the beach with Steven, we were on a really nice but relatively quiet beach, near the river estuary, and had a great time, it was warm and the sun was shining so it was quite pleasant.

After our beach session we went onto a place on the banks of the river, it’s a working harbour with loads of fishermen’s shacks, several places selling fish directly from their shacks and then this chippy, really nice food.

Then we headed off to the seafront, parked near the pier and got coffee on the pier, the wind had picked up by this time but there are some really cool wind shelters on the pier which are so effective.

I wont go into the whole of the day in detail but we have had a really good day, Steven has been a little pinchy so we are wondering whether there is a seizure on its way but other than that its been a good time.