{"id":14386,"date":"2026-06-03T09:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T09:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14386"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:01:43","slug":"a-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14386","title":{"rendered":"A catch-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been neglecting this blog of late, largely because we’ve been a bit busy. Time for a catch-up. On Friday we caught the train over to Wellington. Thanks to our newly acquired Senior Railcards this cost us the princely sum of \u00a31.10 each for the journey. We had a great night out with our buddies Elaine and Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not long after we moved to Shrewsbury we began to order new stuff for the flat. A few things arrived quite quickly, but the bigger stuff usually takes a few weeks (or months) to manufacture. This week some curtains arrived for our lounge and kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The heating system in our flat is desperately in need of modernisation. New radiators arrived yesterday, and tomorrow our electrician will begin to install them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As well as sorting out the heating the electrician will refresh the lighting in the lounge and bedrooms, and improve the somewhat random distribution of power points. Once that’s finished we can look at getting some decorating done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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