Lesley and I are back in Burr after spending three weeks in our other house in Malvern, which is recovering from dry rot and various other maladies, and which we are now decorating. Through taking dogs for walks up 50 degree slopes, and working on scaffold planks to repaint the ceilings, we have both discovered an interesting range of muscle groups which had kept quiet until now.
Burr has also been redecorated (by professionals) and improved in various ways, including the arrival of some very smart new cushions, fresh hessian on the notice board and several less visible works, thanks to Mark Long and others who have been working through what some of us think of as a holiday. I have also spent several pounds on a radio-controlled clock, so there will be no excuse not to know the time to within one second in a million years.
We have a policy of replacing a quarter of the mattresses each year, so the oldest ones are on the way out (students looking to equip flats cheaply should rush to the Burr car park before the skip is emptied).
So now we are looking forward to seeing waves of people:
year 9 on Wednesday (9th Sept) at 1145;
new year 10 and 12 0n Thursday (10th Sept) at 1000;
and everyone by 1200 on Thursday, in time for lunch followed by the first assembly of the term.
I'm expecting the great majority to be in for the first weekend of term, when, as last year, the whole house will get to know each other, and also explore Henley.
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