February 13th, 2010
I left home last Monday for a ‘lock-in’ at Shrigley Hall near Macclesfield to work on a particular project with colleagues and I am now sat in the conference room of the hotel tucking into warm bacon and egg muffins with lots of tomato sauce. For once this week, I actually managed to have a lie in and thought while I wait for my colleagues and also not wanting to ring Paul at home too early, that I would catch with the happenings of pryordurkin.com.
News from home was interesting to say the least. When we woke last Sunday morning to squeaks and gnawing above our heads we decided it might be a good idea to call in Rentokil to check our loft space. The news was not good on Tuesday after the man from that company left. We had a rat and some mice in our loft and were now committed to £60 a quarter bill for them to solve the problem. They did say it would take a few days before the little blighters left and even last night when I rang home, the news of further sounds coming from the loft confirmed that we still had the visitors. The chap from Rentokil did say it would take a little while. The other problem we are left with is that we now know the reason for a couple of our ceiling lights no longer working despite us putting new bulbs in. The little blighters are apparently quite partial to a bit of wiring. We are now going to have to call the electrician to check the state of our wiring in the loft and repair the damage done. Paul assures me though that with a modern fuze box, the risk of a fire starting is low!
The good news was that with the ‘food’ put down for the rat, that he/she when eating it, would then want to seek water and would leave the property in search of a stream.
Apparently he/she would not return…
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