Had a letter from the water company saying that as nobody had registered for the payments the water would shortly be cut off. As I rang them 5 weeks ago and (so I thought) set up the debit payments from my account, I was somewhat miffed. Even more so when there was no record of me when I called them. Anyway, it's all sorted, and they apologised.
Put the gutter up yesterday. It's slightly smaller than the previous one, which was quite old and more than likely an obsolete size, but it's working. Also got 8 collapsed boxes and about 12 sacks of paper to the recycling centre. Only about another 25 boxes to go, once they are collapsed, paper bagged up, and the rest unpacked!
Today I am going to try and get my jig-saw unpacked and get the battens out of that fireplace so I can clean it up a bit. I will also go and see Ernie at the stove shop down the road, and see about getting a stove sorted out for the living room. He sells ones like I had in my last house. I would think it would be some time next month before anything could be done, as the flue has to be swept and lined as well. I've got fed up with having to re-light the fire every day, and deal with half-burnt coal left in the grate, due to the awful quality of most coal these days.