I had a flood in my kitchen last week. Always a big worry as I'm afraid water will seep through to the flat below. It was next to the washing machine so I called in the appliance man who gave it a thorough check and thought there may have been a kink in the hose. There wasn't. So next day the water was all over the floor of the kitchen. My plumber, Tony Little, is really on the ball and came over within an hour of my phone call. It took a while, but after sawing away in several places at the kitchen wall he found the leak. A minute pin-prick of a hole in the copper piping. Thank goodness. I now have to wait for a week or two for the whole area to dry out before he can rectify the damaged woodwork.
The other day the daughter of an old friend who lives in Germany asked me if I would send a video with greetings to her parents who would be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary that week. My neighbour, an ex diplomat and fluent German speaker, coached me so I was able to add a few words in German to the message. We had a few laughs during the recording and I hope what I finally sent was not too ridiculous.