Squeaky Clean – 26 May 2026

Nothing to do with Peter Murrell, but everything to do with carpet cleaning.

Today we were going to actually use the carpet cleaner we bought about five months ago and never really got round to using. It really is a clever piece of kit that washes the carpet and sucks up the muck into a big box, conveniently transparent so you can marvel at the amount of dirty water coming out of a carpet. Today was a good day to do it, because the temperature was high, around 24ºc which would help to dry out the carpet properly. Only half the living room done today. Hopefully we’ll get round to the other half tomorrow.

Scamp started on cutting the front grass and it did look a lot better once she was finished. Once she was finished she brought out her folding seat and sat in the sun.Me? I drove over to Fannyside to see what I could find in the way of insect life.

At first glance there was very little going on, but I kept feeling that I was being watched and sure enough, on the edge of the Scots Pines were three wild looking sheep, the ones I’ve called “The Girls”. Their horns had grown since the last time I’d seen them and they did look fierce. Thankfully there was a sturdy wire fence between them and me. They stood watching for a while before they decided it just a bloke with a big black tube. “Nothing to see here. Move along”.

I was told that it would be a good idea to bring back some ice cream to go with dinner. M&S were completely empty of ice cream, but luckily Iceland had plenty. Dinner was mixed Pasta with Spinach and Tuna. The ice cream went down well after that.

We watched the first episode of Master Chef the Professionals with its usual numpties and experts and everything in between.

PoD went to “The Girls” as expected.

I think we’re going to be carpet cleaning tomorrow – hoping to finish the living room.

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