Pumped up!

Our luck with pumps this year has not been good. On Saturday our pool pump decided to just stop working. We had always been concerned about the strength of the pump, and after discussing it recently with a pool maintenance company, we had decided to order a new one and it is scheduled to be fitted on Tuesday - so scarily spooky that it packed in days before it was to be replaced. So we decided this was a good time to get the pool room tidied up so that when they came it would be a better space for them to work in.

The weather was also a bit cooler today so we thought we would make the most of it and also take up the jet washer to do a bit more power cleaning.

We were pleased to see the stones Brian had replaced and regrouted around the pool seemed to have taken well, unfortunately though, as we are in for a spell of rain, he is not able to finish that job yet. But plenty more to do.

We are really pleased with how it’s looking for now though we were going to focus on giving the pool room a good thorough clean,

Brian started by helping me empty the pool house, then I got to work with the broom and mop. The pool house is where all the technical stuff for the pool is stored, along with the poolside furniture, and a small summer kitchen. When a beautiful red butterfly flew in and needed some help to find his way out Brian was there to lend a hand.