Collection day

Yesterday we went to collect our auction items. The house in Châtillon was due to open at 1.30, so I was keen to be there early to get parked okay and be first in. Brian had prepared the trailer and put in lots of straps and foam. We pulled up outside the house about twenty past, and were able to park the car and trailer on the opposite side of the road, up on the pavement. The auctioneer soon appeared and we went in to collect our items. The fire screen was easy, but the bookcase/vitrine was upstairs. I’m not sure how he did it, but Brian and the auctioneer managed to carry it down three flights of stone stairs out the front door and over to the trailer in one go. Phew, I thought, glad he was there to help!

However, we then had the task of getting it into the trailer.

I obviously made myself look suitably useless, as another very kind man then came to our help.

Needless to say, we needed some sustenance before heading off to the opticians to collect our new glasses and then heading home.