Okay, this is another box from the hall. My job will be done when I can enter the downstairs loo. This is a letter about the sale of 5 Belvoir Road.

A nice postcard from Dad.

Started off as a temp at Wessex Water.

Offered a job there.

A pad …
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I think I've worked it out now. I can see by the symbols which way it thinks is up. The phone judges 'up' by gravity, so is a bit random when flat.
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You still not worked out photo orientation?
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Ah, now this was when I was living in a shared house at Alexandra Road. The owners put it up for sale for £125,000. I passed up the opportunity of buying it. Wish I'd bought it. I'd almost most be a millionaire by now!

Postcard from my old school …
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I hired a special vacuum cleaner to clean up after the builders had finished at Belvoir Road.

A phone bill from my time at Belvoir Road, just to prove to myself that I lived there.

Ancient model kit of missiles. I remember this from when I was a kid. I …
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A label on this said Habitat, which of course doesn't exist any more. Or have they still got one shop open? Anyway, it used to be my desk lamp. I remember it at University, clamped to the desk.

This squash racquet is a lot older. At Dauntsey's there were squash …
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I like post-apocalyptic fiction, so Zoe recommended Justin Cronin's The Passage. Charlotte had borrowed it, so she gave it to me. It's a fairly long book, but very readable. Somewhat of a distance was put between the book and me by the colloquial, American, 'soccer mom' style. Also, hints of …
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Sitting outside, heard a noise, looked up there was a visitor:

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When Bert stayed at my house for a bit, he left The Godfather. The Schott's Original Miscellany was given to me my brother as a thank-you for being an usher at his wedding. Diary Of A Nobody is a brilliantly funny book, I think Blimp had a hand in choosing …
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Bath and North East Somerset council is conducting a survey on car parking. Here's my comment at the end:
I would like to see more pedestrianization of Bath. In particular the route for pedestrians from Oldfield Park to the city centre should be improved with more zebra crossings and paths …
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