Murky and 3, clearing and temp raising slowly.
Touched up the grey handrail on the staircase and puzzled how I had splashed paint on a carpet pad. Then tidying up noticed some paint on the underside of the paint tin, cleared that away only for more to appear. The tin had a hole in it ! Quickly bagged and binned.
Thence car bound - charity shop for the final book dropoff plus two utensil holders, Co-op for eggs and mince pies, coffee pod and clothes bins at
Morrisons used, two Christmas "tree branches' bought from The Range (they call them Bow & Bauble Swag) half price, ordered book collected from Knaresborough and thence Lidl shopped ostensibly for oranges.
Once home the tree branches tied to the bottom side of the staircase.