OMG Lainy I am so sorry What a homecoming! It was VERY cold in *our* home town though.....  it froze up our central heating pipe....

What a pain in the arse! Hope the damage wasn't too severe and you are well covered!

My mum is in the same position. She's been with me for over two weeks ...................been on to her Housing Association AGAIN today ...............I've been patient but - it's getting silly now!

It's been awful Lainy

Very sorry to hear this lainy.  It must have been horrendous returning to that. 

Oh jeepers Lainy!  I hope you manage to get it sorted

Yo Bazzer. I think that on the day we were coming home *our* home town average temperature was minus 15

However to put a positive slant on it, we were planning to recarpet and decorate in the new year........

AND WE WERE INSURED!!!!!!!!!........Thank gawd

The only downside is that we had no carpets on the floor over Christmas, they had to be ripped up cos they were starting to stink!!!!!!.....

That is awful Lainy all the best

I consider that there are many tragedies far worse than what we experienced.....

Very sorry to hear this lainy.  It must have been horrendous returning to that.





Well....we had to circle round Manchester airport 5 times before they allowed us to land....the woman in the seat behind us was screaming hysterically

I wanted to slap her!

Much love x x x x

Good god I'm surprised you DIDN'T slap her!

lainy that blows royally. I'm glad you got it sorted and I've got to say well done you for posting so calmly about it and trying to look on the bright side. If that happened to me you'd just be reading a really long list of expletives in lieu of explaining what actually happened 

Oooo Lainey that was a horrible pressie for when you got home 

at least your were insured and it can all be put right 

Was the actual circling that bad? I myself would be a little impatient about it, I must admit, but I wouldn't scream my head off something similar happened to me once.

Jeeze that sucks lainy.

Did you have a good holiday?

Oooo Lainey that was a horrible pressie for when you got home 

at least your were insured and it can all be put right 



Well, Pengy........funny you should mention presents........they were ruined cos they were wrapped up on the floor in the corner of the dining room..ready to go under the tree we were eager to get home and put up

Jeeze that sucks lainy.

Did you have a good holiday?




Ha ha...yes and no!....we went for 10 days...the last 4 were torrential downpours and gails...it was colder than Blackpool front. People were flabergasted! Me and my fella have been to Tenerife loads of times and we had NEVER seen the weather so bad

will insurance cover them?   I hope so 

Charli, no the circling was not that bad........just her interpretation of it was

Glad you're insured lainy... but what a mess And yes... the temps in *our* town went way down and some days never got above - something all day......

well you need to book another one, to make up for the last one and for the mess you were met on your homecoming.

will insurance cover them?   I hope so


Im not sure Pengy.....I think so......To be honest we are still realising the enormity of the damage. Our new kitchen tiles might have to be wripped up.....there may be 'spores'??!! growing under them that may start moving them in 6 months time...according to the insurance lady.

  you're gonna have to keep badgering them on this - spores can be breathed in and the kitchen is where you make food so it's unhygienic and potentially cause lung problems.

hope it gets sorted soon 

awwww lainy - what a homecoming

and sooz - I hope your mum (and you!) are keeping your peckers up

So far so good .................I love my mum but .......she needs her space as I do. I have a meeting tomorrow with the assessment officer - I have been patient but if I don't hear what I want to hear I just might BLOW!