Arry Has Been Doing Some Work,

to the house next door,

 and today his work is finished, so noticing he had a pressure jet wash I asked him to give the outside a spray over, Diana and myself had tried with out success a few times to get rid of the dark algae growing on the sand wash finish on our driveway and around the house,

 when new it looked so smart,

 but now it just looks untidy,

 and a bit of a mess, we had tried various chemicals, they worked for a few weeks then the black algae came back,

 before and after using the jet wash,

 so Arry started about 10.00 in the morning,

 not sure what the make was but it worked pretty good,

 anyway we left him at it,

 and went to the market, we parked near TukCom as we wanted to have look inside on the way home,

 I noticed this bike in the street,

 the front and rear tires reminding me of the ones fitted to the Sunbeam motorcycles of the late 1940 to the mid 1950s, the models S7 and S8,

 Pattaya Tai was crowded,

 with parking on the streets and pavements,

 as you might expect traffic quite often came to a complete standstill,

 there are normally taxis waiting here on the corner of Soi Bukaow,

 which made the congestion worse,

 but none today,

 so Soi Bukaow itself was quite empty,

 so into the market,

 past the household goods stalls,

 and past the live fish stall,

 lots of colourful tops for sale on this visit,

 I made my way to the pet section,

 to the aquatic shop that is a permanent shop,

 for some time we have noticed that we are losing a few fish every week, we suspect the yabbies,

 so I bought some food just for them,

 I bought 20 small fish at 5 baht each,

I started on my way back to meet up with Diana, going past the roasted chicken stall,

 to the plant section to buy a couple of cactus,

 trying to cross the road was a trial,

 the drivers were not taking prisoners!

 the Friendship car park was packed, as we made our way past it,

 work had continued whilst we were out,

 everything looking so nice,

 almost as good as new,

 Arry was now going along the side of the house,

on our way back we stopped off at a mobile shop selling just these small oranges, 4 kilos for 100 baht, we had our evening meal when Mark called in for a coffee and a chat, Arry was determined to finish the job tonight and at about 9.30 in the evening it was finished, he had brought huge lamps with him, after saying our farewells to Arry and Mark we settled down to watch 2 more out of the BBC box of Sherlock Holmes, both staring Peter Cushing, The Sign of Four and The Blue Carbuncle, next a couple from Rumpole and we were off to bed,