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My first proper Earthquake!

 Last night at 3.07am was woken to everything moving, bedroom cupboard door rattling and general WTF moment! This is my first really quake, the previous one I had felt while I was offshore in Qatar, but thought that was just the crane driver being a bit rough with a load landing. Last nights was different, the whole place was shaking and lying it bed it felt really weird last a good 20+ seconds I would have guessed. Turns out it was a Magnitude 6.6, located around 48Km WNW of Polis, off the west coast of Cyprus. At least no damage here and everyone fine. Eldest daughter thought it was 'so cool', think that was her first experience of one as well. Full details can be found at: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000gaqu/executive
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Spot of DIY at the villa

There were a few things needing sorted at the villa, so I decided today was a good day for them.

Headed out to one of the DIY shops looking for bits and pieces and as usual, stumbled on a few other things.....as you do!

First up was a grate for the fireplace. There wasn't one in the fire when we moved in, and there was one sat on the shelf on the shop. I had a mental image of the size required, but hadn't actually measured the size required. Turns out this one fits perfect! The partly burnt log is left over from the last time I had the first lit.....


Next up was the central heating timer. The exiting one had those little plastic risers that you pop up and down to determine when the system goes on and off. A few of them were missing, so you couldn't have the system off from about 10:30pm to midnight should you want to. The shop had a direct replacement that I could have put in, but they also had a digital timer for the same price. This would mean that we could set a different program for the weekends etc. should we desire.

It was fairly straight forward to install, as it was simply live, neutral and switched live wires.
Old timer with missing bits on the bottom left

New Timer fitted.
There was a security light fitted above one of the garage doors. It didn't work either, it was a halogen type and either the lamp had gone or the sensor was duff. I replaced it with a new LED spotlight and sensor. I didn't want to drill more holes in the wall to match the new mounting arm, so drilled holes in the new arm to match the old holes. The terminals in the old wall plate were also completely corroded, so replaced them while I was at it.

Old light

New Light
We had also been searching for a while with somewhere that have fabric bean bags, we had found some in the home furnishings shops previously, but they were ridiculously priced (over 100€ each),  we spotted the ones below in the DIY shop, they didn't have them the last time we were there, but had some now, but only a couple in stock, so took them and ordered another couple. The kids playroom is starting to get comfier, just need a thick rug now and maybe a couple of throws for the bags!



That's all for now folks!

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Location: Tala, Cyprus

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