Hi, Rusty!
Oh dear, that is hard lines for Ruby Walsh.
Do you know what damage he has suffered?
So Willie will have to find another jockey to cover Ruby's rides?
Do the trainers have "reserve" jockeys standing by "just in case" of mishaps?
(You can tell I know nothing about horse racing!)
The TW man was extremely pleasant and helpful.
A very nice man.
( We all had tea and cakes! )
His job today was simply to establish that there is indeed a leak, and to see if he could find where the connecting pipe might lie.
He thinks it might run outside along the side of the house, so the next workman to come will dig holes there to ascertain its presence!
If possible, access-wise, the entire pipe will be replaced .
That will be a good thing!
The existing pipes are lead, and one hundred and forty years old!
Now, the water meter apparently is a Smart meter - no one had told us that - and so it will not be necessary, after all, for us to access the meter in order to check for leaks!
The Water Board will be able to see that directly for themselves, and will get a repair man out to us straightaway, should a leak occur.
So...once the whereabouts of the leak has been found...and the pipe replaced, we may be set fair!
There IS a fairy godmother after all!