So we cleared out all the junk- as per usual, piled it all up- as per usual and stood and looked at it in a slightly horrified way for a few minutes...and then decided it was lunch time....
After procrastinating over some toast and peanut butter (if you're going to procrastinate, at least do it on a full stomach!) we decided that it would only be right to procrastinate still further by going to see a pod of Southern Right Whales that were in the bay near to Simon's Town...so we asked the boss and were granted permission on the condition that the store was tidy by the end of the day... 
Alas- my photography skills are such that, out of about 8 whales, in 20 minutes...this is the best picture I got...BUT I finally got to see a whale breech for the first time in my life- and an awesome sight it was too! I do feel truly blessed to live here- not so many whales breaching in Bingley...
So back to work, there was an entire store room of stuff to put back in some semblance of order before the rains came...so a quick sweep, a couple of minutes of resuscitation, a couple of minutes with an oxygen mask, and we were ready to start putting it all back in...that is when the dust had settled enough to see again...
We stacked the VAST quantities of very nice wood in a sensible way, stacked the 5 doors we found, the window frames, the meters of piping, the truckloads of fertilizers, gallons of paint and the spare mattresses. We tidied, sorted and threw away well past 3.30pm knock off time, and then stood back to admire the fruits of our labours. 
Hey its dirty work, and someones got to do it! But I love every minute of it and it CERTAINLY beats sitting in an office five days a week typing at a computer...for me at least! 
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