Clocks

I love clocks of all kinds, I think its a Whittaker thing as most of my family does too.

I have just spent the last 7 days getting one particular French pendulum clock to work, it has to be perfectly level else the pendulum won't swing, like most pendulum clocks. So each day I have a fiddle, put another piece of packing under one particular leg, give the pendulum a swing and call back later to see if its still swinging.

The next time I pass the clock, it has stopped so I try again. Then on Thursday evening, eureka! success.

Off to play golf on Friday morning, leaving the house maids to do a spot of cleaning. This week we have new maids and you guessed it, I returned from golf to find the clock has stopped due to the maids dusting and my felt levelling pads all over the place, don't you just love 'em.