Any ideas?

This'll have to be quick as my bum is very sore - I'll have to take the laptop upstairs and lie down in order to use it more comfortably.

I think that there are pigeons living in the chimney - at least in the chimney leading from the downstairs front room upwards. I've heard a pigeon from my room on the top deck several times recently and this morning, when lying down in the front room could hear cooing coming from the chimney.

What's the best way to get rid of these? I would imagine that they can leave quite a mess in the chimney.

Can Francis lend us a rake (perhaps one of the wider, more flexible ones would be best) in order to try to clear the moss and foliage growing on the surface of the back yard?

There's a bag of clean clothes for Mam. Not sure whether I can get along today after Sunday's efforts.

More later