sigh... just had a call from jno jnr, his tenant's locked herself out, can I go deliver her our spare keys.... I couldn't because I didn't know where they were. I found them after another frantic search, but by then he'd sorted it somehow. So at least that's one panic over.
Thanks for the advice, neti, but it was just pathetically flimsy beading that was the problem, not the bath itself. (The plumbing problem was the basin leaking.) I've gone out and got some more beading, made of unobtainium, so that shoud work better. Forgot to fill up with petrol though <sigh again>.
Open House Weekend tomorrow in London and a BBQ on Sunday to go to , probably indoors as it looks like rain; but at least that's something to look forward to.