While a wet day is a good
one on which to diagnose issues with a roof, its adverse effect on the
coefficient of friction makes it a poor one for using a ladder, and having
climbed one to gain some elevation to investigate things at a mercifully low
level it was a bit of a shock to feel the rungs disappear from under my feet as
the ladder slid down and away from the wall, leaving me in a tangled heap of
limbs and aluminium; most surprising was the lack of damage – the ladder
suffered a severe cursing, I got away with a grazed ankle and a scraped
shinbone, with the guttering, that I grabbed on the way down, coming off worst
with a couple of broken brackets.
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