In life it is advisable to have more than one string to one’s bow. Bearing this excellent advice in mind I am delighted to announce (trumpets sound) the launch of a new company – abacusroofing.com! Looking down on the world from a great height will, no doubt get the little grey cells working overtime and enhance my capacity to produce literary works of outstanding quality.

How did I determine to become a roofer? Is not roofing somewhat dangerous for a registered blind person such as myself? To answer the latter question first,fear not my dear readers for I have my trusty guide dog Trigger who will bark should I stray overly close to the roof’s edge and howl most pitifully should we both slip and plummet gracefully (if such a thing is possible) earthwards.

Returning to how all this came to be. Yesterday I received a letter from Yel, the company who own the print Yellow Pages together with it’s online subsidiary. Yell where kind enough to offer me the opportunity to advertise my company, abacusroofing.com free of charge with their firm. How could I refuse such a kind offer? I was just about to call the good people at Yell, express my undying gratitude for their generosity and accept their offer when a thought struck me – I had no recollection of having established a company of any description let alone one going by the name of Abacus Roofing. Either I am becoming extremely forgetful or the good people at Yellow Pages have got their wires tangled. I think, dear readers the latter is the case! If, however you would like to avail yourself of my roofing services please do drop me a line to newauthoronline (at) gmail dot com, (I really must get a separate address for my roofing business)!

(Note: Joking apart, I did receive a letter from Yell inviting me to advertise abacusroofing.com. I visited the website and received an error message indicating a server issue. There are, incidentally several companies, including one in Northhampton called Abacus Roofing, however they have no connection with yours truly)!