diff --git a/src/content/blog/year2023-1.mdx b/src/content/blog/year2023-1.mdx
index 37ce1f9..6a3d0fa 100644
--- a/src/content/blog/year2023-1.mdx
+++ b/src/content/blog/year2023-1.mdx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ layout: ../../layouts/LayoutMdx.astro
 title: "2023"
 date: 2023-09-11
 image: year2023-1/kayak-pub.jpg
-description: something something something
+description: the progress happens much slower
 ---
 export const s = (s) => `year2023-1/${s}`;
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This time we were determined that we would not want it left in an awful state fo
 
 #### Removal of the wallpaper and carpet
 
-For the first week, we had Will only as Simon was on holiday in Sicily. We suspect this was deliberate so he could get out of steaming wallpaper. However, this was the same week as the Europe heatwave where the temps were getting into the 40s and the airport Simon wanted to leave out of burned down. He really really really wanted to avoid the woodchip.
+For the first week, we had Will only as Simon was on holiday in Sicily. We suspect this was deliberate so he could get out of steaming wallpaper. However, this was the same week as the European heatwave where the temps were getting into the 40-50 range and the airport Simon wanted to leave out of burned down. He really really really wanted to avoid the woodchip.
 
 As the woodchip started disappearing up the house, we heard a big 'SHIT' from the hallway - with so much steam and dripping water, Will managed to get water into our bathroom thermostat controller, which then caught on fire. Luckily the worst was that the thermostat was fried and nothing more than that - but it was a nice opportunity to ask them to replace it with a white one which then would match better with the hallway.
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ As the woodchip started disappearing up the house, we heard a big 'SHIT' from th
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-We were pleasantly surprised with just how quickly the woodchip went, but what was left was dark and dingy and not in a good way (unlike our lower hallway!). The feeling it gave us every time we entered the house while it was in this state, confirmed our colour choices and we were very sure we wanted it light and airy.
+We were pleasantly surprised with just how quickly the woodchip went, but what was left was dark and dingy and not in a good way (unlike our lower hallway). The feeling it gave us every time we entered the house while it was in this state, confirmed our colour choices and we were very sure we wanted it light and airy.
 
 
 <Cards images={[
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ We were pleasantly surprised with just how quickly the woodchip went, but what w
 
 #### Making it pretty
 
-Next the walls and stairs started getting spruced back up. They were covered in a thin layer of plaster filler to even out all the lumps and bumps, then started getting their base coats of paint. 
+Next the walls started getting spruced back up. They were covered in a thin layer of plaster filler to even out all the lumps and bumps, then started getting their base coats of paint. 
 
 The aforementioned 'Proper Equipment' ended up being Simon on a stepladder which Will held up. They started off a lot safer, building sturdy platforms out of battens and ply, but slowly descended into madness.
 
@@ -118,10 +118,7 @@ Since getting some gardeners to help cut back the overgrowth, we have had them b
 Whilst at the garden centre, we bought some herbs for the kitchen balconet 'breakfast bar'. They are doing amazingly well so far, but we will see if we can keep up the watering schedule long term. It's really convenient to have fresh herbs readily available when cooking.
 
 
-<Cards images={[
-    {title: "Herbs", src: s("herbedacious.jpg")},
-    {title: "With extra watering", src: s("herbs2.jpg")},
-]} />
+<Solocard title="Herbedacious" src={s("herbedacious.jpg")} />
 
 
 -- water wizards
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@ The 3d printer has come in clutch many times during our house renovation - see t
 
 ## Kayaks
 
-Two years ago after Nikki got Covid, she impulse-bought an inflatable tandem kayak as a way of getting back outside and having adventures once better. We have used this kayak quite a few times now, on the river near us and on Windermere, but there are certain aspects of it which mean we don't use it as much as we like.
+Two years ago after Nikki got Covid, she bought an inflatable tandem kayak while looking forward to getting back outside and having adventures. We have used this kayak quite a few times now, on the river near us and on Windermere, but there are certain aspects of it which mean we don't use it as much as we like.
 
 First off: Ozzy grew up a keen kayaker and his paddling technique is very good - if you are in a proper kayak. If you are in an inflatable one with no splash deck then it is less good and the kayak ends up with a layer of cold water at the bottom that you have to sit in. The water was conspicuously absent when Nikki tried the kayak with a different copilot. We have solved this issue by getting two single kayaks and Ozzy can have a closed cockpit one by himself.