Waiting in Line For the Pub to Open

Well. Despite making several backups and having a workflow that "never" deletes anything until I "know" the backup has been made I seem to have lost four days of photos. Woe is me. Tried a couple of "free" disc recovery options but they turned out to be either not so free or difficult to use. Anyway, it's not like they were important pics of a wedding or a holiday. So 'll top up with extras for a while. Hey ho, worse things happen at sea.