I slept through till half past seven this morning. I
got out of bed this morning later than I took the dogs out yesterday.
I made toast and had a look at the Internet as I do
most mornings. I moderate a Facebook group about a rather
obscure series of books, and on that group
someone has taken to putting up pictures of what he thinks the major characters
look like. It’s good that he’s making an effort; it’s a shame that his pictures
look nothing like how I imagine the characters to look.
And there was some interesting postings on the
Hastings Old Town Facebook group. When I was a lad “Hastings Old Town”
was a small area a few hundred yards across. These days it is *the*
place to be and more and more people and businesses are claiming to be a part
of the old town even though they are at least a mile from the place.
And I had a notification about a new Wherigo… in
Boulogne.
I Munzed and Wordled (might) and looked at the
glorious sunshine outside. The weather forecast for today was for rain showers.
If I cowered inside every time a drop of rain was forecast I’d never go
anywhere so I hoped for the best and got myself and the dogs ready.
We drove up to the woods. As we went there was
something on the radio from the Edinburgh festival about Virgil’s
Aeneid. I can remember reading that at school in the
original Latin. I can vaguely remember the story being rather good, but far too
much emphasis was put on my dubious translating ability rather than on the
actual plot.
We got to the woods and had a good walk. As we went I
gathered a few chestnuts; every year there’s a bumper crop of chestnuts to be
had up there, and every year most of it is left on the ground. I suppose the
squirrels scoff them. At about the two and a bit miles mark so the rain
started. Just drizzle, but wetter than I would have liked.
We came home where I did the monthly dog flea
treatments. I simply popped a drop of jollop on the back of their necks; the
girls were fine but Morgan seemed terrified.
I did us both a cuppa, and looked out of the window.
As we’d driven home so the drizzle had got heavier.
I piddled about with car insurance and sorting the
hours I’ve worked on my rotas. Tedious and dull, but needs doing. And with the
rain showing no sign of letting up I started vaguely planning another geo-project.
“er indoors TM” boiled
up beefburgers which we scoffed whilst watching the latest episode of “Lego
Masters: Australia”. Tonight’s episode was an elimination and there were
tears. The judge “BrickMan” was obviously wearing make-up – apparently he’d
been
in a serious accident before filming.
Those chestnuts are currently in the shed. I expect I
will throw them out in a couple of weeks…
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