Being wide awake at 3am I
wondered if I did something then I might then get back to sleep agan
afterwards. So I had my morning shave rather earlier than might be
considered usual, and then went back to bed where I lay dozing
fitfully until 6am. I then got up and deleted a whole load of stuff
that I am never going to watch from the SkyPlus box.
By the time "er
indoors TM" got up (which was probably
rather early for most people on a Bank Holiday) I was bored
senseless.
After a minor contretemps
with a GPS unit we were on our way to Cuxton for a day's hunting
sandwich boxes. As we found the first cache we got a message; friends
had already done the first part of our walk, but would meet us for
the second part. And they did. And six of us (with two small dogs)
walked around somewhere I'd never been for a walk before. There were
some wonderful views to be had across and around the Medway valley. I
got to collect six more letterbox stamps (it's a geocaching
thing), "er indoors TM" got to
go up a tree. I got to go into a tunnel; I wasn't expecting to go
tunnel-ratting today, but I wasn't going to turn down the chance when
it arose.
And (having been given
just the teensiest of hints) we even picked up a puzzle cache
which has been bothering me for a little while.
As always I
took a few photos whilst we were out
And so home where the
less agreeable of our neighbours was practicing piano. I practiced my
sax for half an hour in protest, but to no avail. She continued
clanging her piano for a good two hours.
I must admit to some
amazement about her piano-ing. A month or so ago my sax playing was
just a dreadful noise. I've still got a long way to go, but (even
if I do say so myself) I think there has been a marked
improvement in my sax-ing over that month. Next door's piano-ing
isn't as bad as my sax-ing, but in the years she's been clanging that
piano (and they've had it some years) she only plays the same
few tunes, and has shown absolutely no improvement in them
whatsoever.
Whilst next door
strangled their violin I spent a little while this evening looking at
puzzle geocaches in the north Kent area. Feeling flushed with success
after having puzzled this afternoon I tried to puzzle out some more
caches. I've found a series based on astronomy. It's a shame that
I've had to put incorrect information into some of the sums to get
the correct answers, but what is a puzzle cache for if not to haggle
about what constitutes a correct answer. If only I could solve
this one...
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