Days 145 and 146, Tuesday and Wednesday, 18thand 19th August 2020, and now, Thursday 20th August, Day 147

Some time yesterday evening, 19/8/20

Right now, I should have been on board QM2, at the start of a round the world trip, but thanks to Covid-19, that will have to wait at least until next year. I’ve no problem with that, and hopefully, by then, the Coronavirus situation will be very much less severe, and that effective vaccines will be commonplace.

It wouldn’t surprise me if we have seen the last of the spectacularly hot weather, although September and October can be extremely pleasant. Yesterday was quite pleasant after a rainy start to the day.

Today, it has rained all day. I was thus rather thankful that I wasn’t crossing the Atlantic right now.

Thursday 20th, 21.06hrs

Forgive me if these writings are becoming “same-old, same-old”. For a few days, for whatever reason, too humid, too wet, too pre-occupied, the inclination to go walking was almost non-existent. I had planned to explore more of the local countryside with Roger on Tuesday afternoon; the weather had looked promising. This would have been a welcome break from his on-line geology course which concludes on Saturday. At the appointed time to stride out, the heavens opened. Tea and biscuits in the “conservatory” were a kind of “plan B” as the rain continued to crash down onto the ribbed polycarbonate roof….which although it lets the light in, annoys me because I can’t really see through it. Replacing with clear effective see-through material has been on my “to-do” list for some time now.

It has, however, been a good week. My “tip” of a bedroom is now very much better organised and feels just that bit more spacious. Boris went halves on a good lunch yesterday at the Bulls Head, Monyash and today, the gardener showed up before 9am. The plumber also kept his promise to install a hose reel and tap in the back garden, and repair the long since faulty hose in the front garden. I now have no excuse for not watering the plants. Shopping and laundry were delivered in good time late this afternoon. And, I did manage a decent walk this morning for 100 minutes. All seems incredibly satisfactory.