Couple of separate hedgehog visits last night. The first at 22:19 caught him at both the Raised Beds and Lake and the second for ten minutes or so at 03:37 around the Raised Beds. I like the idea that the hedgehog spends time in the garden foraging for nosh. Snails and slugs r us. The fox came at 01:38, spent a few seconds drinking at the lake and then mosied on past the Raised Beds to the hole in the fence and on to next door. Good to see the lake becoming an established stop in the hunting grounds. I checked on Brian. He was right under where the fox stopped but the lad seems to be ok. Nothing phases our Brian. I had to move him back an inch or two to a safer spot on the rocks as he seemed to have developed a habit of slipping into the water. Good job the Saucy Sue rescue boat is moored nearby.
This morning we are orf to Laandan. Was up at dawn, as is oft the case. Catching the trane at Newark as the options from Lincoln on a Sunday morning ain’t great. I don’t suppose many people want to catch a train at breakfast time on a Sunday. Too busy reading the papers etc. Limo coming at nine fifteen. Well, DIscount Cabs taxi.
I have decided I am going to go posh this morning. Dapper. The only issue is which bow tie to wear. It is down to a choice of two: a blue Winston Churchill polka dot job or the one with strawberries on. I have a growing collection. Am thinking strawberries and keep the Winston Churchil for the conference on Thursday. Surprise everyone.
Quite looking forward to lunch at the Ham Yard Hotel. Nothing fancy. Just good quality Sunday lunch fare. They have jazz on between 1pm and 4 on Sundays. We are there from 1pm. Will have been a pretty good lunch if we don’t finish until 4pm. Right, jazz has finished, drink up weroff.
It is my hope and expectation that when I get back on Thursday night the wildflower meadow will be turning green and the seedlings emerging. There are already signs of life. THG is coming back from London a lot earlier than me so she can maintain the watering regime, both on the meadow and the chillies in the greenhouse. We are in the growing season. THG has some broad beans on one of the raised beds with enhanced levels of protection. Fingers crossed. There is some evidence of slug damage but not on all plants and the pigeons are going to find it hard to get near.
Ryanair flight FR2428 from Leeds to Riga has just flown overhead. Unless it’s the Turkish Airlines TK1174 from DUB to IST. Not sure. Both are exotic routes. Been to Istanbul but not Riga. No plans to go to either though I do fancy Istanbul some day. My last visit was a business trip and I didn’t see much of the city. Did a dinner cruise on the Bosphorus which was quite good and also a dinner at the Topkapi Palace. We walked past an armed soldier on guard to get there.
Anyway back to more mundane but nevertheless important issues. I need to make the tea, Ciao amigos.
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update – can’t actually find my Winston Churchill bow tie. It’ll be in the same bag as my white shirt that I haven’t been able to find for a while now. It’ll turn up sometime!
I’ll have to have a good sort out. THG has a weekend where she switches her winter wardrobe to the summer one and then back again in the autumn.