Tis a sunny Monday morn in March and I am sat sipping tea in the conservatoire listening to birdsong. The singing is having to compete with traffic noise this morning. I don’t normally notice traffic noise so perhaps the wind is coming from a certain direction or summat. My Merlin bird app has seen action since we returned from Italy and has identified the presence of goldfinch and chaffinch in the back garden. Not particularly noticed these before, perhaps occasionally. It’s usually blackbird, wren and robin with some magpie thrown in. Also the everpresent and irritating whoop of the wood pigeon. We aren’t being visited often enough by the peregrine falcons who dine on the pigeons. Maybe they have too many options around the cathedral.
Quite pleased with yesterday’s gardening efforts and may even make a start today on the compost bins. I do have a conference call at nine (yes, gulp, that early!) but it should still leave me with plenty of time to get going.
Will also be back in the pool today and plan to join the Yarborough Leisure Centre under its new management. £270 a year off peak (9am til 4pm) membership with no joining fee and full access to pool, gym and classes. That is a seriously good deal.£22.50 a month! I ditched my total fitness membership as it was getting v busy even off peak (10am til 4pm), was a five mile drive away and cost £54 a month, albeit on a no contract basis. Looking at their online busyness charts their off peak times were almost as busy as their peak times and more than twice the price of Yarborough. As the weather warms up I’ll be cycling the mile and a half to get there. 7 mins according to google maps. Less if you have an ebike I guess.
The ebike must start seeing some daylight exposure this summer. Not used it for the past couple of years. This is to a large extent due to the arthritic hips but also because I used to go on occasional cycle rides with my pal Steve who sadly passed away and had given his bike away when he became unable to ride it. The hips are no longer an excuse. If anyone wants join me on the occasional pedal lemme know. Weather permitting obvs. No point in going if it is raining.
The golfing season, I sense, is about to get underway this week. My clubs are positioned near the garage door and ready to rock and roll and I won’t be able to blame my hips for not playing well. I’ll never get back to the heady days of thirteen handicap but feel as if I should be able to string together decent enough rounds if I get enough playing in. I’ll keep you posted obvs.
Gotta go. Need to complete the three esses before my 9am call.
