16th March 2025
After a brisk walk with the dogs around the old golf course, I drove back to the cottage for breakfast. Staying in someone else’s house is fine, but getting back to familiar territory is best for me. I also had food that I need to get rid of.
My main task was to start tidying the garden, ready for the new growth that has started to emerge. I’m always surprised how long it takes to clip and trim, but I look forward to the burn. This has alway interested, or rather fascinated me from an early age. Building a camp fire, or bonfire is right up there with climbing trees. If I hadn’t been in engineering I could have been an arsonist, although not in a destructive sense, I just liked burning stuff.
As the smoke billowed from my incinerator I was expecting a visit from the local Green Party representative blaming me for global warming, but I didn’t, which was just as well because I wouldn’t be very cooperative.
As it happened, the fire didn’t last long, not because I didn’t have things to burn, more likely I wasn’t quick enough to re-feed it.
I finished early because I was meeting up with Amilie and her boyfriend Luke.
It’s so refreshing to see sensible young people, without any odd beliefs that are often fuelled by social media trends. We must have spoken more in this meeting than we ever have before. It was wonderful, and it is testament to Ryan and Louise that they raised a very level headed daughter. We covered all kinds of subjects, fuelled by a slice of Victoria sandwich, yum!
Once they left, it was feeding time at the zoo.
The rest of the evening was calm, with only the occasional barking outburst, that serves as a deterrent for falling asleep.
Another Lifetime to go 