Turn on the dark

March Feb« »Next month

A few cold spells as we head to Easter. Enough to get actual frosts. A local road has a 'void' appear causing traffic issues and, as usual, no quick fix; no fix at all so far.

The count down to retirement is getting serious with plans in place. Now to make them real.

Enjoyed a muddy walk around the park; the ground is water logged in places but still a pleasant trudge.

So much rain to end the month. And, maybe related, another bad cold. The downpours were epic. We put the bird feeders out with food for the first time this year after a spring clean.

February Jan« »Next month

Urgh, Covid rears its head again and I catch it for a second time. Felt a bit different this time and, again, I was off work for a whole week. I hid away in the bedroom until I tested negative; distinctly tiresome. I am only saved from total boredom by the (catch-up) TV.

We braved a lunch outside, well at least until it started raining. Nice to get outside and enjoy a mild month.

Later in the month my work takes me back to the big smoke and an interesting hotel experience (a really narrow but functional and cheap room that did the job). I enjoyed a walk across town, through Hyde Park and the many pathways, some blocked for construction work taking me out of my way because the signage is poor. Though I can ask do construction workers ever do a good job of providing adequate signage anywhere in the world?

Around my illness I manage to finish my Lego Land Rover Defender model. Reminds me of many a Christmas day toiling away making my son's latest Lego Star Wars addition, happy days.

Interesting hotel room

January 2023 « » Next month

This year could be momentous. For some the flooding is devestating and it is yet another sign of the lack prepareness for the climate change.

On a personal level we are quiet and relaxed, low energy but a return to work looms into view.

A week of work and then illness, bad cold, cough - who knows but debilatating and annoying.

Building my Land Rover