late afternoon happens in the night

15°C, sun & some soaking; Cycle 71 miles


In lanes like these:

This was the scene, nearly home, only 10 miles to go in Seckington.

A struggle against the wind for the last 25 miles.
No sign of turning the heating on yet, no need. Night temperatures are as high as 12°C. See if the campsites are so cosy.

Occupational hazard

11°C, rain.Orange leaves clinging to wet things


Autumn colds are an occupational hazard in our business. It’s only been two weeks since the last one and I have another cold rising today. Damned awkward when a week’s holiday is approaching.
Loonies: I am one, I have sent myself over 50 emails today is says here. The spammers are just as bonkers today too, then have send hundreds! I was only getting about 20 unwanted posts daily over the last few months, but now it’s over a hundred a day.
Just as well they automatically drop in the Deleted folder.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

Cold air approaching, 12°C & dropping. Smells of rain.


Spammers are truly insane, these all claim to be from the Inland revenue. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.


Education “Split” on the theme of the great divide in Education: BBC. Can’t wait for some presentation on this idea in our school. My questions are ready. The problem with the article is this: We are successful in moving students from poor areas into University, they are ‘improving their lot’ and is it any surprise that the average IQ in those areas is decreasing. take out the bright ones, and the proportion of thick people increases in an area. that is no failure of education, quite the opposite.

Maybe Aspen

14°C, grey, mizzle


How dull misty wet, it’s dripping from every free standing object. I want to be westwards.

Perhaps Rosie is appreciating her sheep-effect rug more than that canine-jumper. Tasteful huh?

Revenge of the Lawn

19°C, warm rain.


A utilitarian choice of read. Bedtime is time for a short read for me. It has ot be short because lying down makes me fall asleep- even in daytime. This book is full of short stories, I say it like that because there are so many of them in a thin book. One of them is only a few lines long. It’s nice to just to read his voice, though often the stories hold a pang of some sort that only Brautigan can reach in my (limited) experience.

Succession (contingent upon)

15°C, clear, minimal breeze


Secession: could this be the word I am looking for? We need (as you know from previous posts on here) a word for the process of  nature reclaiming derelict man-made sites.

this Beech is watching you from Beaudesert.

On second thoughts, Succession is pretty close to the idea I had in mind, see here: Wiki

Seaside-gulls are inland

15°C, winds brewing


Have the gulls moved away from the seas. There are plenty here, mostly the usual inland landfill-site-gulls, but now there are a few sea gull making the seaside gull sound. Maybe there is some truth in the story that they fly inland to escape the big storms out at sea. There is a big low system bearing down the northern approaches.

Central heating day

15°C, cooler, but the sun is still colourful


NEWS: "People don’t wear clothing to keep warm any more".
This rings true, and has been a cause of friction in this house over the years. It strikes me as obscene to switch the house heating on before you have started to add layers of clothes to keep warm. Today is supposedly "Central heating day". Sounds like media nonsense to me, but I have known this happen. Can’t forsee switching on until after October though.