I heard a lone bird chirping quite slowly, just a little faster than once a second. I was lying in bed, pitch black outside. Only the occasional traffic went past, perhaps every five or ten minutes. I tapped my alarm clock to see the time. It was 5:40. I dozed off again. Waking again, an hour later, and I could hear the same birdcall, but now it was faster and more elaborate, occasionally slowing down to the chirp. I dozed off again, so quiet on the road.
I was brought up a cup of tea, and I sat upright reading today's paper on my tablet.
Showered and ready for the day, porridge for breakfast. I think it's funny how some days porridge almost tastes like rice pudding, other days it tastes quite bland. Today, no, it's definitely like rice pudding.
I read more of the online paper, and try the concise crossword. Not much of an inroad into it today, but still enjoyable. I then completed the 'Codewords' puzzle which was fun.
I did some work. Yesterday the banking site didn't work, I must try it again later.
Lunch, home-cooked ham and to tomato sandwiches on wholemeal bread.
We went for our allotted one form of exercise walk. We went the opposite way round on the route today, so we noticed different things. It felt like more of a workout too with steeper inclines. We stopped and nattered briefly with a lady we saw the other day. We kept to opposite sides of the road to speak to her. She told us of cutting short her visit to Brisbane to return home. Her neighbour opposite her has lost her husband to Covid-19, very tragically. It was shocking to hear of a death from it. The widow won't answer her phone now apparently. Perhaps she is ill with it too.
More people walking today. Most kept sensible distances, but one couple were a bit like lemmings which we had to avoid more purposefully. We saw tiny bees going into holes in a mud bank. Fascinating. Cows munching away happily on their sileage. A strong smell of pig manure in the air today. Glad my sense of smell is still alright.
We got home, had a brew and I've started on a book to improve my chess. It looks a bit too advanced for me though at the moment, which might not be a bad thing.
We had salad last night so I'll make a Chicken Dall Curry tonight I think. If this curry doesn't kill us, my cooking might.
Over to you.