Month: February 2021
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No idling today
Before I ended up sunning myself yesterday, I had good intentions to install a new ethernet cable between the washing machine room and the customer kitchen. As time wore on, that job became far too difficult so I continued with the task of doing nothing. Today, however, has been the epitome of activity as I’ve…
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Low impact
The evening passed with a visit to St Marie to discover why a patient at a plastic surgery facility was murdered. Naturally, the team eventually discovered the culprit. My next entertainment took me back to 1940’s Brussels and an English woman used as bait to attempt to snare the Resistance. And finally, to sleepy Surbiton…
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Tubular Bells
Having just finished processing the Doggy Dinners, I’m sitting inside with some of the doggies listening to Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells on Radio Paradise’s World and eclectic mix. Isabella has had a demanding day so it sitting opposite snoring. Dog’s life! To my left, I have Luis who is also snoring. But Luis snores as…
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Rock ‘n’ roll
Flapping tent fabric was a constant theme during the night. For some reason, Isabella decided to join Obi by sleeping outside whereas Charlie, a frequent nocturnal companion of Obi, elected to come in as Isabella went out. Luis and Fido were delighted as they find Isabella an unwelcome bedfellow for some reason. Maybe it’s because…
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No heating
In the evening, I didn’t even bother to put on the fan heater as it was so warm inside. The dogs generate quite a bit of heat so that was sufficient for the evening’s entertainment time. We went back to 1960’s Yorkshire with Heartbeat: an exciting episode which included sheep rustling and a visit to…
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Another fantastic day
I understand the PM has set out the exit strategy for the end of lockdown. I sent an email to Laura, who is a clever website person, amongst other things yesterday. The EG now has an interim website so the old website is no longer needed so can be archived and closed down saving a…
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Extra walk
The vets in All Creatures kept me amused before bedtime. Another harmless way to end the day. Their trainee was put through his paces with a sow and some piglests. It was a little windy in the morning but I went out without a coat as the forecast said it would be warm and sunny…
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Bread experiment
My final viewing choice last night was an episode from The High Chaparral where Blue is kidnapped by two wanted men, Kid Curry and Jacques Dubois in an attempt to extort $10,000 from Big John Cannon. The ‘doc’, a travelling dentist, teams up with the pair to try to rescue Blue whilst collecting the bounty…
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Tomato harvest
Margaret Thatcher lost her favourite son, Mark, during the Paris-Dakar rally and a bunch of Argentinians hoisted a flag on one of the Falkland Islands. Margaret despatched troops to deal with the pending invasion in the closing moments of The Crown. The Queen, meanwhile, was visiting her children one-by-one, to find out which was her…
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Marvellous transformation
When I was getting dressed I reckoned just a hoodie would be enough on top for the early walk. It was when I went outside to feed the cats that the chilly wind decided me to opt for a coat and gloves. There were no unofficial departures this morning as I made sure the two…
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I watched an episode of the Durrell Family in Corfu where they were experiencing a passing storm as well as visitors from England to their leaky home. At least all the animals were tucked up snug and warm inside. One of the visitors turned out to be a fraud having staged a fake seance. Fortunately,…
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Only a month
With our late-night walk out of the way, we were able to have some food then withdraw for the evening. The gas heater warmed the place up admirable and I even had to turn it down at one point. I amused myself with another murder from the Caribbean and have now worked my way through…
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Trying day
The heating was churning away most of yesterday and into the late evening. Fixing the circulating fan was a good move too. It became so warm I fell asleep until 22:30. Outside, the wind blew, the rain thrashed down and the van wobbled with the stronger gusts. The site clearance has reduced some of the…
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Horrid day
Ironside easily worked out the inside job of the missing art treasure hidden in the back of another item. Before retiring to my boudoir, I swapped my blankets for the duvet as I knew it would be a lot colder in the night. It was with difficulty that I extracted myself when the alarm went…
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Lazy Sunday
The night was warm although the morning was less so once we were walking down the Promontory. I hadn’t put my hat on which was a mistake and it was breezy as we crossed the rocks. Nevertheless, we kept a good pace going so were soon heading towards Plakaki where we paused a moment for…
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Perry Mason solved another difficult murder and protected his client from jail. I was amused the Paul Drake, Perry’s faithful detective, phoned into his messaging service to retrieve his messages. To think that I used an automated messaging service before the advent of the home answering machine and the mobile phone. Fido DIDN’T get me…
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Back to ‘normal’
Our guest passed a peaceful night between the decking and the awning area. She showed interest when I picked Fido up and escorted him to the awning door. He’d woken me up but when I opened the van door and he saw a large Rug outside, his desire to go out to pee evaporated. Having…
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Lucky Luis
I wasn’t in my pit for more than a few moments when there was a barking outside the gate. I recognised the bark so concluded that to get some peace, she needed to be let back in. I put on my shorts and shoes then went to let her in. There was no more sound…
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Early flasher
I became a little sidetracked so it was getting late when we eventually went inside. Our hairy visiter had been sent off home to find something to eat. I managed to find time to prepare something to eat and to get a shower before it was time for bed. We still appear to have an…
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Smart Shunt
There was a little more Obi activity this morning and a little Skinny barking when I let him and Isabella out. Unfortunately, I was in the loo at the time so it might have woken the neighbours. Out Early Walk was warm, in fact it was too warm so I wished I’d left one of…
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A visitor
It blew hard from the east all night so I was glad to be tucked up in my warm bed. I found it equally difficult to extract myself from my warm bed when the alarm went at 06:05 so it was not until over fifteen minutes later that I rose to release Skinny and Isabella…
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Eyes on the field
Not even Fido wanted to go out during the night and there was no Obi barking! As a consequence of the Obi barking and the feeling of exposure, I’ve fitted up a CCTV camera at the end of the roof. The camera looks at the gate and over the field. It’s a cheap PTZ camera…
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Barking Obi in the night
Obi is a conscientious guard dog so nearly always sleeps outside, summer and winter. Only under particularly horrible conditions does he sleep inside at night. I was surprised to hear him bark at 02:50 especially as he continued to do so. He wasn’t so much barking just woofing so as to warn everyone and to…
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Lemoned out
A Blast from the Past with a visit to Heartbeat. A former resident of Aidensfield, now a traveller and showman, comes back with his family to visit his birthplace as he has terminal cancer so not long to live. The residents are far from pleased to see a large truck and caravan parked on the…
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I watched an interesting episode of the WWII drama Secret Army which depicts the activities of the Resistance attempting to return RAF fliers via Spain to England. The local Gestapo decide to use a downed Wellington in which all crew members were killed to attempt to infiltrate the Lifeline Pipeline with a young Gestapo officer,…
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Surveying
Luis and Fido were being terriers in the night and dealing with a mouse. I’m not sure of the status of the mouse but there was a lot of rushing around and noise. Hopefully, not for nothing. Isabella and Skinny detected movement so were urging me to get out of bed which I did. It…
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Tree-shouting
The evening was shorter than usual due to a technical problem with Terry’s laptop which involved reinstalling Office 365 over a 4G link. It did its best! I was later to bed than usual as I needed to eat having got his machine operational again. The night was a lot cooler as was the morning.…
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All alone…
It was a good idea to put the duvet away as I ended up sleeping under only a sheet at one point. For some reason, I keep waking up before the alarm so I was out on deck just after 06:00. It was 18℃ by this time as the temperature had been rising all night.…