10.05.2026

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  Sunday 10th 60F/10C [8.00] Overcast with possible light showers.

 Up from 2-5am after an hour of wakefulness. Back to bed until 6.30.

 8.15 I have had message from the carpenter. He will be late. 

 

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9.05.2026 Mountains out of molehills!

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  Saturday 9th 50F/10C [8.30] Last fully sunny day for the moment. Peaking at 16C/61F this afternoon. A modest, easterly wind. 63F/17C in the room. With the stair well now fully open again. I took the heavy curtains down. They had made a useful contribution to keeping the downstairs warm when it was colder outside. 50F/10C in the greenhouse. 

 Rain and a northerly wind expected tomorrow. Just as the carpenter is coming to fit the new doors. On the northern facade. Hopefully the roof overhangs will provide some protection.

 Up at 7.40 after an untidy night. I was awake at four and 5am and then it was suddenly much later. My back is still hurting. Though I still plan to have a walk. 

 9-9.30. My usual loop along the drives. Warm sunshine. Very little wind. I almost walked off the back pain. The upper buttock pain was not noticeable today.

 12.10 Back from the next shopping village to the north. Two people admired the car. The petrol price has dropped a little. The rubber seal in the air pump was shot. Impossible to check the tire pressures. I think my back may finally be improving. 

 14.00 62F/17C. Bright sunshine. I have pushed the mower at its highest setting. Over the minefield pretending to be a lawn. It kept being bogged down on the molehills. I need to rake out these hills but I am already knackered and breathless. I need a rest.

 Dinner was fried chicken, mushrooms, baked beans and chips. 

 

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8.05.2026 48km and some gardening.

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   Friday 8th 53F/12C [8.00] Another sunny day is promised. Peaking at 16C/61F after lunch. Easterly winds starting light. Gusting to 10m/s by late afternoon. 70F/21C in the room. After feeling cold in the night and starting up the heat pump. I put on my thick jumper but my legs were still cold. 50F/10C in the greenhouse. The Danish news media is talking about a drought.

 Up at 7.15 after a disturbed night with weird dreams. I was awake at four. Then it was five and six and seven. All in the blink of a closed eye.

 I think I'll have a ride to Fåborg via the pretty lanes. Headwind going. Helped home later.

 9.50 Returning from another loop of the drives. It was warm with a steady easterly breeze. I was overdressed. The robot mower was sitting [stuck?] in the same place as before. In a steep hollow around a drain. A few swallows were zooming over the fields. I have seen very few this year. Wagtails were landing on the drive and going again. I followed an orange tipped butterfly for a 100m. 

 13.30 Back from a 48km ride. I never made it to Fåborg. It didn't seem as if I had the range. Despite leaving with a 100% battery charge. I stayed in Tour mode to conserve battery power. Until I headed for home. Taking a major detour along a narrow lane. Which became a gravel track several times. Middle of nowhere hardly begins to describe it.  I saw several birds of prey and a single hare while I was out.

 16.15 I have replaced the line in the DeWalt strimmer with the 2mm gold coloured stuff. Then strimmed most of the western lawn. Which had become 90% dandelions. The strimmer was very effective but hard on my back. So I added a support sling at the handle. Which went diagonally over my shoulder and certainly helped. 

 There are still lots of molehills. Which were hidden until now. I tried the strimmer on the grass already growing through the gravel parking space. Too vicious! The mower was no better. Now I need a rest!

 I should go shopping. I'll see what's in the fridge. Shop tomorrow.

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast with tomatoes. 

 

 

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