7.10.2019 Be prepared!

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Monday 7th 33-50?F, clear but still waiting for sunrise. There should be early sun but cloudy later. The car is covered in hard, rough ice and the councils have been salt spreading the roads for the first time this "winter."

Danish councils are demanding billions be spent on coastal defences. Unfortunately no pure bred Dane has yet invented coastal defences. So it is no use the Dutch offering expert advice based on centuries of direct experience.

It won't be acceptable under Janteloven. [Jante's Law] Which clearly states in umpteen different ways [all meaning exactly the same thing] that nobody should think themselves better than any Dane.

Now I'm rather torn between buying green waders or black waders.They don't seem to be available in bright orange. Just in case I am swept away by future tides. This is despite living 60 meters above sea level and ten miles from the nearest [present] coastline. You can't be too careful where these things are concerned. The Danish weather service has just released terrifying details of likely conditions by 2100. So they must be right. Or, at least as accurate as their weather forecasts? I'll be 150 years old by then and I do want to be ready. [For year round snow and ice.]

A walk to the lanes in brilliant sunshine. My bright halo surrounding my, many meters long, shadow on the fields. I snapped away at the familiar scenes in the hope of capturing the beauty of the rolling countryside. Chilly, but pleasant enough in the sunshine. The wind turbines were pretending to drain the last of the batteries before coming, very slowly, to a complete standstill. From the top of a local hill I could see the distant ribbon of sea where it is squashed between Fyn and Jylland.

It has reached 37F, now, as I wait for morning coffee and rolls. An errand in town will require the car. The planned shopping ride is on hold.