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A later walk to the lanes in bright sunshine. I saw my first swallow of the year. It flew close to me to have a proper look. A gorgeous pair of Bullfinches were foraging in the hedge. Along with umpteen other birds.
A distant tractor was raking the dusty area up near the woods again. Haven't they heard of "no dig gardening?"
With the winter temperatures still dragging on I shall have to buy some more fuel for the wood stove. We'd hoped it would be all over by now. So we could finally take off our charity shop bought, down jackets.
There is a growing, Danish, public backlash against solar farms. Which are springing up everywhere without a thought for the locals. Usually, and just like wind turbines and wind farms before them, there are absent investors behind the swathes of solar panels despoiling the countryside.
They don't give a damn if somebody [unimportant] loses their priceless view. Or a local amenity in the form of a wood or a popular rural path is lost. As long as there is a well subsidised, tax free profit to be made. The rich get richer and the poor are blamed for their resistance to progress.
I have been keen on solar and alternative energy for well over 40 years. Originally, it was supposed to democratize energy production. Somebody forgot to mention this to the big spenders and politicians.
An afternoon drive to fetch some more compressed wood briquettes for the stove. A double petrol tanker was speeding through tight bends in the 30mph village. Probably because the road leads directly to a long hill and the driver needed a good run up. Even if it meant using my side of the road as well!
There is a new law here. Where "insane driving" results in instant confiscation of the vehicle regardless of ownership. 45 vehicles taken away so far and counting. Insane drivers are clearly very slow learners. What would a double petrol tanker cost to replace if it were confiscated? Small change to a taxpayer subsidized, global oil company. i.e. Absolutely no deterrent at all!
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