8.08.2024 Torrential!

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  Thursday 8th 58F/14C. Semi-bright overcast. Dy today. Wet again tomorrow. A town not far away had 25mm [1"] of rain in half an hour yesterday.

 Up at 5.50 again. Midges biting my hands in the night. I was sweating in bed again. So I dumped the duvet in favour of a single sheet. Cornflower water helped with the burning and itching. 

 The second birthday my wife has missed.  

 9.00 Back from my brisk walk. More fields have turned dark after being sewn with massive seed drills towed behind large tractors. One tractor passed dragging the longest bale trailer I have ever seen! 

 A large warbler [?] with a very long beak and snow white breast was making a racket up on my chimney as I left. It was partially hidden until it flew away. Making a loud beeping noise. At first was trying to make it into a wagtail but it was the wrong colour and too large. There is a Great Reed warbler and a Large billed Reed warbler. Not sure. I'll keep trying.

 I drove over to my friend's house at 11am. Returning in some of the heaviest rain I have ever experienced! Half the road was flooded and visibility was only a few meters!

 Dinner was mackerel in tomato sauce on toast.

 

 

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