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Up at 7.40 after a very disturbed night. I might need a bigger fire bucket! My lower back is hurting again. I need a walk.
9.15 55F/13C. Back from a warm walk to the lanes in bright sunshine. I had to take off my jacket as it was turning into a mobile sauna! Thousands of gulls were resting out on a newly sewn field. They quickly dispersed. Despite the hundreds of meters between us.
Clouds of starlings were moving nervously between neighbourhood trees. Hundreds of cobwebs hung from the tall weeds and grasses. Glowing with dew droplets in the low sunshine.
A ride to another shopping village will hopefully harvest more groceries. Some of my once regular items are no longer routinely stocked or even discontinued. One has to take advantage when they appear as special offers when they do crop up.
12.40 Returned from a 29km ride. I was going strongly on the way. Trying to maintain at least 30kph. It should have been a 20km out and back but I detoured on the way home. To enjoy the last of the summer sunshine in the lanes. There were lots of dragonflies and few clouds of storm flies. The weekend has a completely different feel to weekdays. With far more people around. Mowers and garden birthday parties.
The latter providing another opportunity to display the danish flag. The so called Dannebrog. With an offset white cross representing Christianity. On a cheerfully bright red background. The Dannebrog is recognized as the oldest national flag. Dating from 1625 but first recorded in 1219. The flag is often used to draw attention to a local attraction. Perhaps to mark a vegetable or flower stall beside the road. Or a weekend flea market. There are rules about its hoisting on the extremely popular garden flagpoles.
This afternoon I spent some time looking at the sun through my small, solar telescope.
Dinner was sardines on toast [again.] I forgot to take a picture.
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