15.05.2025 A tootle in the Morris.

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  Thursday 15th 48F/9C. Bright but veiled sunshine. Expected to be another sunny day. Though much windier from the north. Which rather dampens my hopes of a longer ride today.

 Windmill mechanism.

 Up at 6.40. There have been no updates or bids on resurfacing the parking space. It has occurred to me that I only need one half of the parking space fixed. The area over which I laid gravel, then compost and sewed with grass seed. The other half already has a huge depth of self stabilizing gravel. Laid over builder's rubble. It could do with compressing just to ensure it is firm.  

 8.30 Just been outside. Definitely not a long ride day. The wind is chilly and strong.

 9.00  I'll go for a drive to Svendborg. Taking my lunch with me. Much of the coastal route passes through villages with very low speed limits. Which will suit a tootle in the Morris.

 14.30 Back from a drive to Svendborg. A coastal town/city on the bottom [SW] corner of Fyn. Two elderly gentlemen stopped me in a car park to chat about owning a Morris.  

It felt like summer in the car. Though the wind was still chilly when I stopped at a quiet spot on the coast for lunch. Where I saw Lapwings, herons, birds of prey, Shelducks and geese. 

 I saw a gorgeous, triple bowed glass,  display cabinet in a charity shop but they wanted £100 equivalent.  It would have fitted nicely on top of the oak chest of drawers in the living room. Room for my late wife's glass and china, fruit and veg. Now I wish I had bought it. The same, Danish manufacturer as all my other, vintage, display cabinets. It's a long way to go back with the trailer. I am not sure it would go into the Morris.

  I have had a new bid to do the parking space gravel. It matches the App's own calculations. The image is of the view from upstairs this evening. Showing most of the area involved. I still have some tidying up to do. To clear the surface ready for the laying and compacting of the gravel. 

 Dinner was fish fingers and chips. I washed up while it cooked.

 

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