20.05.2025 You call this a rest?

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  Tuesday 20th 50F/10C. Bright sunshine expected to continue all day. A westerly wind instead of northerly. It could reach 20C as the world cruises towards another temperature record to match last year's. 

 Up at 6.30 after a very quiet night. I plan to ride over to see my English friend. It is some time since I enjoyed the ride through beautiful countryside. Much of it on peaceful lanes and roads. I have several route options. 

 8.00 Back from my walk. Just a loop along the parallel drives. Already too warm. Lots of birdsong. Including warblers, blackbirds and chaffinches. 

 13.30 70F/21C. Full sun. 56km round trip. Back from my visit. With shopping on the way home. Straight into a headwind on the way back. I chose my route for protection by hedge and woods. I was suffering from saddle discomfort on the last leg. A break to do some grocery shopping cured the problem. 

 I was cleaning the glass in the aquarium. When I realised that the goldfish had eaten almost all of the plants. So I brought in the small tank. Which had started me back on fish keeping. I placed it in good light from the south facing window. Then half filled it, added a smidgen of potting compost and dropped in the last remaining bits of plant. To see if they can recover. At around £5 each these plants are certainly not cheap. Too expensive to be considered a vegetable supplement to the fishes' diet.   

 Dinner was organic sausage, two fried eggs, two tomatoes and mashed potato.

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