22.08.2025 Egeskov.

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 Friday 22nd 54F/12.2C. Light, even overcast. A cooler, more cloudy, much windier day is forecast.

 Up at 7.15 after a "busy" night at Bucket Stations. I deliberately went back to sleep at 6am. I am feeling much better now. 

 8.30 The neighbour's cat is admiring my sister's handiwork in taming the garden. Time for a walk. 

 The image shows my late wife's flower bed roughly hacked down with hedge clippers. I have made  a start on the overhanging brambles beyond. They are flowing over a rose hedge. 

 9.00 The last bales had been removed as I walked along the spray tracks on the harvested fields. The wind was strong. The wind chill enough to make my hands feel cold. 

 11.15 Readying for a drive to a stately home with an excellent transport museum. Egeskov. [Eng. Oakwood] Near Kværndrup.

 17.15 Back from Egeskov. The motorcycle museum is well worth a visit. Lots of old cars and other vehicles. Lots of other things to see. As are the extensive gardens.  It is quite a walk and takes several hours to cover everything. 

 Having enjoyed another heavy, cafeteria lunch at Egeskov we had no need of dinner. So we dealt with producing fried eggs of finished size to match the bread rolls. This was settled with scissors to trim the overhangs. We agreed that sliced bread is probably a more suitable medium.

 It felt cold in the evening despite the 68F/20C in the room. So I lit the stove and closed all the windows. Which I had inadvertently left on the catch to air the house. Not ideal on such a windy day! The stove managed to warm the room by 4F to 72F/22.2C by bedtime at 10.30. With its soapstone cladding nicely hot. To slowly release its stored heat for hours to come. All on the equivalent of one log but using only scraps from the last trailer load.

 

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