8.04.2026 Missing tower.

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  Wednesday 8th 33F/1C. Another sunny day after a cold night. Hint of frost on the western lawn. Expected to peak around 13C/55F well after lunch today. Much lighter winds. Starting light NE this morning. Gusting to 8m/s easterly mid afternoon. 63F in the room. 40F in the greenhouse.

 Up at 7am after a typical night. Woke several times to attend to the fire bucket. Resisted the urge to get up.

 I'd like a ride but for the cool start and only reaching comfort levels around lunch time and beyond. I'll see how it feels with a walk at 8.00. 

 9.10 After my walk I have been preparing the trailer for a run to the builder's merchants. I'll go early to avoid cycling while there is still white frost on the grass. Then have a ride later.

 11.00 Back from a trip to the shops. I bought some more petrol and six, massive paving labs. The latter are 30x60x10cm. 12"x24"x4". Recommended by a builders merchant to be stacked under the heat pump unit. To avoid snow drifting blocking the airflow. I'll give the installer a free choice when they turn up.  

 I may have to net the greenhouse pond. The water has reached 60F/15C. The goldfish seem to be trying to increase their numbers. I can hear them sploshing about out there. 

 17.30 Back from a drive to find a bird watching tower at a wildlife wetland site. Unsuccessfully, I might add. I stopped to ask a pair of walkers for directions. They turned out to be Scots and could I speak English?! I drove along the track and found the car park mentioned online but not the tower. 

 I was lucky enough to see a Lapwing preening close to the track. So I stopped the car and watched it through my binoculars. Now I am back at home I can see that I didn't go quite far enough. Though the tower should have been visible from the public car park and from where I walked on. The information online suggested the tower was rotting away and should be demolished. That was some years ago. 

 Further research says the tower supports had rotted and made the building unsafe. So it was demolished after some years of closure. 

 Dinner was mackerel on toast. With halved tomatoes. 

  

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