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Sunday 3rd 51F/11C [7.30] Overcast. Slightly misty. A complete change from the recent run of sunny weather. Peaking at 18C after lunch. Rain also starting after lunch. Becoming very wet overnight. With up to 20mm of rain! Heaviest in the evening. Thunder, hail and all sorts of noisy goings on. Though with very modest winds. 21C/70F in the room with the heat pump set to 18C on the remote. Greenhouse at 60F/16C. Pond water at 66F/19C.
Up at 6am after a fairly quiet night. Back/hip/buttock region still hurting. I haven't considered a walk yet.
8.40 Back from a walk around the drive loop. My lower back was almost normal today. The hip less painful. I kept going and managed to increase my speed from a toddle to a reasonable pace.
Today's entertainment was the neighbour's robot mower. A modestly sized Husqvarna. It was trundling along at a decent walking pace parallel with my route. Though encumbered by the steep sideways slope. It was all but silent. Except for the moments when it hit rougher ground and rattled slightly. It would never disturb anyone even close to its vicinity.
The strange thing was that I was completely unable to see any evidence of its passing. One dandelion clock lay in its path but it only showed some damage from the mower. Certainly not clipped. Nor did the grass show any signs of being chopped. At all! Very odd. I watched while it decided how to mow a hooked area near the road. A couple of turns and it headed back home.
The area of grass it has to work on is truly vast. At least 160m x 15m. Heavily sloping away from the gravel drive. Wider at both ends. If it were really able to tame such an area it would save a lot of time and effort. Not having to mow it with their usual tractor drawn implement. With some considerable risk from the steep sideways slope.
I have seen quite a number of robot mowers doing a great job on similar sized lawns and even much larger. Schools seem to like them. The can produce a sward far better than most manual or ride-on tractor mowers. Since the robot leaves no strips of fallen grass between its tracks. It can provide really impressive results over time. My western lawn is far too rough for an affordable robot mower.
11.30 It has already rained and is still raining lightly. I had a look around the garden. Most of the Buddleias are dead. Only one has survived out of six. My wife couldn't keep them alive either.
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