Nice morning ....



28th October 2025 (Tuesday)      09.45 .... The overnight rain has moved away, and we now have

a bright and breezy morning;  with the chance of squally showers.    The wind should moderate by lunch time (I'll have an early lunch) and the 'squally showers be  'relegated to just plain old 'showers'.    I might go for a short walk after the wind dies down a bit:  I wouldn't say I was feeling frisky, but I am feeling 'brighter eyed and bushier tailed'.   Unfortunately I had a migraine to start my day but the pills have nudged that into the background.

21.00    I did, what I call the Golf Course Rotten Row short walk before lunch;  the wind hadn't moderated by much, but, after the golf course I was sheltered by houses.   I took a few of the usual photies I take on this walk;  and thought about going to the beach but decided it was too windy.   Back at Ivy I sorted out the photographs, then had lunch.

After my siesta I decided to make 'Cottage Pies' for the freezer.    For me this is an afternoons 'work'.  Peeling the tautties, peelin' an ingin (not my favourite job), and vegetables.   I'd bought one and a half kilograms of mince for this job in Sainsbury's.     I prefer the Ainster Store's mince (it seems 'tastier') but I'd forgotten  to get that when along there earlier in the week.   Anyway I eventually ended up with today's dinner and seven meals for the freezer.   A very successful afternoon.   And a very tiring one!



The News has been mostly about Hurricane Melissa arriving in in Jamaica.;  and the damage she is likely to cause.    The Jamaican Authorities have organised shelters etc. so we can only hope all their precautions keep the population safe.   They can't do much about the devastation that's expected from 179 mph winds massive rainfall.

Tomorrow is going to be a rest day;  though I have no doubt I'll find something to do.   I have two phone
calls to make; I must remember to do that!

I burnt off enough calories on 'the Pedals' this evening so I can scoff a couple of 'Blob' biscuits without feeling guilty!  And I did a load o' random thinking.





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