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Tuesday 06 October Wow, 200 posts! I didn’t know I had it in me. I wained a week or so ago, thinking I would need to reduce it to a weekly account of the previous seven days. That may still come, but right now, although the material has changed direction slightly, I reckon I canContinue reading “Day 200”

Sunday 04 October It has rained all day. All day. Far from torrential but relentless. Drove to Halstead to referee two football matches this afternoon. It was touch and go as to whether they would be on, but thankfully they were. Running around on a pitch, getting loads of fresh air and exercise. Plus, havingContinue reading “Day 198”

Saturday 03 October It has got to have been the wettest day of the year today. It’s pretty much rained all day. I woke earlier than I wanted to then, wellied-up, we walked the dog across the fields in Lawford. Squelching underfoot followed by huge puddles in the lanes. Trump is ‘comfortable’ in hospital whilstContinue reading “Day 197”

Friday 02 October It hasn’t stopped raining today. Batches of perpetually wet, dark grey clouds drifting below a blanket of higher cloud. Just a shade lighter. Left work early enough to allow for a walk with Mabel around the orchards and polytunnels. More light tonight, so not so eerie. Although I looked down the lanesContinue reading “Day 196”

Thursday 01 October I left school today pretty drained. In a sort of numb head fug. It got to a stage where I was just staring at the laptop screen and I couldn’t make any decisions. As I walked out to the car I noticed four elderly folk, wearing face coverings, playing on the outsideContinue reading “Day 195”

Wednesday 30 September It’s been one of those ‘hunph’ days. It just happened. Constantly overcast with heavy, sodden clouds. The news is full on about the first tv debate of the presidential nominees in the US. I never recall that being such big news when I was a kid. I think its down to aContinue reading “Day 194”

Tuesday 29 September Well, what a twenty-four hours. Just when I think that Autumn is reducing the amount I can write about. Mother nature and the local area keeps giving. Our smoky-brown fox last night was followed by a hedgehog just before bed. It turns out to be one of the hedgehogs that our nextContinue reading “Day 193”

Monday 28 September Just when I make the decision to do weekly posts rather than daily, my local patch comes up trumps again. Before that, I was already persuading myself that I must keep it up. A good friend said at the weekend that the posts had really helped him during the pandemic. A coupleContinue reading “Day 192”

Sunday 27 September FOMO, the fear of missing out, is not something that I can honestly say I have ever suffered from. As a name, it’s a fairly new phenomenon. But today, I have come seriously close. I refereed two youth football matches again today, they were excellent actually, two of the best games IContinue reading “Day 191”

Friday 25 September It’s a very Autumnal day today and it’s going to be a very short post. The Coronavirus numbers are heading in the wrong direction. It’s hard work at the moment. The wind is blowing – I came home and went outside to fix a blown out panel from the greenhouse. The temperatureContinue reading “Day 189”