And the drought has broken (down here in the soft Sarf East). Our trip to Sweetwoods and the game were through persistent drizzle (the weather forecaster was obviously banged up in a windowless room as he droned on about "mainly sunny").
So we got wet, but didn't dissolve. I had no desire to become active on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I loafed about indoors while the rain came down.
There has been a fine crop of horse mushrooms in the garden, so they will be cooked in butter and garlic to go with my fry up tonight. If you don't hear from me again, you will know that I misread the mushroom type.
There was a big event at the golf club today. The Veteran champions of all the clubs in Kent came up for a competition, but a few of us got out before them to enjoy a round in once-more glorious weather. I hope it stays like this because three of us are going down to Sheerness for a veterans' team event. Extra good because my pal Bal insists on driving us there. Guess what!
A bit of leccy bother last night. Everything went off around midnight. No power, so I got a torch out and set my old alarm clock for an early start this morning. Then at 5.45 the power came back on. There are people outside digging and fixing. It seems that a mysterious box in the ground went phut, but it's all fixed.
The Post Office stand-off is very annoying, partly because Amazon might stop using Royal Mail. If I'm out when a delivery comes, I can easily collect it from the village (sorry, that should be "Village" - it is Blackheath after all) post office. Other mail services tend to be based in hard-to-find places. As with all strikes, I'm not convinced that they get the desired result. I must say that I have always thought highly of Royal Mail, and I would like to see it preserved. Will someone bang heads together. There is no point in destroying such a nationally important operation because of an inability of the warring parties to make peace. I have to call it incompetence on both sides.
Right. Rant over. There is a fair amount of visiting going on. Nisar had a couple of nights while pursuing his research in London. Kate will overnight this weekend on a similar mission, then Helen and friend might overnight here the weekend after. My room rates are going up, by the way.
Then there is to be the traditional Toussaint/Hallowe'en party. Everybody is booked in on the Saturday (Paris are driving over), so I have time to start thinking about how to feed fifteen people. Last year, for a particular reason, M&S helped me out. We'll see.
A spot of lunch now, then an inspection of the garden.
