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[NickFitz]

There was some wildlife stuff on around teatime, albeit not as much as usual

And later I watched the latest episode of Ambulance, a cheery episode primarily about end-of-life care

Tonight, I read more of the Rasputin book. He’s getting in the good books of the Imperial Family, but not everybody at court is convinced…

Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

Went to wildlife centre with ll4 this afternoon, lots of things we were supposed to see, red squirrels, grasssnakes etc, didn't see a single one. Short walky after latte and flapjack at cafe.

Wish I could come up with another programming project, can't think of anything more to do with my mappy thing. Keeps me old brain going.

[NickFitz]

I’ve been working on getting some browser-based tests set up using Playwright for checking the new forum out, though it’s something I was meaning to learn about anyway as the current project at ClientGov will be ending soon and it’s used by the thing I’ll be moving on to

However, it feels like most of the day has been devoted to sorting things out for the Irish Foreign Birth Registration, as my trip to Manchester to get things witnessed will be happening on Wednesday. The main problem has been proofs of address, as the official documentation goes on about “original” documents, and who gets paper bills nowadays? But I eventually stumbled upon the Irish Citizenship sub-Reddit, and lots of people there reckon they’re OK with printed-out PDFs in reality, including people who’ve successfully completed the process. So I’ve been printing out everything suitable I can think of, and will rely on whatever advice is received on Wednesday

Lunch, somewhere in the midst of all that, was a sausage bap; but I had it quite late, and as a result I didn’t feel too peckish this evening. So tea has just been some leftover chicken that needed to be used up

[ladymuck]

I assume said plan involves flying home again via Helsinki, Genoa, and Cairo

Not this time. Just coming back the same way we came.

There was an option for a trip from London to Warsaw via Cairo when I was looking at weekend trips away. Strangely the 3k price tag didn't strike me as a good deal for the points.

[sadkingbilly]

Morning all
CBS and a wee bit blowy this morning.
collated all the bits and bobs scattered over the garden by Dave overnight.
Some of them were actually ours, too

[NickFitz]

Slept well after our late evening arrival. Just about to have breakfast and plan our day.

I assume said plan involves flying home again via Helsinki, Genoa, and Cairo

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny after the storm, though with big piles of cumuli. Still breezy so the current 9°C “feels like” 1°; the expected high is only 10°. The barometers have crept up to 1002/1010mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Bit windy.

NotSoChilly in here at 14.3 deg, ?12? in the kitchen, 11 in the leanto.

1011 mBar, 29.855 in Hg, 758.3 Torr, 14.66 psi, (up from 1001 last night), 65% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 23rd of March 2020 BR14, covbob, DaveB, eek, vetran, xogg and I all popped in.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the brisk wind and sunshine. Another ignorant cyclist who should have met a 9x19 surprised me: no bell, no warning, just hurtled past.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: tinnitus.

Book.

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 84%.

Tea: beans on toast. Entertainment: Jim Naughtie waffling on about SepticLand.

More Blaze bollox: Beyond skinwalker ranch. Further investigations of that chap who can detect UFOs mentally. .

Sergeant Cork S3 E11 "The case of the Great Pearl robbery". Dear old Roger Delgado again. . Plus John Barron.

Blaze: Ancient unexplained files E1, E2. Archaeology. Mildly inneresting. Apart from the parting of the Red Sea. .

[ladymuck]

Morning all, Porto calling, local time 09:10

Clear blue sky. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 21 expected. Barometer at 1023 mBar.

Sunrise 07:11; Sunset 20:04 Western European Summer Time (WEST)

Slept well after our late evening arrival. Just about to have breakfast and plan our day.

[NickFitz]

There was no Monkey Life today, for unexplained reasons - but it continues next Saturday

But there was some wildlife stuff on later

Tonight, I started reading Antony Beevor’s new book Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs

The storm is finally here! Extremely windy out, and heavy rain from time to time

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

TFBSZ

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the Chinese place past the park. It was good, but not as good as from the nearby one that takes ages; I should stop being so lazy and go there more often

[ladymuck]

That didn’t last long!

No it didn't! Not impressed. I wanted a shower this morning before travelling.

HWMBO and I are now in Charles de Gaulle airport, having some refreshments in the lounge before our onward flight to Porto in a few hours. It's a lovely sunny day here; 17 degrees.

[NickFitz]

The new boiler has packed up. No pressure. I could have investigated how to top it up but the plumber really ought to work out what he did wrong first.

That didn’t last long!

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

I thought we were supposed be getting lashed by a storm this weekend? There’s a lot of cumulus making it cloudy with occasional sunshine getting through gaps, and it’s breezy, but I wouldn’t consider it “stormy”. The current 14°C “feels like” 7°, so I expect the high of 15° will “feel like” 8°; the barometers are up a bit at 999/1007

Maybe the storm thing was a prank by Carol on her last day