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Tonight's major motion picture premiere was The Mist (2007) in which a bunch of people are trapped in a supermarket when a mysterious mist descends outside, because it seems that there may be Something Out There… Excellent film, though maybe not for those of a nervous disposition
And then the final episode of S4 (which was longer than usual as all the loose ends were tied up) and first episode of S5 of The Wire
It's very nice not to have to "go to work" tomorrow, even though doing so merely means sitting in a different chair at home. I think I'm going to tell ClientGov that I'd like to switch to a four day week once the dust has settled around this project; they're generally supportive of such things, and I can afford it even before the inheritance comes in and disposes of the matter of the mortgage
It appears that having 3 sheds for indoor wood is a bit excessive, particularly when you point out that the two big piles are outdoor wood and will be stored separately.
New log store is now about 1/4 full and I think we’ve got 10+ years of outdoor wood and at least 4 years of indoor, excluding the pile of indoor to be split/sawn and the pile of tulip wood (not a swear word) from the tulip tree (not a swear word) at the other house.
If we had a log-fired electricity generator, we could go off-grid.
For tea, a cold chicken leg with a bag of plain crisps
Accompanied by S1E1 of Cheers because I've never seen all of them and now seems as good a time as any to start
Earlier, lots of Monkey Life this morning
And this afternoon, I eschewed the endlessly repeated Colonial borders and roads policing in favour of a four part documentary on All4: Merseyside Detectives, a fly-on-the-wall thing about the investigations into the unrelated 2022 murders of Ashley Dale and nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel
I think I'll watch a film tonight, but I haven't decided what yet
Sunny, dry. Lots of lumps of cloud moving at pace, although the wind speeds at ground level are much gentler. Currently 20 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer notably up to 1015 mBar.
Not visiting Mum today so I called her instead.
Making some bread. I watched a video featuring Richard Bertinet yesterday to help me fathom how to work with high hydration dough that isn't amenable to the traditional kneading techniques. Let's see how much I remembered when today's loaf comes out the oven.
Meanwhile on the 5th of November 2019 WTFH was unRetired, I went for a walk to the viewless point & nearly fell over, NF went to Sainsburys and found a silver racing bike concealed by the SMC when he returned. Did we ever hear tell of the fate of the bike, I wonder?
It turned out it had a broken chain. I left it there for a few weeks in case the rightful owner had put it there temporarily and planned to come back for it, but that didn't happen - though somebody pulled it out from behind the car one day, presumably intending to steal it, but left it behind when they realised it wasn't ridable.
Eventually I took it in, vaguely planning to get a new chain, but that never happened. It was still in the back yard when I moved out
Cool in here at 18.4 deg, 19 deg in the kitchen, 16.5 in the leanto.
1012 mBar, 29.884 in Hg, 759.06 Torr, 14.6778 psi, (up from 1007 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 5th of November 2019 WTFH was unRetired, I went for a walk to the viewless point & nearly fell over, NF went to Sainsburys and found a silver racing bike concealed by the SMC when he returned. Did we ever hear tell of the fate of the bike, I wonder?
Entertainment: Fringe S1 E16, E17, E18, E19, E20 plus all the remaining extras for s1.
Lunch: there was lunch.
Tea: beans on toast.
Entertainment: Fringe S2 E1, E2 which turned out to have some named Markle in a supporting role.
Fringe S2 E3.
Sledge Hammer: the one where he's accused of murder.
Lots of Monkey Life earlier, followed as usual by more wildlife stuff, in which they've now managed to shake the shark obsession almost completely
And this evening, I finally found time to read some more of To Catch a Spy in which Peter Wright has now managed to convince himself that his boss is, like almost everybody else (in his view), a Russian spy
Early night now, as Monkey Life is on the early shift again tomorrow
The clouds parted and there was about 2 hours of lovely sunshine. Then it came over all dark and ominous. The heavens opened with a mild rumble of thunder.
I was going to pop to the shop but I shan't bother now.
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