Up early as usual. Dog walked, papers fetched. In to office in plenty good time. Sorted buildings and contents insurance out - saved nearly £100 switching to direct-line and that includes travel insurance apparently, all good. Good day at work. Home for about 6.30. Tea. Dog walked to Lotty then loads of work done there. Another inspection today - will see what the outcome is! Sorted the IBC water feed out which was good. Also dug out a load of grassy bit in the middle.
Tuesday 1st July 2014
It's a new month so am drawing a line under May and June and getting back into fitness kick. No more boozing or junk, just going to go steady with the exercise and drink a lot of squash and diet coke! Anyway, up very early, dog walked - stubborn little mule she was this morning but she got her business done and stretched her legs. Then off to Belper for a Cycle2Work on a beautiful day. I see a load of people in camo gear with long lensed cameras most mornings when I cycle2work so I stopped today and asked them what they were taking pictures of. Peregrine falcons no less - I said there's a pair of them at Derby Cathedral to which he said these are much better than Derby's - much closer and I suppose you don't put your neck out looking up in the sky. Anyway, got to work in 53 minutes which included stopping at three sets of light in Belper, Sawmills and Swanwick so I'm not displeased with that. 47m 53s to get back - again got stuck at lights Swanwick buit never mind. Got home for 6.30ish. Tea then dog walk, then add extra holes to the bucket bbq to see if I can make it work better - if it works better it will be my one man camping bbq. No trip to Lotty tonight - have had an email from the secretary saying the complaint letter was about rubbish at the back of my shed (could have done with saying that in the first place) but generally it was positive about our plot which is looking rather good at the minute if I do say so myself! Next, removed a ton of malware from Lucy's laptop - thank heavens she can't do financial transaction yet! Put windows defender on as her Norton had run out (not that she'd said). Watered everything, watched USA first half and then off to bed at 10.20 - much better. Zero alcohol!
Wednesday 2nd July 2014
Up at 5.45. Couldn't stop up to watch USA and sad to hear they'd got knocked out of World Cup by Belgium but to be expected I supposed the 8 teams that finished top of their groups went through to the next round. The earlier match was Switzerland which I hope Roy Hodgson watched - it showed that if you mark someone like Messi out of the game you've got half a chance - what might have been if we'd done that with Balotelli and Suarez? We'll never know. Anyway, took Lily for a walk and fetched papers. Got ready for work and sorted out stuff for Cycle2Work tomorrow. Nipped down to the Lotty to quickly water stuff.
Phil sent a picture of his latest acquisition (they're certainly something aren't they!):
Went to group after work - 2lbs on but missed two weeks so am happy with that after all the booze. Dry July continues - no drinkies for two days now. Got home, tea then mowed all the lawns. Took dog a walk - the cows have gone out of the meadow which is good. Then went down lotty to water, did a bit of weeding too. Back home and bed for about 10pm.
Got up at 5:30, walking dog by 5.45. Up fields then down Sprinkshill lane and back home.
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| Sun rising over the hills |
Car loaded up Cycle2Work day. 50m 1s to do the 10 miles this morning - a tad over 12mph average. Best for a while - includes stopping at lights in Belper and Sawmill although when got to Swanwick and the lights just changed on me I went left a bit over the pedestrian crossing and come out at the other side. All in all pleased to get the ten miles done in a better than usual time - might be getting fitter again!
| Logging of journey to work (harder than trip home) | |||
| Date | Time | Dist | Avg MPH |
| 17-Jun-2014 | 60:14:00 | 9.86 | 9.82 |
| 19-Jun-2014 | 56:52:00 | 10.14 | 10.70 |
| 24-Jun-2014 | 56:29:00 | 10.23 | 10.50 |
| 1-Jul-2014 | 53:32:00 | 9.98 | 11.19 |
| 3-Jul-2014 | 50:01:00 | 10.1 | 12.12 |
Cycled back and it was about the same sort of time as coming but... was into a strongish wind and had to go a bit longer due to traffic and not being able to get across to my shortcut easily.
Anyway, got home for about 6.45, tea and then mowed the front which couldn't do previous night due to someone parking their van on the grass (pah). Then took wee dog a walk round the big meadow which was good as saw a view of the little bridge I'd not seen before. Few jobs in garden when got back and then off an episode of thrones before bed time.
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| The big meadow - looked like rain on it's way bit it didn't rain her Thursday. |
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| Council have done some work on the little bridge so all the undergrowth has gone and you can see it. |
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| Looking back form the little bridge - nice little trout stream the Henmore is. |
Friday 4th July 2014
Up early, wonder what Phil will be doing - independance day in that US of A. Fireworks to the tune of $200 is the answer to that. Daft bugger.
Walking dog before 6am. Fetched papers.
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| Looking like a beautiful day but it's set to change. |
Missus taking Pad to Derby City Hospital so she gone before Lucy up. Made Lucy's breakfast and made sure she was ready for school before getting off to work. Left her with a checklist to make sure everything went to plan. Day changed somewhat by evening and we got first rain for ages. We needed it though so all good. Carried on til about 9am on Sunday morning. Got skype working on JAS' phone and spoke to Phil by accident! All good stuff.
Saturday 5th July 2014
Up at 6am. Chucking it down first thing but fetched papers the minute there was a gap with the wee pooch. No golf today as women's comp in middle of day. So did a load of work chasing eBay to get PDFs taking off (barstewards). Then pottered a bit down lotty - got brassicas netted, fixed runner beans that were growing where they wanted, got grass round the plot all mowed. Spotted a million other jobs that need doing! Did five holes of golf in the evening but made the mistake of only taking three balls in the bag and lost two of them on first hole I played - that's how crap Ashbourne is at the minute - three foot high rough.
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| Look at the beautful rough at the bottom of a slope - f**kin wonderful logic in course condition here! |
Sunday 5th July 2014
Didn't get up until almost 7am, proper lie-in. Took pooch about halfway up the field of barley before turning back. She's a tired little baby - ran her round the lawn last night quite a bit.
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| Odd how some grain is ripe already and rest is very green |
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| Got pooch half way up her before turning back - love this walk. |
Sunday 8th July 2014
Lie in until 7am! Dog walked. More Lotty stuff - got a mini bean row made for the extra french beans and runner beans I planted when the first batch were wiped out in June. Ove me mum and dads for tea. More dog walks. Game of Thrones. Bed at 10pm, knackered.
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