Sunday, 29 July 2007

Ahead of my approaching walking holiday in Wales (weather permitting) I am trying to adopt a regime of walking each day. I hope it lasts more than my previous going-to-the-gym-occasionally regime, or my having-couscous-for-lunch regime, or my eating-fruit-for-breakfast regime.

Today, Jackie and I went for a walk and bumped into Tarlok – Jackie’s first husband and an old friend of mine too. We had a nice chat together. When we got home, we’d enjoyed it so much that we went for another walk.

The rains have caused chaos and I hear the pea and potato crops are ruined. But I think we'll see a bumper fruit harvest; Jackie and I saw blackberries, plums, sloes, greengages, horse chestnuts, sweet chestnuts, apples and elderberries all earlier and larger than usual.