The days feel different now, as the day length reduces.
It is a dissatisfied uneasy feeling as I wake before dawn. Changing the clocks will put everything upside down again! At least for a while..until the last Sunday in October...we will only be 12 hours behind New Zealand, which will make Pirate's phone calls to friends easier! No need to guess if he is too early or late!
The cultivated blackberries are giving us about half a kilo a day, we are eating and freezing plenty..plus the wild ones we forage too. I need to pick some more elderberries as blackberry and elderberry jelly preserve is planned. Also apples for juice,
and keeping too if we can find the right ones.
Pirate has had a reassuring call from the head doctor in our local practice...but we still need that call from the specialist nurse next week. He is still Mr Grumpy...but it will pass!!
We are watching the fuel situation carefully. It should calm down in 48 hours..after all you can't hoard fuel like loo rolls! It's worrying though, with some neccessary journeys coming up.
We can't quite make South Wales without a fuel stop..or rather we possibly could, but that would leave us arriving with the tank lower in fuel than is comfortable, especially in an older vehicle.
Therefore one journey might have to be foregone.
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