Icy conditions out there this morning and not safe to go running so we haven’t. Instead I had a toasted sausage sandwich with half a grapefruit. Eaten separately obvs. That’s the last of the bangers dispatched. Had intended to have simple gran o lah with yo gurt and berries but the freezing conditions swayed me. Stay warm. Fortunately I left the heating on in the shed so should be nice and toasty when I get there in half an hour or so. Heating also on in the house fwiw.
I quite like the cold weather as long as I am personally not cold. Don’t mind a bit of tingle in the cheeks and at the tip of the nose and the freezing breath is for some reason satisfying. Probs some hangover from childhood. That shoebox was not very well insulated.
Considerably later start than yesterday. I get sucked in to family tree research. You spend hours fruitlessly poring over web page after webpage then eureka you hit a little nugget of gold.
Been trying to trace my 5G grandparents from the Llandysul area. Should be doable because the 4G grandpappy was a farmer and Baptist minister of religion and his brother was a rector of the established church. Yesterday I refound another brother who I’d previously found but forgotten where and deleted him from my record as I wasn’t so sure. I also found David Davies the rector’s marriage certificate with an Evan Davies of Talgoed as a witness. Talgoed was the farm where Baptist Daniel lived. I now know the surname of David’s wife Sarah.
Evan is either Dave’s dad or another brother. Daniel’s marriage cert from the same era was witnessed by a Benjamin Davies. Either dad or another brother. There was a Benjamin Davies who served as curate for a number of years. Could have been a relative of Daniel or just a friend. The coincidences are fairly compelling. Problem is there are lots of missing church records from the pre 1800s era and even where they do exist there isn’t necessarily enough evidence to go on. You need a parent’s name in there.
Uncovering David and Sarah’s marriage cert gives me more problems as their eldest son, the famous Baptist preacher and divine, JP Davies was notionally born three years before his parents got married. Wasn’t apnin in those days especially amongst vicars. It is unlikely that JP’s birthdate is wrong as he was a high profile person with much written about him. The parents’ marriage certificate must also be right.
There will be an answer. I just need to somehow blow away those obscuring mists of time. Doubt a David was a Dave in those days btw 🙂 Reverend Davies more likely.
Anyway I’m boring you. Likely to be a warming bowl of Heinz tomayto soup for lunch. THG got 6 tins for four quid in Lidl yesterday which I’m sure you know is a steal. My Fast800 chicken tagine last night was also a winner (winner chicken dinner) and we have plenty left for another meal. It’s quite satisfying when you follow a recipe to prepare a meal and it turns out well.
The remainder of the week is looking v cold with a very slight increase in temperature at the weekend. The wind direction is all over the place moving from a SouWesterly this morning to a NorthEasterly this evening. V cold indeed. Not that it is particularly windy right now.