Set off for the Burton Club this morning at seven fifteen, maybe a minute or two later. Delivering a volunteer to help set up for the Macmillan Coffee Morning that starts at eight. Only a few people and cars around. Early starters, somewalking purposefully to work and the occasional kid headed for the school bus. We remember the days.
The drive along Burton Road past the roundabout is pleasantly leafy and in Burton itself only a couple of dog walkers were to be seen. They had stopped to chat. Probs excited about the Macmillan shindig at the club later on.
On the way home decided to get meself a bacon roll from the van outside Wickes and spilled a small of brown sauce or similar down my newly put on tshirt. Sigh. I’m such a messy eater. On the way back home from Wickes the traffic was noticeably busier with streams of cars headed towards the hospital and other places of employment, gainful or otherwise.
Now sat in the conservatoire waiting for the tea to brew. Busy day ahead. First of all I need to finish cleaning and prepping the deck in front of the shed prior to the application of two coats of preservative, four hours apart. Not been done for years and well overdue. In between this there is the gym session at ten thirty, a shopping trip to buy soft bread rolls and orange and marmalade ham for tomorrow’s expedition to Liverpool, marinating the chicken thighs for tonight’s barbecue and finally the picking up of the volunteer from the Macmillan coffee morning, whenever I get the call. May they have raised lots of dosh. Hopefully there will also be time for a lane swimming session between three and four. See how the jobs go. The boys are meeting in the Strugglers for early doors. Might drive round there and be a good boy before lighting up the grill.
So plenty to do on what looks to be a nice warm sunny day. Looks as if I might also need to cut the grass which has been slow growing over the last few weeks with not a lot of rain about. Outside the birds are chirping away happily. Yesterday we had a pair of long tailed tits calling to each other across the hedges. Not recorded that species before.
The mail this morning brought the news of a new Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields. Ole Bear Grylls did the job for fifteen years, fair play, and has decided to pass on the baton. I have a long service certificate signed by Bear that sits proudly on the dresser in the kitchen.
We are off to Liverpool to take part in the Run to Anfield. I am the support team. If anyone is interested in sponsoring THG let me know and I’ll send a link. https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/lfc-foundation-launches-first-run-anfield-5k