Tuesday 21st January 2025

Another grey and miserable day, once dawn arrived and the sun rose.

I was awake early to prepare for an 07:00 meeting, a meeting which was cancelled overnight.

I put out the bird seed and nuts, and was rewarded with dozens of birds in the garden, including at least four Goldfinches feeding on the Verbena seedheads in the beds rather from the sunflower hearts. But they stayed a good half hour.

Sparrows also fed on the Buddleia seedheads, while chaffinches fed off the ground and used the feeders with the sparrows, robins and starlings.

Pigeons, crows magpies fed on the peanuts I scattered, and all in all making a more interesting scene than my work inbox.

But I have to work.

But not for very much longer.

But I work on like the trooper I am. Not much more to report for the day. It didn't brighten up outside, the birds ate all the seed so I put a second lot out at about two, and by then I was up to day, and with a migraine coming, I went for a lay down with Cloe on the spare bed.

No dinner to cook, as we were both going to the sports centre at half six: me to the gym and Jools to the pool for splashing. So, once she had come home and we had a brew. We got changed and drove in thickening fog to Whitfield, splitting up once inside.

I did half an hour on the bike listening to Blancmange and trying not to catch the eye of others in the gym as we pushed ourselves to our limits.

Then once done, I go to the car to wait as fog enveloped the car park, the darkness total beyond the streetlights.

Jools came out, and we headed home for supper of pizza and me to watch the Liverpool game on Amazon.

So endeth another day at the coalface.