Thursday 15th April 2010

Ash Thursday.

Or that might be how today will be remembered. Perhaps. A volcano in Iceland has erupted, and the ash plume is drifting over Great Britain, and there is a possibility it will be bad enough to damage jet engines; so all aircraft are to grounded in the country from Midday.
Whilst the rest of the country is worrying about making business meetings in Bern or elsewhere or jetting off for some spring sunshine, I am just hoping for a stunning sunset tonight and am thinking of places with a clear view to the west so to see as much of the sky as possible to the west.

That will be my inner photographer speaking, of course. Not that it stays inside all that much. So, not quite sure what to do with the day; it dawned all dull and cloudy this morning, but the sun has burnt that off and an afternoon of unbroken sunshine lays ahead. Looking for a church or maybe a castle that needs photographing.

No need to prepare for work tomorrow, as that has been delayed until Monday due to 'computer problems'. Which is fine, gives me more chance to gallivant round snapping the Kentish countryside and not worry about looking for work now. I will do the weekly shop as usual tomorrow morning and then maybe visit Leeds Castle if the weather stays fine.
Saturday, we are going to Bluewater; a huge shopping mall in the north of the county as we really need some clothes and other things, and Dover does not cut it. So, off with the hordes to shop, and be out again as quickly as possible and do something else. Namely walking along the Thames under the Dartford Bridge, if we can find a good place to park. And then more photography, of course.

Molly brought us half a rat in during the night; Jools was up first and did not specify which half was left for us, but it was nice of her. I did see her jump halfway up the hedge yesterday afternoon whilst trying to catch a Greenfinch, but she failed. Again.

There is an election campaign going on, apparently. UKIP are down town handing out litter; sorry, election pamphlets. Apparently they are fed up with being tarred with the brush that says they hare a one policy party. As I suggested to our local UKIP candidate last night, maybe then they should have called themselves something else.

Monster Raving Loony Party are not fielding a candidate in our area this time; maybe UKIP stand a chance of finishing 5th or even 4th?