Thursday 26th March 2026

Its Thursday.

Yay.

That means up early so we can leave home to be at the gym for six.

Or just past.

It is now getting light at quarter past five, with the sun rising at quarter to six.

Odd for it to be daylight when we hit the road, be daylight and there be no traffic.

The car park was packed already. Some kind of swimming practice as there is a gala at the weekend. Lots of cars disgorging bleary eyed children and a parent.

We go in and take our favoured machines. I select The Bugle podcast to listen to, power on the headphones, and am away.

Not much else to say, other than I got hot and bothered, thought about bailing at half an hour, but powered through to the forty minutes.

Jools was going out, as the car needed new brake pads and shoes. Or something. So, while the car was in the shop, she would walk up Combe Valley Road to visit her sister for a catch up.

I stayed home to watch the place, have a shave and shower, then faff around the rest of the morning.

Outside it was a bright, but chilly breezy kind of day, though I did don my jumper and crocks and go for a short walk to look at some wild flowers, but the tidy brigade had mown the verges all the way up Station Road, and colonies of Red deadnettle, Shepherd's Purse among others, are history.

Sigh.

Can we not just have a little nature?

Please?

Back home I have a warming brew and wait for Jools to come back so we could have lunch.

The afternoon was spent watching the first episode of Alien Earth, as we now have access to Disney Plus. I had high hopes.

I had a beer delivery!

Yay.

So, as we now have two fridges, all are now chilling, ready for drinking.

But, part of the visuals and characterisations were lifted from Bladerunner. I mean if you're going to nick ideas, at least steal the best ones, right?

It looks amazing, but the plot is all over the place. Maybe it settles down.

(Readers: it does not settle down)

And so into the evening, with clear skies come chilly nights, so we put on a jumper, and I settle down to watch Wales v Bosnia on the World Cup Qualifiers. I was tired. It went to extra time. Then penalties.

I went to bed before the spot kicks, and Wales lost.

Always next time.