This blog has been rather neglected in recent weeks, owing to various other demands on my time. As lockdown eased, I have been able to get visits from family, including grandchildren, which was very welcome all round. This included a visit from my daughter, the original intention being to run an adventure race which got cancelled at the last minute. She came anyway and her exploits are recounted at planetbyde.com for those of an adventurous disposition. I have also been busy accumulating wood for my solid fuel stove, which runs my central heating. Only use heat logs or kiln dried and early autumn is the time to build up stocks, which I have now completed from a variety of sources, just in time for a “circuit breaker” lockdown to be introduced in Wales, which makes further family visits impossible. So settling in for the possibility of a long hard winter on my own, hopefully I shall survive.

More local stories later.