I finally got up the wherewithal and spent a useful hour in the garden. Grass cut, a small tidy up and I dug the spuds up. A fine crop, two carrier bags full and some given to my neighbour. For an experiment with four supermarket sprouting spuds I am delighted. I shall have some boiled tonight with butter and maybe chopped chives. What is good is that the soil is easily broken up and with compost added, I shall prepare it for next year as I decide what to grow in the raised bed. My tomatoes were blown over by the gales from the other night and one plant is in a sorry state. Hopefully we’ll have some sunny weather over the next six weeks so they can ripen. The wild flowers are thriving and we picked the right spot for them.

I am finishing off the various builds but whilst waiting for clear coats and decals to dry, I have started on a new kit. This one is unusual for me and I will reveal it when it is completed. The cats have flattened a favourite build of mine, possibly by jumping or sitting on it. An old RE 8 biplane from WW1 so I have ordered a new kit, albeit an SE 5a in a larger scale and there are two models in the kit. Oddly enough I don’t mind the cats destroying old builds as I have now stored some of the older armour builds away. I intend to leave them with a charity shop as they might make a few quid for the charity from any sales. I prefer to keep the biplanes as I have always liked them since I was a kid. 

Otherwise, quiet and restful days although I recently had issues with Spotify and I currently have no access. I cancelled the account after I couldn’t access and despite two days of attempting to sort it out, Spotify let the cat out of the bag when my email address was stated by them to be a Bulgarian one! Needless to say I cancelled immediately as I was afraid my account had been hacked and despite their reassurances I wasn’t satisfied with their explanation. I now have to consider another music provider. I have CD’s so that can fill the gap for now. So much for progress. I shan’t comment on the current state of UK politics as Starmers stasi might be monitoring but the earthquakes, volcanoes and 3i/Atlas might make world politics more interesting. Stay safe folks, the monsters wear expensive suits and aren’t necessarily hiding beneath the bed.

TTFN.