Some light in the gloom

It’s yet another miserable grey day. Everything drips with water. It seems to have been raining all weekend. The only good thing to be said is that at least the gales seem to have abated for the moment. Hopefully the gammon pie I’m in the midst of making will lift our spirits come this evening.

It’s been so bad we’ve not even been out of the house beyond going to the bins with rubbish or popping around to the laundry room with washing or for items for/from the freezer.

Today, however, I think we will be going out. That fluorescent lighting tube in the laundry room has finally gone. I ended up putting my washing on the airer, lit only by the outside light last night.

We might also get to the health food shop for some black peppercorns – they’re so much cheaper, & fresher, bought loose from the health food shop rather than the supermarket.

We may even pop along to the travel agents to see if there are any brochures with hotels in Brittany & maybe also on the Italian lakes where we’re thinking we may go in the autumn next year.

And then there’s our local village pub to visit. We’ve now established a small group of us, 7 in all, who meet there regularly on a Monday afternoon. It usually turns into a very convivial afternoon chat.

We’re certainly going to need to do something to raise our spirits in this gloomy weather. Even the sight of a magpie & a blackbird taking off when I ventured out with my potato peelings failed to raise my spirits much today.