Ups and downs 2

A very brief update.

• Got ill, got better.
• Went wild camping- decided next time to go somewhere where I was allowed to be, since I spent the evenings looking over my shoulder for angry grouse keepers. Otherwise wonderful and will definitely do it again- either Scotland or Dartmoor have full access. Can carry 17kg pack with no problem.
• Paddled into Birmingham with Beloved- 14 miles and 22 locks (necessitating carrying boats round), and two trips through Ashted tunnel. Took us 8.5 hrs. Bit of a killer.
• In the process of digging up the front garden to plant herbs.
  
• Discovered the local Freecycle and am definitely enthused. Gave away my old bike trailer, which I could have got a bit for on Ebay but I would have had to repair first. Have been offered all the old bricks I need to lay out herb garden, saving a considerable amount (bricks cost from 35p upwards and I need a couple of hundred). Result- at least square and so much less hassle and more goodwill than selling and buying things.
• Liked the Life on Mars ending, but they could have given the Buffy writers a credit....
• Am rewriting my web pages wholesale. May be a while till they turn up on screen though.

Off to take off the rest of the turf now. People coming round to quote for an entire new fence since ours keeps falling down- frighteningly this may involve extending the mortgage...... Don't think we can get one on Freecycle though.