Sunday 31 May – Random Witterings From Home #19

Monday
I’ve started occasionally running along a short section of the canal tow-path again. I almost never used to encounter others there, but these days it’s a lot more popular. The cost of going that way is having to stop and step-off when anyone approaches, as it’s not a wide path and is currently bounded by tall grasses*.

It’s particularly attractive along the canal at the moment and the tow path, which is seasonally either a mudfest or horribly rutted, is currently worn into a friendly track (still need to be careful of roots, mind).

So green!

Ignoring my mug in this shot (not my best in-action selfie as I’d accidentally left a 10-second self-timer on!), what’s notable are the worn parallel lines behind me; neither Mick nor I have ever seen such wear before – testament to the increased footfall.

Tuesday
I only took one ‘photo’ on Tuesday: a screenshot of the most bizarre sentence that DuoLingo has given me to date:

As useful as being able to express that my hovercraft is full of eels?

Wednesday
I discovered that our favourite Thai restaurant had opened again, for take-aways. Somehow I failed to take a snap of any part of the resultant feast, but we thoroughly pigged out and enjoyed every mouthful. The ‘eating out’ portion of our monthly budget is looking (unsurprisingly) healthy at the moment, so I think there may be a repeat visit soon.

I thought the Thai was going to be the absolute highlight of the week…

Thursday
…but the highlight came unexpectedly in the middle of Thursday afternoon, when there was a knock at the door and I answered it to see Postie just running away. I quick look around revealed this just to the side of the door:

We weren’t expecting anything, but immediately on picking it up I knew what was in it, and the return address told me the rest:

Thanks go to Conrad for thinking of us, sourcing and sending.

Who would have thought at the turn of the year that receiving a gift of a bag of bread flour through the post would be so grin-inducing?

Friday
Friday’s parcel was expected:

White! I feel like I've slipped back in time by 15 years.

My running shoe collection is now such that I could wear a different pair every day of the week, but some of them are getting a bit long in the tooth (having covered more than double the manufacturers’ recommended mileage).

Completely unrelated to Thursday’s delivery (different type of flour involved), I also made Mick a rather good (even if I do say so myself!) chicken and mushroom pie:

I needed the room being taken up by the chicken carcass in the freezer and having boiled it up for stock was able to salvage plenty enough pickings of meat for a pie.

Saturday

Another mid-run snap

I’m getting a bit worried out the current run of weather. After such a prolonged dry spell, quite how much is it going to rain when it breaks?!

Sunday
That brings us to today, when I’ve not taken a single photo. I did however go for my 31st run of the month, bringing my mileage up to just over 151 – my third consecutive personal-record breaking month. I know I said the same last month, but I *really* don’t intend to run so many times, or so far in June.


^{(*a walker stopped for me the other day and I felt bad in case they thought I expected them to give way; I’d eyed up a place in between us where I could get off the path, but they acted before I reached it)}