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heleninwalesThe Welsh name for July is Gorffennaf which literally translates as "summer end". This seems slightly odd because July and August are the months for summer holidays. But after the summer solstice, it is the beginning of the end of summer. The first exuberant flush of plant growth has slowed a little. I might start to make some headway with getting the garden back under control.
Otherwise it was a normal Friday, the weekly shop in the Co-op and then a visit to my elderly friend. The post had brought her postal vote paperwork, so I helped her fill it in. M's mind is perfectly sharp, but her eyesight is deteriorating, so she likes help with reading anything complicated. We did the crossword and xygolex word puzzle and I posted her vote on the way back home.
Before going to the Co-op, I also managed to take two more bags of stuff to the charity shop. I nearly didn't put the bags in the car because finding a parking space in the central square is next to impossible. But then it dawned on me that there were only two bags and they weren't overly heavy. I could walk back to the square from the Co-op car park. I calculated my departure time to allow for an extra 15 minutes to take the stuff to the charity shop, so of course when I turned into the square there was not one but two empty parking spaces! Anyway, it meant I could amble at a leisurely pace around the Co-op and take my time over the shopping instead of rushing round, knowing that I was going to be late arriving at M's house.
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled today: ½
Miles travelled this week: 14
Miles travelled from Bag End: 171
Miles still to go: 287
Percentage complete: 37%
Point reached on journey: Safely guided by Strider, we have just emerged from the Chetwood. The ground is becoming damp underfootas we enter the western edge of the Midgewater Marshes.
Otherwise it was a normal Friday, the weekly shop in the Co-op and then a visit to my elderly friend. The post had brought her postal vote paperwork, so I helped her fill it in. M's mind is perfectly sharp, but her eyesight is deteriorating, so she likes help with reading anything complicated. We did the crossword and xygolex word puzzle and I posted her vote on the way back home.
Before going to the Co-op, I also managed to take two more bags of stuff to the charity shop. I nearly didn't put the bags in the car because finding a parking space in the central square is next to impossible. But then it dawned on me that there were only two bags and they weren't overly heavy. I could walk back to the square from the Co-op car park. I calculated my departure time to allow for an extra 15 minutes to take the stuff to the charity shop, so of course when I turned into the square there was not one but two empty parking spaces! Anyway, it meant I could amble at a leisurely pace around the Co-op and take my time over the shopping instead of rushing round, knowing that I was going to be late arriving at M's house.
Walking to Rivendell
Miles travelled today: ½
Miles travelled this week: 14
Miles travelled from Bag End: 171
Miles still to go: 287
Percentage complete: 37%
Point reached on journey: Safely guided by Strider, we have just emerged from the Chetwood. The ground is becoming damp underfootas we enter the western edge of the Midgewater Marshes.
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