An allotment planning meeting today. A clean new graph paper notebook and a sharp pencil required. Plot laid out and then back to the warm for coffee and chat. Its not often I have a conversation with my friend that is based solely on how many broadbeans we could consume and is there any way we could increase our potato yield? Thankfully her teenage son interrupted us before we got too silly. He had a problem, he was on his way home and had forgotten his key - to add to this he 'had constipation' and needed into the house quick! We felt certain he could wait!

As I worked on this afternoon I saw that the sun was setting and remembered I had no shot. I ran to the canal. Apparently 50 per cent of us live only 5 minutes from a canal. I was too late for anything wonderful but do like the way the last of the light is dancing on top of the water here.