another day of near endless rain, a short wander into the market during a slight break, the sense of restlessness and wanderlust getting a bit sharper by the day... half an hour spent reading up upon the last parts of the grand hike, if the mountain hasn't been washed away by then of course.. later a 6.7 magnitude quake, which seemed to last for an age, certainly one to get the door open just in case... but then i suppose it's an expansion upon the recent variations of of grey and wet...