Staying In

I was supposed to be going out this evening, to kayak club, but I really don't feel like it. so I'm staying in. I'm not ill - just very weary, after work today, and feel totally exhausted.

I was looking for something and delved into one of our map boxes. There are hundreds of maps, some almost new, and some very old, and they are for places both near and far. Some we have bought just because we thought of visiting an area, then changed our minds, and some places we have spent many happy days in, or are locations where I've had to go to for work.

They are all interesting, whatever category they fall into, and I could look at the individual maps for hours.

We have another box (or two) which are just charts (i.e. like maps but of the sea, showing depths, what type of sea-bed, whether rocky or sandy etc, lighthouses and how often each one flashes so the observer can tell them apart, etc).

All these maps and nowhere to go - except to put my feet up by the fire.