but first the journey back

while horsemouth found work annoying (sometimes) he would have gladly carried on doing it. but that was not to be. they made him redundant and he lacked sufficient enthusiasm 'to get back up on the horse'.  in this he was helped by the fact that he probably has enough money to survive out until state pension age (he also lacks a convincing project upon which to spend it). 

similarly with the communal endeavour. things may have changed. horsemouth looks at the project he has helped initiate (EPC C by 2030, net zero by 2050) and wonders whether he has the time and enthusiasm to complete them.  in fact he knows he does not. 

tonight a meeting about 'horsemouth's' house (the one he lives in whilst in the wen) 

now horsemouth's house has the typical hoarder's house problem - clearing enough space to do anything to fit internal insulation (if internal insulation is required), for this reason horsemouth would prefer external insulation to be fitted. but this may not be an issue. one housemate may be off to the coast (and if they are that's kind of half of it). horsemouth thinks he could just about clear his room sufficiently for internal insulation to be applied. 

the current plan (as far as horsemouth understands it) is to externally insulate the back wall of the property and internally insulate the front. 

anyway horsemouth will do a little more 

but first the journey back. there are trains 14.05, 14.35 that would seem to do it, and one that may be slightly too late - the 1501. let's look at the journey the other end also. horsemouth successfully got the 1405 (thanks joe for the lift) and is currently on the train from newport to paddington (currently sneaking up on bristol parkway). he made a note of when the trains got in (but he's not sure he brought the notebook). ok they've just announced it 1641.  

he picked the abergavenny train because it is a more reliable service (ok ok they made him wait half an hour at newport). twenty minutes to swindon (swine duhn: pig hill). he's just passed wichelstone near swindon, the tower of swine-duhn is appearing over the forests. 

ok it's later on. he's gotten back home and done the meeting. the house is as he imagined it would be (it has been ruined by hoarding). some building works were done in his absence - the building waste is in the front garden. a plug needs screwing back into the wall (this sort of thing).