'at 10 morrell called and we walked down to cabalva where the river was to be netted for salmon. it was bitterly cold when we started but the day soon began to mend, and the afternoon turned out brilliantly beautiful.' - kilvert, diaries, 15th may 1871.
kilvert waxes lyrical. almost two full pages of description. but the truth is that description of nature isn't kilvert's strong point.
7.15am. hail the binmen! (in a bit remind horsemouth to go down and pick up the bin). here it's a greyish morning (horsemouth is not sure why).
woo-hoo! looks like horsemouth will be back in town for the solstice (21st june) out at least until friday 27th and possibly stretching it out over the leigh folk festival weekend (28th and 29th).
but before that he's back for a lightning visit on the 24th and 25th of may to see soft white underbelly. sadly he doesn't think he can hang around to do any socialising. he doesn't think he can transport many possessions on either occasion.
the one extension is dependent upon the success of the other.
next meeting of the communal endeavour is in a week's time. horsemouth has already started worrying about it. indeed it was making him grumpy. he's checked things are proceeding keenly and the membership of the central committee of the communal endeavour is remaining roughly the same.
outrage! golden valley parkway doesn’t get a mention in the county’s new transport plan!
right now horsemouth would probably settle for buses that ran on sundays and bank holidays.
the manguel packing my library is going well
horsemouth faces the same problem of (re)moving his library, his record collection and his musical instrument collection from the wen to the wilds (for manguel it is from the french countryside to new york). horsemouth has already attempted some removal piecemeal but that clearly won't do it.
further he faces the problem of storage once he gets them here. he needs to either re-purpose some shelves or get some new shelves built.
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