horsemouth is typing into a blank page

 an entirely written in the morning blogpost. (like literally horsemouth is typing into a blank page).

yesterday copious amounts of log shifting as a result of a dead tree being chopped down. horsemouth was back and fore with the wheelbarrow and eventually managed to get it all stacked in the shed. at some point he decided to stop shifting logs in the blazing heat of the sun and wait until the garden was in shade to do it. (sensible horsemouth). 

in a bit horsemouth will start packing for his journey. he will travel light. keys, money, fags (he doesn't smoke but it's on the list), phone (so goes the checklist), cash, cards, chargers, book, laptop, raincoat, hat. he could take the opportunity to be offline (but he wont). 

ok diary - he'd better take that it's got all the bus and train times in it. 

he wants to be away on the 0920.  he was worried the bus timetable had been changed (but it only affects the 1pm bus.

and he wants to be back on the sunday.

this whole plan is based on there being a bus (the 39A) to hay-on-wye on a sunday that can drop him off in kingstone (a mere four mile walk from his mum's). but it's the hay festival this weekend - what if the bus is full? 

horsemouth's current plan is to get the postcodes of various intermediate locations and see if there is any mileage (pardon the pun) in getting a cab halfway.  if not then it is painful cab fare. 

as he came through ewyas harold it was the scarecrow festival (there was paddington, there was donald trump, there was ET in the panier of a BMX bike...) 

ok wish him luck.