'... I decided to stay at home and am very glad that I did.'

on this day in 1871;

'a superb cloudless morning. the summer has come at last.'

kilvert has decided not to go to a picnic in maesllwych castle.

'... I decided to stay at home and am very glad that I did.'  

look at his dream that night and judge if that was the correct decision.

'I dreamt last night that i saw my own grave. it was a green turf mound among the graves of the venables and a laurel bush grew at its head.' 

horsemouth (after the exhaustions of losing his temper) is somewhat down.  

he's been struggling through the guidance for ECO4 and ECO+ (now renamed the great british insulation scheme). he is trying to work out what could work. but this is actually someone else's job (so he'll leave it there). 

phew. that means he can go on to worrying about something else. he's done the walk on the common. bell-ringing tonight (last night by the time you read this). 

bell-ringing? horsemouth is making progress. afterwards the angel of grosmont and the english women's football team penalty shoot-out versus the swedes. (tense that was). 

howard is off to the tapestry festival in southampton saturday/ sunday (probably). he may get lucky with the weather - looks like it will rain at some point  (but only when no one is onstage). 

horsemouth is not going. 

it's a good(ish) line up (especially for free) but horsemouth would have to book a hotel room probably for two nights etc. and be away from his mum until the monday (because it's difficult to get back to hereford from there on a sunday night and then there's only a cab coming back his way). 

similarly for doing just the one day.  

in any event horsemouth should be up in the wen tuesday day (22nd) to pack so that his brother's eldest can bring more of horsemouth's books and stuff back to the wilds. 

thereafter horsemouth will be free for social engagements. 

howard out in east ham. perhaps minty in stepney. perhaps bumping into friends in london fields. a walk with TG. perhaps ayesha and hannah. 

when will he be back in the wilds? - there are three runners; 

friday - bus to his door (providing he's back by 1620 or walk from pontrilas if before 1830) or prevail upon his brother's eldest for a lift. 

saturday - prevail upon his brother's eldest for a lift back from ewyas harold (or walk with whatever worldly possessions he is bringing back up hill and down dale and over the common - about 2 miles).

monday - bus to his door.

sunday is less of a runner,  it is either prevail upon his brother's eldest to pick him up from hereford, or, get the bus to hay and get out at kingston and walk 4 miles (with his possessions worldly so probably less possessions).  

in any event he is back for august the 1st for a showing of babylon at the QEH (and probably back the next morning). 

is horsemouth striking the right balance here do you think?

it's friday morning and horsemouth is a little hungover (but not too badly).