the water on the common (aqueduct)

'when brancusi died he bequeathed his studio to the city of paris asking that it be kept as a brancusi museum. the city of paris  neglected it, and it remained closed. people broke in through a transom, and stole the smaller statues. the rain was allowed to fall into the studio.' 

- footnote, anais nin journals, volume two. 

‘I hope that we’ll be able to return in one way or another, before too long, and in better times.’ 

-  a guardian columnist signs off during the covid pandemic. 

yesterday a busy day both tree cutters/ national grid and an inspection of horsemouth's taps etc. in seach of the leak that drained the water tank on the common. (not guilty)

the common is the reclaimed by nature remnants of a former military base (that's where the major steel pipes that bring the water across from st. martin's well come from). to this has been added all the individual supplies coming off it to the houses. there is no real map of all of these. such maps as do exist are accurate to within about 20 feet. 

in this the water supply resembles the water supply to the castle in ismael kadare's the siege in that it has no discernable overall logic. 

'... the turks decide to find and cut the underground aqueduct supplying the garrison with water. the architect attempts to use scientific methods to locate the aqueduct, but to no avail...'  (wikipedia)

the water seems to be back on to the house but is very spitty. a supply of bottled water has been delivered (so horsemouth and his mum are good for the apocalypse). 

when water runs in the pipes it can be heard underground but when there's no water to run...

horsemouth has scrambled to water the garden and the greenhouse. at the weekend rain (probably). 

and the tree cutting has been done (so that's good for a few more years). 

today. the usual grind and a spot of bell-ringing (hopefully).