sweetpeas and nasturtiums (penmayne and kilvrough)

16th april 1872 and kilvert is on holiday in the gower penninsula.

he visits some (presumably neolithic) tombs between penmayne (in kilvert's somewhat archaic non-welsh spelling) and kilvrough.

yesterday horsemouth went for a wander on the common 

(the usual round probably about a mile or so). 

he suspects he may have to do it several times over the course of the day. he was preparing for a meeting and he wanted to be as calm and as easy going as it is possible for him to be. 

he also had an egg delivery mission. 

however he doesn't want to ask about the eggs in case that is the wrong thing to do, he thinks he'd rather wait until the eggs are offered.  as he looks out of the window his mum is pulling some rhubarb. 

horsemouth has put some pepper seeds and some basil seeds in a tray in the greenhouse. he doubts it is warm enough yet for them to get going but he will see. otherwise the runner beans continue to grow well - horsemouth will plant them out after sunday (when the weather has warmed up). the broad beans look to be on the go. otherwise no sign of anything else particularly.

the onion bulbs have arrived so horsemouth will get those planted out this afternoon (or it might be an idea to get it done now before it starts raining again). anyway they are done now (now to see if they come up). 

flowers wise - some sweet peas and nasturtiums are on the go.  

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meanwhile horsemouth attended the meeting he was going to attend. 

it went well. the vote went the way horsemouth hoped it would. he was reminded of why he doesn't like those meetings (he doesn't like the people). 

ok to be fair he does like some of the people (just the ones he doesn't like he really doesn't like). 

he supposes he should chill out with it. as work it's done. he can let it go and move on. the meeting worked well in itself (the people worked well together). the pains-in-the-arse are no longer his pains-in-the-arse. 

it is an interesting problem though. previously the co-op's involvement with the members domestic arrangements was limited to their rent. now the co-op will (probably) have to encourage the members to ask the power companies for smart meters (horsemouth expects some resistance there). perhaps the smart meter wars have been won.