Is the Grass Greener?

Wednesday 21 June 2023 I can’t quite believe it’s the longest day already. Sunrise and sunset around the house in Scottish Borders is 04:27 and 21:58 (with no nightfall/complete darkness) and the temperature variation is predicted as 8°C to 18°C with a mix of sun, cloud and a possible hour of light rain. In Lewisham, […]

Tuesday 20 June 2023 After the rain of Saturday night, I walked around the garden and round the forestry track and back along the road, my ‘patrol’ route of around 1,500 steps. The bottom of my trousers, in fact up to above my knees, got wet. I stood by the river bank for a while

Monday 19 June 2023 It’s been raining. Our dried-out stream now has running water and the wonderful sound of a mini waterfall. I went out before 08:00 this morning after another burst of rain, checking the water tank and doing my ‘patrol’. The water tank was at about fifty-nine centimetres and still just the occasional

Sunday 18 June 2023 We went out to a restaurant for dinner last night, the first time in the seven months we have lived in Scottish Borders. The sun was shining when we set off and still hadn’t set by the time we got home. I had booked the table at The Gordon Arms in

Saturday 17 June 2023 The temperature around Selkirk today is between 8°C and 20°C, sunrise at 04:30 and sunset at 21:56. Around Lewisham, the temperature is forecast to be between 14°C and 24°C with sunrise at 04:41 and sunset at 21:19. My train from Euston got in to Lockerbie shortly before 22:30 last night and

Friday 16 June 2023 It’s just gone 06:00 and I’m up early because it’s 14°C and I was wide awake (in an I’d far rather be fast asleep because I’m tired kind of way). This is my last morning in Lewisham on this three-night trip and the first time I’ve sat in my favourite armchair