Strange night – I woke at 2:15am and had a cup of decaf tea and a piece of toast. Back to sleep and woke again at 5:30am. Karola was already awake, as is her wont most nights. She has episodes of sleeplessness for an hour or so most nights. Yesterday Karola switched the bed to run north-south instead of east-west so maybe that made a difference.

Sadly I realised that the wonderful retro set of bathroom scales I got yesterday are impractical. Not only is the scale marked primarily in imperial stones and pounds but the metric numbers are too small to read and the needle on the dial covers several tenths of a kilogram. Oh well, it was a nice idea.

After breakfast we all went over to Middle Road and got 20 bales of pea straw as emergency sheep feed should they run out while we’re on holiday next month. I took the bathroom scales with us and on the way home I returned them to Mitre-10 no problem. Mitre-10’s other bathroom scales were not appealing so I crossed the road and went to Bristows and got something very like, but slightly easier to use, the scales we had before.

Ewes on the lawn and under the big oak again at lunchtime.

Bangle – orchard – apple

Finished chopping up the damaged pieces of 50mm alkathene that used to be hidden in the planting area, just inside the fence that I’m now reconstructing. Then Karola, Bangle, and I took the chopped up bits plus a broken plastic chair Karola retrieved from the avenue, and an old broken garden bin on wheels to the rubbish transfer station.

Late afternoon I finished putting up the wires on the latest segment of fence, ready for crimping in the morning.

Oak Avenue Weather:5℃—15℃ no rain [?]