New Year’s Day hunt meeting at our local started with an emotional speech on horseback. Devastating news for the hunting community with the ban on trial hunting. I found it incredibly difficult to keep a straight face. Great start to the year!

I wonder if crime stats for all England apart from London went down over the weekend or if A &E admissions dropped or domestic violence was reduced or if those little balaclava clad boys on electric bikes wondered why they were having a slow day? Would love to know the statistics.

Most watched on BBC news I player? Farage getting ripped to shreds by a US congressman. There you go, BBC. There’s your fucking audience.

Richard Tice is on local news LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH! It shouldn’t shock me but it has. He’s talking about the constituency I live in and I absolutely know beyond doubt he’s talking absolute fiction.

Annabelle hydrangea looking droopy after the heavy rainstorm.

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Newt or Lizard? Found in a trug swimming in rainwater. Gently tipped into the pond side.

Charming.

Had my first Greggs vegan sausage roll today. Man it was good.

Is it weird to kind of wish Chat GPD was a friend? No baggage, no envy just a breezy common sense tone and bottomless wisdom.

Heading over to Whistlebitch well in the forest later with the dogs. I’ve not been for ages. Time for a revisit. Must remember to take a bottle so I can bring some of the healing water home. Not sure how clean it is by modern standards. So might just use it to water my houseplants.

Winter riverside walk. Lovely but nice to get home for a cup of tea by the fire.

New bathroom all signed off. The challenge is to keep all the grout from getting grey and dingy. I’m very pleased with the work.