under another sun

Up late, and at last feeling a bit fresher this morning, despite brief solving dreams. I would keep waking up and realising that my brain didn't have to be solving these problems, then drop back to sleep to start it all over again. A happily slow start, talking lots and enjoying another morning untroubled by cats. Eventually everyone up for coffee and poached eggs and smoked salmon breakfast with Rosie and Innis. Then slowly getting ready and packing, before setting off from Robertsbridge. Lorraine and I drove to a pub called The Hatch Inn in the heart of Ashdown forest, and the quite far away to a car park and walked dangerously along the road to meet the others again in the pub. We had lunch there among the posh country set, a young woman near us with a huge diamond on her finger and wellies, bluff entitled older men, younger guys climbing out of racy two seat cars with their women friends. The young guy who was serving us, we were sat outside, called me 'good sir' and s...

A gorgeous sunny Autumn day. Still feeling extremely tired, but had a mid afternoon nap which was gold. Lorraine finding it hard to relax. She has realised she needs to keep busy, and Star Dew Valley is the perfect blend of relaxation and busyness.A happy time hanging with Rosie and Innis sitting outside our nicely converted cowsheds on a beautiful day. A short mooch into the countryside, where we encountered donkeys, a farmer in a pink shirt, and walked past some kind of dog farm, where dozens of dogs bayed threateningly at us, and made little Pippi shrink between Rosie and Lorraine, and through lots of lovely undulating countryside. This is definitely a countryside for horses and dogs. Pippi found some fox poo to roll in, and Rosie was very disappointed in her.  Rosie negotiated us leaving a little later tomorrow. Much amusement when the owner said she would be out competing with her horse tomorrow. Mental images of her playing chess with the horse or racing against it, and so on...