It was another warm day but the sun struggled to make an appearance, as you may see in the photo taken looking across Holt Heath, the route I took riding to the allotment this morning. Once there I was greeted by a flock of black headed gulls swarming overhead, put up from the river Stour by some disturbance but I was soon settled into digging the large bed which was benefitting from the manure spread last autumn. The worms were everywhere!
I was listening to the Iliad again this morning and then to Radio 6. I did get tired though and had to change from digging to putting a protective cover over the leeks which the rabbits had already been at overnight. I was then able to focus on planting with lots of seeds going in to short rows at the start of the growing season:
peas, spinach, beetroot, leeks, carrots, onions, swede, radish, parsnip,
The ride home took me through Furze Hill and toward Holt and then the Three Cross turn but I soon headed toward Gaunts Common and Horton managing almost 10 miles at 16.12mph. Very pleased with the increased pace of late.
Now for a bit of time in the kitchen with hummus and vegetable chilli on the menu.
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