The photo says it all, another lovely day. The sea was as calm as anything in the morning but then the wind got up in the afternoon whipping up low but powerful waves. Peter had to cancel the planned row as launching and landing the boat is difficult in those conditions. It would be all too easy for the heavy boat to tip as they walked it into or out of the water which might well end up with someone getting injured. Later in the afternoon the wind died right down and now (8.00) it is still very hot in the sun.
I got to the stables this morning to find that I was down to ride Pacman. I haven't ridden him before but he turned out to be much easier than flighty Hazel. He is also a lot smaller so his trot felt very tippety which made me laugh. We didn't canter at all today, possibly because of the heat and instead we worked on leg yielding to the wall and away from the wall.
After riding I took a load of bags of garden waste to the dump and once again had to prove I live in Ceredigion, because of course people from outside the county are all flocking to Aber with their rubbish (not). From there I went to Toolstation, also on the industrial estate to buy a step ladder. It was only as I had been trying to stretch across the hedge to cut it the other day that the thought struck me of how much easier it would be if I had something just a bit higher to stand on. We have a standard two step step ladder but that was the same height as the long step-up I use. Do they make something higher? Of course they do, they were a number of options for higher step ladders and I've bought a three step version which should make reaching across the hedge easier on my ribs.
I then did my usual shopping and had a quick look around town. The glass sphere I thought about last week has already been sold but that's okay.
Once home I got the washing in the machine, baked a Bara Brith and prepped supper. I hardly ever eat meat but today my eye was caught by some liver in the reduced section. I cooked the liver with lots of onions, mushrooms and bacon, and served it with green beans and cauliflower (and potatoes for Peter) and it was all very tasty. I managed to have some time out on the sun-lounger too as you never know how long this good weather is going to last.