Cloudy.

Cloudy today with moments of sun.

Back to the zoo this morning for more weeding. Weeds are popping up everywhere and it was hard to know where to begin. I started by tackling the flower beds so that I could plant out the hardy geraniums I had brought from home.

That done I moved to the woodchip in the big play area. Normally I would work on my hands and knees pulling up every weed but time was running out and the weeds were rampant. Instead I went for speed over accuracy and hoed and raked over the wood chip to get the worst of the weeds out. Even so I didn't get it all done and the far corner will need to be done next week.

One of the other volunteers strimmed around the no-mow wildflower meadow and made a path through the middle as well. My home-made sign now sits among the wildflowers. (I counted eight different flowers already.) There was what would have been a wonderful photo-op when Mrs Pea stood in front of the sign with her head cocked as if she was reading it. She then went and had a lovely dust bath in the woodchip. Sadly my camera was still in the car.

Buttercups in the pygmy goats' meadow. I guess goats don't eat buttercups.

By the time I chatted to some of the other volunteers and then took a few photos I didn't leave the zoo until nearly 4.00.

Driving home I could see a crowd of coastguards up on the cliff taking part in a training exercise. I would have fitted right in with my yellow jacket though I think theirs are a lot cleaner than mine.

All I felt like doing then was sitting out on the terrace with a coffee and contemplating the sea.