The day began with rain, around mid-day the clouds began to clear and the temperature started shooting up. But that was only temporary and soon the clouds rolled back down from the mountains bringing a low bank of sea mist. Not the best conditions for the washing I had out on the line.
I spotted a new type of board/boat thing? on the water this morning. It looked to be a powered kneel-on (as opposed to stand-up) board. I think I'll make a file of all the different kinds of craft and stuff I see out on the water as there's always something new out there.
Peter made an early trip to Lidl as we were out of a few staples such as milk, croissants, bananas, taramasalata and humus not all of which can be found in the local shop. He got there early and then had to wait (18 minutes) until 10.00 to pay due to Sunday trading rules.
I got some gardening done, did some house cleaning plus my usual routine (but not squats yet) and then later some ironing. Most of the washing is now hanging in the utility room as the light breeze didn't do much to counteract the humid conditions.
Whilst contemplating the garden I was pleased to see a few butterflies, a peacock butterfly and a fleeting glimpse of a small blue butterfly as well as the usual small whites. The buddleia should attract a few more as should the big sedums which are about to flower.
I spent some time watching and photographing the bees and flies in the stachys but with at least 240 species of solitary bee and 270 species of hover fly identification is not that easy. I did find out that the bees with white tails were not white-tailed bumble bees but worker buff-tailed bumble bees. Fascinating though all that is I don't see me becoming a serious entomologist.
PS. For anyone who is interested I've added a video from the RNLI ceremony to yesterday's post.
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