Warmer.

Mostly overcast today but dry and so much warmer.

I set the trail cam up in the morning but so far the only movement has been from a pair of sparrows. I'll keep it running for a couple of days to see if the little mouse reappears. (Ignore the wildly inaccurate date.) 

I spent a good few hours at the zoo tidying up various flower beds. Just trimming the grass edges makes a lot of difference. I brought a few more plants from home, knautia and saxifraga stolonifera for the flower bed by the small play area and more pheasant grass for the the gravel garden. 

The plants (hardy geraniums, ice plants and campanula) already in the flower bed look as if they are going to make a good show this year and in the gravel garden some of the thrift are already flowering.

I finished off with a quick weeding of the 'maze' paths before giving all the weeds and cones to the pigs. Truffle tucked in greedily but Otis came over and lay down for a good belly rub.

The warm weather and the school holidays meant that there were lots of people, mainly families with small children at the zoo.

When I came home I drilled a hole in the drain pipe and fitted an overflow pipe to the water butt by the drive. Only a small job but at least it's something done.

The latest newcomers.

Later I went down to the Hall for an hour of Pilates. It's always good to work the old muscles and we finished off with a bit of relaxation at the end which is also nice.