It is somewhat warmish down 'ere...
To Shaftesbury this morning; fun and games getting there although nothing as dramatic as Crommers' "hit-man" from yesterday.
Basically some eejit had taken the double-bend at the Turnpike too fast and flipped his trailer, bouncing a red mini-mower on the back of it into the verge and depositing rather a lot of grass cuttings over the road. 
It's a bend I've learnt to change down gears at before taking it, as you never know what's coming the other way, possibly on your side of the road ... 
Having got around the obstruction, off to Tescos for petrol (112.9p unleaded, the cheapest round here), then into town to the bank and Boots. Everybody too hot to be grumpy. Then back to Gillingham to find the police, with commendable efficiency, had already organised the clear-up and got everything squared away at the scene of the accident.
Woody the woodpecker sighted drinking from our bird bath this morning; a sparrow attempting to join him was shown the door in no uncertain manner!
Regular readers may recall I posted a little while back of my attempt to woo Mrs O with a romantic cactus, which never made it past the shopping trolley in the garden centre. Yesterday, Fathers Day, I was presented with a grinning wicker-work teddy bear holding a trug in which was tastefully arranged a small potted .....
It's now sitting on a sunny windowsill in the kitchen ...
