Sundry

We listened to music played by our neighbor's band, The Recursives, at an outdoor beer garden a little while ago. It was pretty good, and lovely being outside (without rain), but finding parking was a pain and a little hair-raising in the tiny village road spaces.

Also, we finally found the drain snake we'd needed when we were cleaning out the gutters a while back. There was one in a faraway cabinet in our utility room.

Bell ringing practice on Monday evenings in the village church is NOT the evening to be sitting outside enjoying the swifts, rainbows and perfumes of roses. It is a discordant cacophony!

The recent St. Myllin's Day festival was a non-event. It's meant to honour the monk who baptized people at our well, but when we strolled into town, there was basically nothing going on, despite there being a pitiful looking sign hung along the edge of the street. 

Here is a feature of our new dishwasher, besides now being solar powered - a top tray for cutlery. Takes a bit of getting used to after being familiar with a lower level basket up till now. We've only had to buy 0.6 kWh of electricity since installing solar panels, that's 18p worth!

Everyone in the U.K. is REQUIRED to register to vote. It doesn't mean you have to vote, but you must be on the voter's roll. To vote for local government in Wales, one must be 16. Every year a form/census of voting eligibility is sent to each household, and a civil penalty (fine) is issued for anyone failing to comply.