Walking Like John Wayne

All our cricket games were cancelled today which made me feel less bad about not being able to play and support our club's efforts. Although if the second team game had gone head I would have gone down to watch and support the team, and no doubt take loads of joshing about my current condition.

So today, if anything I'm rather more sore than I was when I left hospital, but I'm determined to stay active and so spent the morning going on a series of walks, cafe to cafe, open space to open space.

I spent time in Carriages, the steampunk victoriana cafe that occupies the old railway station building, sipping a tea with big brown sugar lumps - an odd thing I know to put brown sugar in tea - and then walked along the river to the Sconce for more tea.

Down by the River Devon I saw my first blackcap of the year, although I didn't hear it sing its song like someone blowing into a flute slightly wrongly. There were a few bees on the wing, but these were obviously the mad ones as the weather was so bad.

A swallow swooped by me at ankle height on the road alongside the park, and a swift nearly took my head off as it made its way to its nest under the eaves of a house. Other swifts did their flying sickle thing in the grey sky above.

Si

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A Touch of Victoriana

Visited our new community cafe down at the Railway Station today.

It's called "Carriages" and already the local Steampunks have been down there drooling at it. It is certainly beautifully used space, and reminds me of a bar featured in a scene in "The Prestige", the film about rival Victorian magicians that all should see.

I'm hoping work related charity functions might use it. I mean it has an orrery which is one of the coolest things of ever.

It also has multi coloured gins on tap.

Si

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