Radio (well internet) silence

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for the next week!

Well not strictly true but it will be very limited. So you may recall i've previously mentioned the ongoing issues with my brothers accommodation since Dad passed away last July. Just to recap, despite living in the same bungalow with my parents for over twenty years, the landlord, the local council, finally decided in January that my bro didn't qualify to remain in the property. Hand forced after six months of uncertainty, things moved quickly and when i last went north in early February lil bro 'won' a new place, it has taken ten weeks for the solicitors to sort the paperwork but last week he finally took possession of keys.

Tomorrow then i go up to GOC to help him move the 4 miles as the crow flies, across the city to his new flat. Its not quite as onerous as it could be, most of the loose stuff is in storage at this point so its 'just' the furniture to sort out. And its not all the furniture, a good chunk is going to the BHF furniture store, they collect that stuff on Friday, we'll be moving the remainder on Monday at which point we'll leave what was the family home, for the last time. Saturday i'll be visiting a friend and on Sunday we are having a family outing with my daughter & grandson to fulfil a promise made to the grandson last year. I return to my current abode on Tuesday after which normal service will recommence.

I will be taking a bike up so i'll have a ride or two whilst i'm there so i will get some exercise! Anyhoo, whilst the main utilities will be in place, its unlikely that the internet will be hence the lack of a weekend update. So there you have it.

Anyhow, to catch up, Monday was a UK Bank Holiday which i celebrated with an 8 kilometre wind lashed walk, it was nice and sunny but the wind was quite cold and strong.

Yesterday - well the wind dictated the direction of my ride, generally eastwards and it started off quite grey too. I wound my way onto and across the Cotswold massif to reach my regular Chippenham lunch stop. By now it was brighter, warmer even and i set off for the return loop hoping for at least a little bit of wind assistance. Down through Lacock and Melksham, then across to Bradford on Avon where i joined the canal towpath towards Bath, by now it was sunny and quite warm, especially in the shelter of the deep Avon valley.

Then it was back up the bike path for the final 18km, the wind helping to speed me back to complete the 107km in exactly five hours and with just 683m of going up. All in all not a bad day.

Today i will mostly be sorting everything out to take north, tools, gifts, the bike, pack a bag, finish the laundry, go for a walk, tend to the horticulture - fingers crossed it all survives my absence!

So that's it for today, i'll hopefully be back next Wednesday but for now,
Tschuss,
Madeline Anafrid

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