21st April 2003

We had quite a bit of rain last night. Slept through til half-six. Everything was damp, but it wasn't actually raining. First job is to restart the fire., which wasn't too bad as it was still warm from last night.

I decided upon scrambled eggs for breakfast as the margarine has got mixed up with someone else stuff and has gone home. One thing to remember next time is not to make scrambled eggs in a non, non-stick pan unless you have a really good scourer.

After clearing up the breakfast things I restocked the fire with plenty of logs so it should just about survive the morning. I had just sat down to write this when it clouded over and started to drizzle. So another mad dash to get everything under cover.

By the time everything was under cover it had stopped and the sun had started breaking through. Typical! Its now 09:25 and the temperature has reached 8C.

This morning I have heard a deer in the undergrowth, and also a woodpecker over by the stream somewhere. Crows and magpies have also been seen this morning. There are lots of different birds around, but I can't see them and can't recognise them from their song.