NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 2 Started to clear a space for a shed, then sat down and looked across the garden in the September sunshine.

NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 3 Chaotic day today, last of the furniture arrived, more boxes, heating oil delivered. Met some neighbours and tried to decipher the complex waste collection rules. Getting there I think?

NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 4 Beautiful walk down the hill to the river Teise, back past some stunning houses and a very inquisitive herd of alpacas. Internet is now connected, next challenge is the heating controls before it gets too cold.

NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 5 A day in the garden; butterflies, dragonflies and a chorus of frogs in the pond, all enjoying an Indian summer. In other news, the heating controls continue to baffle us, any Tado experts out there?

NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 6 Cold and bright this morning, with mist hanging over a patchwork of spider webs on the fields. Then a violent thunderstorm, followed by 25C and glorious sunshine, with only the yellowing leaves giving the lie to July.

NOTES FROM AN ENGLISH VILLAGE - Day 7 Not seen much of our Kent village today, with an early trip to Sussex returning as dusk fell. Another day of extremes, blazing sun and thunderstorms. Autumn equinox tomorrow often signals the end of the Indian summer.

And in other news, at the end of his 10th year, exactly as predicted by those who know far more than I do, Roddy has come of age with a confident blast around South of England to wind up his 2024 season.

Stunning walk across the Weald at daybreak.

Bit of a spectacular crash today, so hobbling to the pub to medicate #oldmannotonahoss

Latin and Germanic cultures explained in a single picture - and why I need extra pages in my passport! Viva Italia!

It feels like a return to normality as Nick Robinson trips head first into the Jeremy trap on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning.

Not my usual musical taste, but this is one of the best albums I have heard in a very long time. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess open.spotify.com/album/0EiI8ylL…

Morning all, rise and shine!

WHO agrees with Stephen King? 🙋‍♂️

Found a weird metal spike in my garden, attached to something much bigger underground. I’m intrigued, all a bit Tommyknockers Stephen King ?

Kurt says it all

One of the best Waterboys’ albums, well worth a listen

Norfolk Nights

3 weeks until MPs vote on legalising medically assisted suicide in England & Wales That means another reminder to please watch BBC Better Off Dead? my documentary explaining why many disabled people, like me, who aren't religious but who oppose this law bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

It’s ⁦Shane MacGowan⁩ s anniversary tomorrow and people are asking me if there is anything happening to mark the occasion. If you really want to do something nice for him please be kind to someone who is down on their luck? Be the answered prayer ❤️