The weather seems to have developed a pattern over the last week or so. The mornings are warm and sunny, blue skies and a gentle breeze. By lunchtime, the clouds are rolling in and the rain starts - a heavy deluge that lasts about 5 minutes followed by several hours of steady rain. It's become such a routine we can almost set our clocks by it, and have started trying to do anything 'outdoorsy' in the morning.
This morning that meant a 2 and a half mile stroll down Stewton Lane to the village of Stewton (two houses, a farm and a small church nestled amongst trees between the farm and a field of peas). Our neighbour Joan had told us about the monthly coffee morning at St Andrew's church, proceeds to Médecins Sans Frontières, and suggested we might like to go. It seemed like a good way to meet people, and indeed, everyone we met was friendly and welcoming. The little church was lovely, simple and homely. There was an interesting carved stone in the porch wall that was described as Saxon, but we thought it looked more Scandinavian which would make sense as East Lindsey was more of an Anglo-Scandinavian region than Anglo-Saxon.
Before the regular rain appeared, I managed to tackle the overgrown hedge alongside the garden with our new cordless hedge trimmers. I've accumulated a large pile of trimmings behind the leylandii screen - we need to get a big compost bin for plant material; the one we have ordered from the council is best suited to food waste.
Life seems to pass at a different pace here. Gentler and less hurried. So far I am certain we made the right decision to move.
Reading: Network Effect by Martha Wells
This is the first full-length novel in the Murderbot series, which I love.
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