A calming down day after all the festivities - and about all I managed in the morning was a Middle Lane anticlockwise, near enough 5km according to the Ordnance Survey route gadget.
Into the Ashley Centre to come across a trolley very like my own, not something that happens very often. Must be some previous model, with my own (left) still being this year's model if reference 1 is anything to go by.
Time to stock up on Waitrose essential red grapefruits, the craving for them not yet having completely faded, although it is not as strong as it was. Took some mildly discounted cherries while I was at it; 360g of Royal Hazel from South Africa. They looked a little tired, but they tasted well enough. Were they from the same shipment that furnished the cherries noticed at the end of reference 4?
About 10p each - given that I got around 40 of them for around £4.50.
The trick was to count them without touching, which I found I could do reasonably reliably by grouping into fives, then tens. Much easier for some reason than the pebble counting noticed at reference 2.
A shorter circuit later in the day, kicking off with a fine crescent moon in the pale southern sky, together with what I believe (from reference 3) to be Venus above. Although there is a yet to be resolved complication with Saturn, which is supposed to be in the vicinity. Where was it? Try again tonight?
I dare say the telephone could be persuaded to do a better job, but I don't suppose that I shall get around to it.
PS: a bit more effort at the nifty reference 3 and I get there. Saturn a bit to the left of the moon and Venus - but not as bright. Clearly need to take the monocular out with me.
References
Reference 1: https://www.saljol.de/en/aluminum-rollator/.
Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/06/counting-pebbles.html.
Reference 3: https://www.timeanddate.com/.
Reference 4: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2024/12/dover-patrol-one.html.
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