Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

I've just been drinking from a bottle of Tango orangeade and noticed that on the cap it reads, 'Open by hand, not by foot.'

What?

I've just been out in the garden, first thing after getting up, and squashed two large snails; as I did last thing last night.

It's relentless.

This fact I know to be true from personal experience earlier this morning; strawberries - the uglier they are, the sweeter they taste.

I've just noticed that a new TV channel is due to start broadcasting on the Freeview platform soon. It's called 'Quest' and I was under the impression it would be showing a lot of Discovery Channel programming and various other documentaries.

Well, after looking at the first day's schedule I'm very disappointed; the programmes are about restoring a panelled dining room, two panel beaters converting a car into a hotrod, and why does toast always land butter side up when dropped?...oh, and a couple of episodes of Ironside and Mission Impossible.

It's just more of the same and so I won't be watching much.

Last week, after finishing our hiking in Derbyshire we made informal plans to go walking again today. We obviously aren't though, due to the weather; possibly up to 90 degrees and high humidity.

I've hardly slept for the last two nights though; I've kept waking up covered in sweat, so I'm in no state to do a fifteen mile hike.