Windy.

It is 25 years since the great storm in 1987 - amazing!
The weather today tried to emulate 1987, but failed.
We had planned to spend the day cutting the front hedge, had a relaxed start to the day, whilst waiting for the sun to come out, then put on lots of clothes & got on with it.
G does the cutting & I do the collecting. A lot of leaves were blowing down, which added to the mass of material to be collected - we dragged a loaded tarpaulin up the field to the bonfire six times, finally finishing shortly after 6.00pm, both knackered!
We've recovered, after hot baths & dinner - a nice piece of fish with stir fried vegetables.
We are rewarding ourselves with two days off - going to Bicester tomorrow to see the family, perhaps taking in a National trust establishment en route.

Hilary Mantell has just been awarded the Mann Booker prize with "Bring out the Bodies", a sequel to "Wolf Hall" that W & MK bought me for Christmas two years ago.
It was/is brilliant - an historical novel about Cardinal Wolsey & Henry V111 - anyone want to borrow it?

Wet & windy again tonight then a good weather forecast until Sunday - brilliant.