For the last couple of days we have had some very strong winds which is quite unusual for this time of year. Yesterday the gusts were so strong that the wheelie bins began moving along the road on their own! In order to stop mine moving, I place a brick in the empty re-cycling box and wedge it up against the wheelie bin but if the gusts are very strong from a certain direction, I tuck the bins away around the corner of the house so that I don't have to run off down the road to retrieve them!
This morning when I was going across Castle Green to the farmer's market it was still very breezy and as I walked I watched as a young man chased some papers he had dropped but every time he got near to them, the wind caught them up and off they went again. Eventually, he caught most of them but unfortunately one sailed high up over the wall and gently floated down onto the river when the gust had subsided. I had to smile to myself but I felt a little sorry for him and hoped that the paper he lost wasn't that important.
As I got further up and walked around the front of the church, I saw that the sweet chestnut trees had shed some of their nuts and there was still the odd one falling to the ground. I watched as two squirrels busily picked up the fallen nuts and scurried off to bury them, eating the odd one just to make sure they were alright.
The breeze was still very strong this afternoon because I went out to put in the bedding plants that Eden and I had bought at the weekend and every time I emptied a flower pot or tray, the wretched things blew about all round the garden. Then, every time I bent down to pick them up, they blew away again! Next time I'll do my planting when there's no stiff breezes.
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