Construction landmark

Another hot sunny day with the temperature rising to 28C mid-afternoon. Jasmine reported that she and Louis are still waiting on stand-by for a flight from Phoenix to Heathrow and hoping to get one tomorrow  early. It reminds me of having to wait at Greek island harbour sides for an island hopping boat to arrive back in the sixties, tonight if not tomorrow perhaps ... That was before mass tourism, and there was often a beach nearby where you could wait under a tree until you saw a boat approach. Waiting around for days in the air-conditioned concrete and glass cage of an airport building doesn't compare with it. I guess they can hang out wherever they like until they get a message of confirmation to check in and expect to depart.

I went grocery shopping after breakfast, then worked on preparing text, recording and editing it for next Wednesday's Morning Prayer. Then I cooked lunch, baking sausages and potatoes in the over alongside the chicken pieces I bought. My small supply of meat for the week, which I find beneficial to accompany our largely vegan diet. I don't care if it is considered heretical, it works for me. 

After a short siesta following  lunch, I went for a walk in Thompson's Park. The four remaining moorhen chicks were out swimming around in the shade of the weeping willow tree which overhangs one corner of the pond. It was good to see adults sunbathing or sitting on the grass reading in each of the two open grass areas. I walked for an hour then returned home, started making the Morning Prayer video slideshow, then completed and uploaded it after supper. 

It was still 23C at sunset when I went out to Llandaff Fields to complete my day's exercise. There's been some progress on Padel court construction site. After more than a month of excavating clay soil and laying a bed of large stones and another layer of gravel, the top layer of asphalt has now been added. There will be six courts altogether when it's complete, but that's going to take a while longer, as posts and netting need to be erected and lighting installed. I'm curious to know what will happen to the large volume of soil excavated to create each court area. Will it be taken away, or shaped into a bank shielding the courts from the footpath nearby. I've not seen any design images or site plans displayed in the park.

My wretched fit-bit tells me I'm over training and should take a rest day, but I'm not training, just making sure I get enough fresh air and exercise at all seasons. That way I get to sleep rapidly most of the time. Thankfully I'm just not as stressed as I used to be, most of the time.