05:09

Awakened as usual by my bladder in the wee small hours (did you see what I did there?), I noticed that it was just beginning to get light. I could see odd shapes on the normal roofline, so took a snap with the iPad and then went back to sleep. Turned out to be two gulls, just standing side by side, waiting for the sunrise. 

Much later, I planted the tatties. That’s a task that usually falls to DaveH, him being the Fifer, but in his absence I just tried to channel Bridget and Patrick, my Irish great-granparents. We’ll see how they do.