PONYTAILS

Some outstanding stuff needed to be sorted out such as the frequent mystery low-tyre-pressure warnings on the car. The dealer who sold it to us wasn't helpful, or rather offered to be helpful if we paid a fortune for them to investigate the cause and then more to correct it. Rather than face an argument with them (we'd already reported it once within the warranty period and been fobbed off), we took it to the garage who always used to do our services who looked at it straight away, diagnosed it, replaced the offending part and sent us on our way within half an hour without charging us for any labour. I went off to the reservoir for a walk after that and enjoyed watching other people enjoying the path. As well as these two I had an interesting conversation with a couple of cyclists about moths and butterflies. Quite a few expert amateur naturalists hang out along there and they're usually happy to share their knowledge.