I didn’t sleep well. Think I managed 3.5 hours, finally ‘switching off’ at 12.45am. I was awake and got up at 4.20. It was no surprise that I fell asleep on the sofa about 9 o’clock.

By 1 o’clock (after lunch) I was awake enough to know that I needed to get out. I walked to Rydal, had a drink at the Badger Bar and got the bus back.

There was a notice outside the Badger Bar to say that people were welcome to view the badger feeding at dusk. I doubt it’s the same badger that dug in my lawn and made an even bigger mess of a grass verge around the corner.

Fingers crossed, it’s been 7 nights since the last lawn damage. I don’t know if it was blipper Riversider’s pepper tip that deterred it or tastier meals elsewhere.