Looking to the future is what students do.

 

The students are having serious post-election meetings. This is what students do - or at least the 20% of them who are Americans.  For 2028 they're counting on Shapiro, Slotkin or Beshear to take up the torch although they think Vivek rather than Vance will be the opponent. The speakers at the colloquium ( a very college town word )  think that the Senate will flip in 2026 after two years of accelerating inflation. You've got to admire twenty year olds - they always look to the future. Turns out we know - or at least have had a couple of dinners with - the guy who is likely to be Treasury Secretary. Who ever would have thought that Fluoride in water could be such a controversial issue ?

The cheerful Filipinos have finished harvesting the cauliflower field and have now headed inland to make a start on the cabbage harvest. The Portaloo that stood in a  corner of the cauliflower field is transported inland on the back of a trailer pulled by the farmers new tractor.

The large old houses down on the cliff tops are looking very smart. Some have become university lecture halls. Others have been subdivided into more manageable sizes. One is the home of the Principal. The heating bills for these large windowed, heat draining, Victorian buildings must be huge.

Back at the last wee house before Denmark we're waiting for the remaining hay bales to be taken into the barns. The local airbase is again busy. The Russians haven't wasted any time to remind everyone of their presence. Typhoons take off and land all day. Somewhere, beyond the horizon there must be another flotilla heading from Murmansk through the North Sea. 

A History of Britain in ten enemies arrives in the bookstore. The next time I'm in I must take a peak inside to see who makes the cut. France for sure, Germany ditto. Danes, Vikings, Dutch, Spaniards are probably also included. Who else is there ?

This morning we see a track suited runner pass the war memorial. As he passes, he stops, stands smartly at attention and salutes. He then carries on with his morning jog. This is the first time we've ever seen anyone do this. He's a youngster in his early twenties so he's probably in the military and studying International Relations here.  Sunday morning will see the towns Armistice Day commemoration.  Hearing the echo of the pipes lingering in the still air is about as Scottish an experience as you can get.

German humour :https://x.com/RMogyorosy/status/1854027309252047045

We are all ( on some level ) immortal :https://bigthink.com/hard-science/will-protons-last-forever-why-scientists-are-searching-for-signs-of-decay/

This house for sale is very 'Devon ' :https://inigo.com/sales-list/southdown-barns

Just saw this. College towns are in blue.