Brave sheep

 

The letters page in the London Review of Books throws up this intriguing letter.

The sheep in the field by the sea are getting braver with each passing day. The dog attack earlier in the year seems to have been forgotten. The lambs are now grazing right up to the fence and seem unaware of passers by.

We stop off for a coffee at the little cafe by the harbour. The owner is there and makes us bacon rolls. " Don't tell anyone but you've got extra bacon " she says in a tone of voice that indicates we've become regulars. To begin with we're the only customers but within five minutes three American couples accompanied by teenage children arrive. The little cafe seems to have moved from being undiscovered to being on a TikTok 'things to do when in St Andrews' list. One American family ask for double fried egg in their bacon rolls which occasions some surprise and a look not unlike this :https://x.com/dublinbypub/status/1963868680019730493

We pick up some tomatoes at the farm shop and some lemon sole at the fishmongers.

Back in the village a sun blest corner of a cottage garden reminds us of France.

It is time to adjust the 'in town' driving to style to accommodate kamikaze teens who stare at their phones and wander oblivious and uncomprehending into the path of oncoming traffic. Angus can once again mutter grumpily under his breath. There's nothing like a good ' what in heavens name do they think they're doing ?' grumble to get the day off on a good footing.

More revelers in the water and a choir rehearsal in chapel sure signs the holidays are over and things are about to kick off :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxcoFe3_rM4

More on coffee:https://www.the-scientist.com/how-does-caffeine-wake-people-up-73355

Yesterdays missing parrot link :https://birdhistory.substack.com/p/parrots-gone-wild

China and C-A-T-S :https://x.com/GlennLuk/status/1962258662744826274

Student housing :https://joshuatravisbrown.substack.com/p/behind-closed-doors-the-inequalities