Another calm and hot day, and the calm got calmer and the heat heavier. Temperatures almost reached 25 °C in Pershore yesterday and today. One of the three swallows has found the bat portal, and is defending it against all comers. The other two have been inspecting the recesses of the maintenance yard, and have taken to perching in the rafters of the main entrance where they sit and chitter, or just sit. It is a delight to watch them twisting and turning into the correct angle for approach and docking, or skimming the roofs inches from disaster, but it was almost too hot to stay out for long. Then the wind got up at about 5.30pm, northeasterly at ground level, but the clouds aloft were moving slowly from the west. Turbulence at ground level often means that the wind direction is different, but in this case it seemed to indicate wind shear, a fair amount of energy in the atmosphere, and the possibility of a thunderstorm. And sure enough, the thunder started over Malverns way at 6pm.
We have an early start tomorrow - the Easter Vigil begins at 4.40am. The forecast is for rain overnight - the garden needs it - and fine when we need it.
Between September 2010 and September 2011, I lived alongside an Anglican Benedictine community of monks and nuns. In November 2010, we moved from Broad Marston Manor near Evesham to Mucknell Abbey, a new eco-monastery near Worcester. This blog was about things that I observed and things that interested me. I have now stopped writing it. Thank you to all who were also interested.
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