First time all week I've not been up and out by 06:00. Put some sausages in the newly acquired Actifry machine - turned out lovely and crispy brown like they'd been fried in a skillet, but a little dry. Dogs showed no enthusiasm for a walk given the miserable weather so I headed into town to help wife for the day. Sunday, being the only full day off and thus my weekend, will start with queen scallops, pan fried in butter with smoked bacon lardons, hot buttered toast and a large pot of coffee. Suitably fortified, I shall turn lumberjack for the morning - a man came round on Thursday to hard prune the apple trees and left me three large piles of cuttings. One pile can be chainsawed down into logs, the second will make lighting sticks, the third I have yet to find a use for. Unlike the week old pomegranate which has great plans for later in the day.