10/5/24 – felt more

It's a sunny Friyay morning, what say? I think it's very strange to allow Israel into Eurovision this year and even stranger that they didn't take the chance to eliminate them in the semi final last night. I'm sure they could have found a way. At least it means the UK probably won't finish last. Saw the football last night.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/10/10-5-24-felt-more/

9/5/24 – matter now

Here we go, it's Thursday and it's sunny. Yesterday the temperature got up apparently into the twenties and it felt warm. It's too early to say summer is around the corner, but winter is gone. Joe Biden is now saying he will withhold some weapons from Israel as they continue their attack on Rafah. Many will say how did it take this long, but he's going to get a lot of stick for even slightly moving away from "Israel can do what it likes".

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/9-5-24-matter-now/

8/5/24 – a lot longer

I would go so far as to say that's not mist out there, it's proper fog. It was sunny yesterday and now I can't see beyond the trees at the top of the park. It's always possible and maybe even likely that it'll all be burned off by mid-morning. Israel claims to have control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the Egypt border, basically blocking any aid from getting into Gaza.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/08/8-5-24-a-lot-longer/

6/5/24 – not completely

Woke up in a field in Wales. Packed up tent, got in car. Tried to keep small anxious dog calm. Torrential rain as we passed Reading and into London. Train delayed. Put washing on, popped to Tesco to sort lunch for tomorrow. Yoga. Now in the pub, because I haven't been here since Thursday. The weekend's walking was great. Didn't expect much from the weather but on Saturday it was fine pretty much all day as we walked around Pen-y-fan.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/6-5-24-not-completely/

7/5/24 – what sort

Right, so it's back to normality today and the sun is out after the rain yesterday so let's see what's going on. Ah. In Gaza Israel has decided to attack Rafah, the place where all the Gazan refugees had been sheltering, the last bit of the region that hadn't been bombed to the ground. Hamas says it has agreed terms for a ceasefire but Israel says it isn't close to what they'd accept.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/7-5-24-what-sort/

5/5/24 – no longer

Sunday funday and also probably no run day because again I'll be in Wales considering a second day of hiking in the Beacons when this goes live. It is no longer Star Wars Day, so find some other thing to have a fun with. It is a bank holiday weekend in the UK so get yourself on that somehow.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/05/5-5-24-no-longer/

4/5/24 – with that

It's Saturday so that must mean p-- nope. In fact, it's not even Saturday when I'm writing this. I'll be away in the Wales and very possibly have no connection on Saturday so this is a scheduled post to maintain my streak which is somewhere up in the 1050s. It's also Star Wars Day, so have fun with that if you insist.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/04/4-5-24-with-thay/

3/5/24 – then the end

It is less wet than it sounded. This is about as much as I'm going to give the weather this morning. Results from the local elections are pretty much as expected. No one seems to be clear if this is seriously bad news for Rishi or if it has been priced in already. It certainly doesn't seem like…

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/3-5-24-then-the-end/

2/5/24 – squash stuff

It's hazy again but it's not the same as yesterday because everything is wet after a thunderstorm overnight. But it's not raining right now so we'll take that. It's local election day and that means two things: I'll finally stop getting that advert about remembering photo id when voting on podcasts and the Tories are going to get another horsewhipping. Or, you know, maybe not.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/02/2-5-24-squash-stuff/

1/5/24 – more attention

May begins under a cloud of haze. Pinch punch, if you have to. And big up the workers. I forgot to do my oats overnight so I've just got porridge and I have to say I regret decisions that were made. But we are where we are. Israel has decided that the time has come to go into Rafah. I think this is where the majority of Palestinians displaced from their destroyed homes in the rest of Gaza still are.

https://frogfather.wordpress.com/2024/05/01/1-5-24-more-attention/