A k a day in Lima Peru (Day 25)

 Today sees day 25 come and go. Another 5k added to the tally which incidentally now stands at 136.46 km. Not bad for a couple of oldies even if I say so myself. Searching for things for this blog has made us much more attentive to our environment and has made us see things we had never noticed before. I recommend it. Take a close look at your environment. There is much more there that you realise. Lots of wildlife even in the middle of a city.

My friendly blackbird that has been visiting for it's daily feed has either told it's pals where to come or they have been following him because today there were at least four simultaneously. One had a very scrawny neck so I think I will recognise it if it comes back tomorrow. I need to remember to get some food out because they scoff the lot. They seem to be quite partial to Peruvian crackers.

Completely unrelated to ornithological matters we had reason to remove the memory card from the dashcam of our car (it is a bit tricky to remove). This gives me the opportunity to share with you a sample of Peruvian driving. You'll see that I am about to join the highway using the SAME SLIP ROAD as those leaving the highway are using. Now you might reasonably assume that anyone intending to leave at this junction is already in the right hand lane but watch them cut across from the outside lanes and then just exit at the very last moment. There's no rage just go with the flow. Expect the unexpected is the motto.

Sheila was at the dentist today and she is back with a long list of things needing attention too. If you were reading yesterday I feel that we can eliminate option (a) which you might remember was .... the dentist fancies me. It was always the least likely scenario. We have to hope that it's option (c) that is the real reason for the work. I paid S/450 (£83) for two fillings and a crown onto one of my big back teeth so it is hardly open wallet surgery. 

Sometimes of an evening I enjoy making some music and just as the sun was going down the other day I saw this photo opportunity. I have entitled it "finished for the day" although in reality I was actually only about to start.

A couple of archive pictures to finish. These were taken from our old apartment and they are just to show that some people in Peru DO consider health and safety. This was when they added 1 metre to the top of an already huge sign just to block my view of the racecourse.

If you consider that the sign extension once it was complete was upo to about the top of the guys hats then you can see in the left picture how much of the action was subsequently obscured by a needless piece of advertising. Anyway we don't live there now

Here is the strava for the day. Have a great day.