Week 315: Bonfire

A week of horrible sicknesses, being bedridden, starting Factorio, deconstructing showers, long walks along the valley, country pubs, big bonfires, and a drive back to London.

Posted on by Rowan Manning.
Tagged with HealthGamesHouseWalkingFactorio

  • I’ve been really sick all week. Big cotton wool head, engorged brain cannot think properly. Tried to work a bit, mostly failed.

  • I did manage to play a bit of Factorio, a few friends are playing through Space Age on a server. I haven’t managed to be on there as much as I wanted to because see above.

  • Because of sickness we didn’t get a lot of house work done but we did tear out the shower cubicle in our bathroom. It was so grim! We’re leaving the tray, tiles, and shower head in place (after a good scrub) and will have a go at fitting a replacement cubicle ourselves next time. I just need to not crack all the tiles when drilling into them.

  • By Saturday I was thankfully feeling quite a lot better. Not perfect but better. We walked from Matlock to Cromford via Matlock Bath, the Derwent valley is very pretty in autumn twilight. We stopped off in a couple of pubs and then headed to a fireworks display and bonfire. Lovely!

    A view out over the valley from around High Tor with autumn leaves everywhere and the sun low in the sky creating amber light
    A peaceful section of the River Derwent near Matlock bath. Both sides of the river are tree-lined and it's reflecting the evening sky
    A large bonfire casting bright orange light across misty fields, with lots of people in silhouette dotted around

  • We drove back to London on Sunday late in the evening having done absolutely nothing all day (mild hangovers all round). We got into bed and watched Gilmore Girls with our McDonalds.