A long day beckons

Mali and I are back from the day's first walk - he's now curled up on the patio bench I have as a sofa-substitute in Castle Fox's living room whilst I sneak online over breakfast,sipping hot chocolate.

This evening I've got a Residents' Association meeting, which I'm not really looking forward to: a 7.15pm start means that Mali and I have an abbreviated second walk, and we probably won't make it out for walk 3 afterwards. Also, given the very real lack of audience residents' participation in the committee (of the 1,029 households bordering on this Fox's realm, less than a dozen individuals will turn up to public meetings/events. Even the committee's attendance record leaves a lot to be desired), there's a real question as to whether it's even worth pursuing the notion in the face of such forceful apathy.