Fire Danger: Catastrophic

What with the bedroom a far cry from a peaceful place for nocturnal slumber, I woke up early in the morning to find Eloise laid next to me looking me in the eye and Nicole on the bunk bed, sound asleep.

I offered Eloise a walk and out we went in the gathering dawn.

"Look!" says the early morning naive. "Sunset!"

"Ouch" I said. "This gravel road is really hurting my bare feet. Why didn't we put some shoes on?"

We looked at the mountains beckoning us in the distance as the sky lit up behind them and the wind started to pick up and the bloody flies started to make their appearance.

Not for us that day the heady heights of the Alpines with the cooling breezes and expansive views. For the forests they were closed. And there was only one road up and down.

So for us a drive around an emptying lake seeking a place to picnic and swim. Fat chance.

(PS: Note to phoners: phone is fixed.)