Early morning rituals

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One of mine, if I happen to be up and about, is to get any necessary Sainsbury’s shopping over and done with before 08:00, at which hour it is almost bearable.  That I did today: the shopping was done and the tank was full by just after the hour.  Fewer dithery shoppers, lots of parking space and no queues for checkout.  There were rather a lot of pickers & packers around, though, and they were making no effort to get out of the way of ordinary customers.

It was a chilly morning, so I was surprised to see one chap out doing his shopping in shorts.  Must have been a postman.  Surprising also to see a couple of women in their night clothes out walking their dogs.  One fluffy pink dressing gown, one short jacket over baby blue pyjamas.  (Said he, who is usually in dressing gown and slippers when he puts the bins out...)