Thanks @Mariann4 @Robin4!
Hearing you talk about the mountains Mariann makes me realize I miss them without realizing it most of the time.
The Dutch Mountains get a bit boring after a while 😉 If you've never visited the Netherlands, you'll know it's flat as a flounder, and even most forested areas are not naturally grown, seen best when passing them in a train: they're all planted in regular rows!!
The time I spent in southern Germany in the Black Forest area (no, not Bavaria and the Oktoberfest - that's a whole 'nother 'country' and mindset!) meant walking, hiking, and sking in the mountains many times. And from that time, one of the things I love doing is driving a stick shift car sportily up or down those winding mountain roads! My inner tomboy loved being in synch with and feeling that power of the motor in lower gears to get you up the incline, then shifting up at just the right moment to kind of catapult you on. Or driving down the winding read, using the inherent braking power of lower gears, which meant using the brakes themselves as little as possible. A real thrill which - sigh - doesn't really happen anymore, since I don't have a car here in Amsterdam. You just don't need one. Never met so many people who don't even have a driver's licence...
Mariann, your garden project sounds daunting, but then you sound like a garden person and will probably be in your element as long as you don't overdo it! I had a good laugh about the motorcycle grouse, could just imagine a grouse hanging onto the seat for dear life! Could the expression be something like when the UK uses the expression 'bird' for girls or women?
Well, better get off the CC and the couch and start getting everything ready for my next guests arriving in the evening.
Happy day y'all