Skylarks

Another ornithological note from this morning. A very heavy frost and the peregrine flapped lazily from fence post to tree top, not warm enough to hunt and not happy at being disturbed. All the usual suspects like woodpeckers in full breeding plumage, but the really excitiing thing was the first skylarks displaying over the open meadow.
A lot of early golfers out this morning which was a surprise considering the heavy frost, I am surprised they could see their balls, if you see what I mean. We passed one looking hopefully along the banks of the stream but I think we both knew it had landed in the water. "Morning, bit early for a paddle" I greeted him - the reply was not particularly polite.
Returning home the garden is in a state of some confusion. There was a thrush on the patio clearing up some breadcrumbs thrown from the kitchen door whilst collared doves and blackbirds hunted for grain in the long grass. Blue tits taking crusts from the birdtable and starlings on the nut feeder, now that's not the way I understood it was supposed to be.
Much excitement last night. Mrs Claus rang from work to say the boss had not arrived and would I go and look for him. Boss is an unusual person to say the least and it was not beyond the bounds of possiblity that he may have had an altercation on the bus or some other problem. Casualty, police, house or the other way around. I chose the house first and found that he had overslept so no major harm done except to his work record.
I learnt a new skill this week. It sounds silly but I had never used one of those air pumps at petrol stations to pump up my tyres. One very soft tyre and two broken foot pumps (funny how the bits mysteriously disappear) left me with little choice. Son number one (bodybuilder) agreed to come with me to show me how it was done. Shell broken, BP massive queue so we ended up going along the 127 until we found a working one. PSI or bar? The machine was labelled in PSI and the car manual in BAR but fortunately the machine had a handy little converter. That just leaves the carwash to be a first but I really can't justify the expense when a bucket, sponge and leather will achieve the desired result for minimal outlay. That said, regular readers will know my record on car washing is about as good as a pig farmer and his tractor.
The answer might still be 42 but scrabble sets made out of bits of rock notwithstanding I still don't know the question. Others who know where I am coming from will know that multiples of 7 and 40 are critical but steer clear of 6