Mundane News

[Katherine]

After a lovely few days away, I'm on the train back to Manchester. Miss K has looked after me very well. We've been acquiring more culture this morning at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery followed by Birmingham Cathedral. Beautiful sunshine. Finished of with an awesome brunch.
The train guard's announcements are amusing. He referred to Wolverhampton station as 'Wolverhampton - Nil'. Stafford was over emphasised because he'd been in trouble last week for not mentioning it enough.

 

[Katherine]

After a lovely few days away, I'm on the train back to Manchester. Miss K has looked after me very well. We've been acquiring more culture this morning at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery followed by Birmingham Cathedral. Beautiful sunshine. Finished of with an awesome brunch.
The train guard's announcements are amusing. He referred to Wolverhampton station as 'Wolverhampton - Nil'. Stafford was over emphasised because he'd been in trouble last week for not mentioning it enough.

 

[Hill Wimp]

My Fuji commuter is hiding from me in the garage. It doesn't want to have the suspension seatpost removed, I'm sure. I see no reason for a steel bicycle to need a suspension seatpost. The minute I get it to the right height, it sinks down and I am pedaling like a frog. If I raise it high enough for it to arrive at the correct height, I have to throw myself into the saddle while standing on the pedals. It's like some sort of demented circus act, that. Fenders/mudguards and a rack will get scrounged and applied this weekend.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Right enough of Taunton.

Time for peace and tranquility. I'm off to find my cottage and most importantly the village pub

 

[perplexed]

We all have a different system for hanging out the washing. I like to hide the smalls on the inside - for modesty! Then the socks get used to fill the gaps on the end of each section of line. My OCD is matching the coloured pegs to the item. Miss K has no patience with any of that.

I'd like to say this is me wearing my smalls. But it isn't...

 

[Smithbat]

I've hung the laundry out on the whirligig.

Towels/large items innermost - smalls and flannels on the outer lines.

I've pre-matched the socks.

Boom.

Have your paired your pegs though?

 

[Smithbat]

We all have a different system for hanging out the washing. I like to hide the smalls on the inside - for modesty! Then the socks get used to fill the gaps on the end of each section of line. My OCD is matching the coloured pegs to the item. Miss K has no patience with any of that.

That is what I mean above, Him indoors' mum has to match her pegs too

 

[summerdays]

We all have a different system for hanging out the washing. I like to hide the smalls on the inside - for modesty! Then the socks get used to fill the gaps on the end of each section of line. My OCD is matching the coloured pegs to the item. Miss K has no patience with any of that.

I put the smalls innermost too though as everyone has them I don't know why! And only one neighbour can see our washing line. I don't match up socks though....

 

[Smithbat]

I put the small innermost too though as everyone has them I don't know why! And only one neighbour can see our washing line. I don't match up socks though....

I put mine all higgledy piggledy just because I can and I am a rebel

 

[Hill Wimp]

I think i may just have found heaven.

Cottage is beautiful and enormous. If the owners didn't live in the farmhouse on site we could have organised a huge get together.

All i can hear are the birds and the bees. Time for a glass of something cold on the terrace.

 

[Smithbat]

I think i may just have found heaven.

Cottage is beautiful and enormous. If the owners didn't live in the farmhouse on site we could have organised a huge get together.

All i can hear are the birds and the bees. Time for a glass of something cold on the terrace.

Sounds blissful. Him Indoors has just phoned using some very very bad swear words. He will not make it home tonight as he has been stuck on the M25 for 3 hours and will run out of driving time

 

[Hill Wimp]

Yes the M25 was pants this morning. I had planned on going via the A303 but the tailbacks from roadworks there led back to the M25 so i went via the M4 which was blissful. Then i hit the M5 around Bristol and it was pants again.

So glad my driving is over for the day.

 

[Hill Wimp]

My view up towards the Quantocks, so peaceful.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Say hi to Jo from me

I will. Hopefully seeing her Sunday for lunch but she is a bit under the weather so fingers crossed.

I have presents for Snipe.

 

[mybike]

A line from a Weslyan hymn was appropriate to my ride today. However I did achieve 231st place in the Berko Sprint