Mundane News

[tyred]

I reckon Hardy wanted to be an Old Testament god inflicting god knows what on his characters.

His novels are a bit grim all right although I love his descriptive writing, especially the way he can describe nature. Far from the madding crowd is the pick of the bunch IMO.

I adore his poetry though. He really must have been one of the greatest of all time.

 

[tyred]

Time for some miles

I miss going out for a ride or brisk walk before breakfast

 

[Illaveago]

Morning.
The sun hasn't risen yet but it looks like it might be a nice day. There is some light blue and mauve sky forming .
I was woken up at midnight by the sound of fireworks ! Someone around here was letting them off. I could see them from our window .

 

[Oldhippy]

Mystery tour today looking for photo opportunities for the photo challenge.

 

[PeteXXX]

It's bed stripping day, today.

 

[biggs682]

I miss going out for a ride or brisk walk before breakfast

It's the best time of the day.
Back home now 36 miles
First cuppa drank

 

[PeteXXX]

Off to work soon, via watching grandson in his first ever rugby match.

 

[Jenkins]

Sitting in bed with the second cuppa of the day listening to the commentary from Silverstone on the Chromebook instead of being there. in person. Don't know what happened, but I had a terrible night's sleep with stomach cramps & just couldn't get warm. I'm feeling a heck of a lot better now and at least it means that I won't need to get more fuel for Wednesday & Thursday's trips to Norwich & Cambridge.

 

[oldwheels]

Rain has stopped meantime and sun has appeared. Wind also must be dropping as Calmac are going to start the main ferry again at 0955 from Oban.
A few people seem to have been stranded on both sides and I have sometimes been caught out when travelling on business in the past. Sometimes you have no control over where you have to be at certain times [ like hospital appointments for example] and just have to take a chance on travel.
The place you do not want to be caught out is Lochaline as there is generally nowhere to stay and a long way back to Ft William.
In the past in bad weather I used to phone from Ft William to our local office who could get radio contact with the ferry just to be sure it was running before starting down the road.

 

[mybike]

You missed “It’s for the children”.

If you're interested, here is a lecture on Christmas from a historian. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1225161257171

 

[Speicher]

I am feeling a bit more better today. Not completely betterer, but improving.

The garden has managed without me for a month now. It's still there.

In other news, the last of the unoccupied houses is now happy. It looked so sad with the curtains closed. No sign of any pets. They have moved from a place called Solly Houle, I think.

 

[mybike]

Ferries mostly cancelled as expected with gales we have today and tomorrow.
Had a go at clearing out some of the junk in my allegedly back bedroom. It has 3 bikes and an amazing amount of camping stuff as well as bits from my motorhome when it got sold. Only managed to get rid of a surplus bedside cabinet but there is an ottoman which can go but will need to wait for a dry day so that I can take my trike out of the car to get it to either charity or landfill.
Found also an old log book I started in 1953 when I started touring. Fascinating and brings back many happy memories.
There was also a Toshiba 200 notebook running win XP which my wife used. It still works once I charged it up but not connected it to the internet. May be an interesting experience trying to use it after being on Apple for so long.

Found this text in a review of the Tosh: "Though apparently all surfaces are made of plastics, the case is flexural rigid. Furthermore, it seems that it is rather insensible to applied forces. Even the lid seems to be rather robust. "

 

[tyred]

Nice bright, sunny but cold morning here. I had my perambulation around the house on crutches.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've managed to get myself inveigled into a Sunday lunch today. I don't do Sunday lunches. Lunch doesn't fit into my eating pattern. So I'm going to have to forego my default brunch.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've almost got to the end of an imperfectly perforated roll of toilet paper. It has surprised me how irritating its tendency to tear lengthways instead of sideways could be.