Mundane News

[Gravity Aided]

Rain eventually stopped and sun came out so took a turn down to Main St.
Got behind the local police car and he had to resort to using his blue lights to get along the street with pedestrians everywhere.
We are warned by the Harbour Association that another cruise liner will be arriving tomorrow.
Many of the 1600 passengers will have disembarked at Iona and are being taken here by bus to meet the ship.The bus company will have imported extra buses to cope with this. They have long double deckers which carry a lot of people.
I have not been to Iona for about 12 years and it was too busy then so now even worse. First time we went years ago it was in an open launch from Fionnphort with about 20 passengers. Last time we climbed up the "mountain" where very few go and looking down it was like looking at an ant heap. When we got back to Mull just before lunch there was a queue about half a mile long waiting to go over to Iona.
Am I getting obsessed by the surfiet of touroid? Probably yes but the Harbour people warning of more to come indicates I am not alone in getting fed up with the crowds in what used to be a nice place to live.

It sounds like they are harming the environment and culture of the place, numbers should be limited

 

[Ripple]

@classic33 we didn't get out. Everyone stayed inside by the main door. Hamster carried on running in his cage as if nothing happened.
Fire alarm panel is plastic so it's safe.

 

[classic33]

@classic33 we didn't get out. Everyone stayed inside by the main door. Hamster carried on running in his cage as if nothing happened.
Fire alarm panel is plastic so it's safe.

It probably wondered what the fuss was all about, or else it was trying its best to get away and going nowhere.

You can't break plastic.

 

[Reynard]

After an evening spent scanning, identifying and cataloguing F3000 photos, I'm bushed. Time to do an Upsy Daisy and go find my bed.

Nunnight one and all xxx

 

[raleighnut]

Correct.
Landlord said it was alloy or smth cheap so he got a new stronger one.

Probably Mazac, often used in cheap diecastings

 

[PeteXXX]

I'm nearly up.

 

[biggs682]

First cuppa went down well.
A shade darker than milky white clouds but dry underfoot.

 

[oldwheels]

Heavy rain forcast but not arrived yet. Feels very cold as well.
Today's highlight is going to the surgery to get blood taken again.
There is also a clock to mend as the two hands do not match the actual time. The hour hand lags behind the minute one and while I am used to it I prefer to have it sorted.
Big kitchen clock known as a "Railway Clock" I think or perhaps "Station Clock"
It looks easy enough to get into and there appears to be a colony of minute spiders living inside the face.

 

[PeteXXX]

Walk has been walked (before the rains arrive) 🐶 ☔

 

[biggs682]

Pitter patter

 

[Jenkins]

Good morning from Suffolk where it started off as quite a nice morning, but has now clouded over with rain expected later hopefully I'll be either on the train or undercover at Ipswich station by then. Nottingham is today's destination with the evening being spent at the Rescue Rooms watching English Teacher.

 

[Illaveago]

Morning .
It is raining here.
I'm waiting for a doctor to phone me .

 

[mybike]

So I thought, it's too warm for rainwear & that rain on the radar looks a long way away, so I took the dog out & got soaked.

 

[Jenkins]

The rain has now arrived in Ipswich and I've got a free hot chocolate from Greggs to keep me warm.

 

[rockyroller]

Tuesday, feels like a Monday!