Tea? (Part 2)

[Landslide]

 

[TheDoctor]

If only Gromit knew someone who had a pedal powered boat...

 

[Gromit]

Hilldodger could I borrow ratty please?

 

[Arch]

Oi! That's MY boat!

You'd be welcome, but although her draft is very little, her propulsion projects quite a long way through the hull - you'd need some damn deep puddles... Perfect for crossing rivers though, as I've proved...

Mmm, just thinking about supper. I have tuna, and tinned tomato to use up, so it looks like my signature dish, Tuna 'bolognaise'.

 

[HelenD123]

Tell me about it, I've been out in it all day! Utterly miserable. I was soaked by mid morning (coat and w/p trousers really need chucking out and replacing), and by lunchtime, moving as if through treacle, but without the likely sugar rush.

It rained and then snowed, but had settled down to steady sleet by the time I rode home... Any tea about? I got in, peeled off all my wet stuff, chucked it in the shower and then got in there with it to warm up.

I really have nothing to complain about in comparison do I.

 

[Arch]

I really have nothing to complain about in comparison do I.

To be fair, it's miserable after 5 minutes, as much as after 5 hours. I'm not complaining really - for all the crap weather, it's now light for my ride home, and there are snowdrops and crocuses coming up, I'm noticing the seasons change...

And we do have a laugh. Today we came up with a fictitious 70's prog rock group, when I said I'd done the Wolsey Triangle Dogleg*...

*Wolsey Street has a little triangle of back alleys behind it, joined to the road by a little extra dogleg shaped alley.

Later we invented 'drive by recycling' - we drive by, people empty their boxes into the vehicle and anything not recyclable** is instantly shredded and ejected back via a hole at face height.

**nappies, for example.

 

[Arch]

Hello?

Hellooooooooooo?

Anyone about?

Never mind, I'll put the kettle on, and share a biscuit with the womble.

 

[Landslide]

Wotcha!
Are there enough biscuits for me too?

 

[Arch]

I knew the sound of the kettle would work. Here..

<hands over biscuit tin>

There is, however, no bread. I got back from Sainsburys, to the corner of my road, and realised I'd forgotton it, despite it being on the list. Too lazy to go back. Bit sluggish today, slept til 9, laid in until 10.30 (well, got up, rinsed out workwar from yesterday soaking overnight in bath, rinsed and hung it up, then went back to bed with breakfast). Been out for a wander round, to post a card to my sister and buy a few small gifts, and also a new hi-vis workcoat. Yesterday was so miserable with damp sleeves.

Just thinking about lunch.

 

[Landslide]

No bread? I've got some crumpets if they'd do? Picked 'em up on one of my 4 daily potters. Not sure what the other 3 will be.
Pub and back could count for 2...

 

[Arch]

Mmmm, crumpets!

The trick is to butter them, then stack them one on top of the other, then the bottom one is chock full of melted butter....

 

[Landslide]

I went with ham and cheese on top. Alas, done in the microwave, but hopefully we'll have a grill in a month or so.

 

[Dayvo]

Did someone mention tea?

I am literally about to have my first cup of tea for more than three months (if you exclude the so-called 'Australian Breakfast tea') since I left Norway in the middle of November!

You can keep your cold beer when it's hot, or the 'buckets' of White Russian when you're feeling a bit decadent: you can't beat a good cuppa when you're gasping - and that's what I'm doing now after having just been out for an hours' walk in a blizzard to buy some bloody cat sand, of all things!

 

[Arch]

Tea up for Dayvo!


God, it's back enough after a fortnight in France without proper tea...

 

[Landslide]

They do a good cup of (ahem) café though...