Cullage
Dec. 21st, 2009 | 10:04 am
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I've had a bit of a cull of my Friends list on LJ. Apologies if you've been deleted and if you really feel indignant about it, it's not my fault: it's my age. Comment and I'll add you back!
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Oh Adrian, how could you?
Dec. 20th, 2009 | 09:19 pm
posted by: sunflowerinrain
I'd been ignoring something called Bonekickers. The title did not appeal and I had no interest in finding out what it was.
Accidentally flicking past it yesterday I saw Adrian (drool) Lester and Wells Cathedral! Of course I stopped to watch the rest. Review: the cathedral was magnificent in its role, the Lester was under-used, and the best line was Hugh Bonneville's "Don't mess with me, I'm an archeologist!". Apart from that it seemed to be very weak drivel. What a waste.
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Accidentally flicking past it yesterday I saw Adrian (drool) Lester and Wells Cathedral! Of course I stopped to watch the rest. Review: the cathedral was magnificent in its role, the Lester was under-used, and the best line was Hugh Bonneville's "Don't mess with me, I'm an archeologist!". Apart from that it seemed to be very weak drivel. What a waste.
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Trains, planes, and freeze
Dec. 19th, 2009 | 12:28 pm
mood: 
uncomfortable
posted by: sunflowerinrain
I have to get back to England early next week. None of the local garages could repair the car before January, so I'm going to attempt to drive it back, stopping at night because of the smashed headlight (with thanks to
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I have to get back to England early next week. None of the local garages could repair the car before January, so I'm going to attempt to drive it back, stopping at night because of the smashed headlight (with thanks to <user=tig_b> for donation of hotel money!).
Some friends have asked why I don't get a flight or the train. I refer you to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/8421875.stm">what happened to trains</a>. Ouch. Various airports are closed and flights are cancelled; the weather forecast looks much better for Monday/Tuesday so the trains and planes should be working again... but they will be full of people who should have been travelling over the weekend. By Tuesday the shuttle should be running normally and the M20 will be open. I hope.
The weather here is cold, too. All the plants which had decided it was spring after the previous chill and happily put out buds and even flowers are very unhappy. The forecast for the end of next week is much warmer, with sunshine. And I shan't be here!
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Some friends have asked why I don't get a flight or the train. I refer you to <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/8421875.stm">what happened to trains</a>. Ouch. Various airports are closed and flights are cancelled; the weather forecast looks much better for Monday/Tuesday so the trains and planes should be working again... but they will be full of people who should have been travelling over the weekend. By Tuesday the shuttle should be running normally and the M20 will be open. I hope.
The weather here is cold, too. All the plants which had decided it was spring after the previous chill and happily put out buds and even flowers are very unhappy. The forecast for the end of next week is much warmer, with sunshine. And I shan't be here!
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No music and music
Dec. 18th, 2009 | 08:59 pm
posted by: sunflowerinrain
In vain I waited for my lift to the concert. She got lost, and the phone messages were too slow coming through. At one point she was only a mile away, but then took another wrong turning and finally had to give up or she'd have missed it too. Ah well. I wasn't doing a solo tonight, and it's warmer here than in a church.
I am consoled by BBC7 having broadcast one of my favourite Hinge and Bracket episodes: the one with Rosalind Plowright, purportedly in their Suffolk living-room, singing and chatting about Snape and Dear Ben. Dame Hilda giving advice to La Diva Plowright - exquisite.
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I am consoled by BBC7 having broadcast one of my favourite Hinge and Bracket episodes: the one with Rosalind Plowright, purportedly in their Suffolk living-room, singing and chatting about Snape and Dear Ben. Dame Hilda giving advice to La Diva Plowright - exquisite.
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Stones and stars
Dec. 17th, 2009 | 12:00 pm
posted by: sunflowerinrain
Brendan is here this week, doing some more work upstairs - the last of the really messy work, I hope. He's hacked and scraped huge quantities of low-grade cement and crumbling mud from between the stones of the upper living-room walls, and is now pointing them. It's a horrible job in the current temperature, especially as the cement mixer (for the chaux, not for cement) is out in the garage. Yesterday was cloudy and cold; last night was clear and extremely cold; today we haven't yet achieved zero Celsius, and the sun is brightly reflected from the white lawn.
Last night was very cold, but so clear. The sky was stunning, so bright with stars that it was hard to pick out constellations. Sadly, much too cold to take out the telescope!
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Last night was very cold, but so clear. The sky was stunning, so bright with stars that it was hard to pick out constellations. Sadly, much too cold to take out the telescope!
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