Having arranged to meet Hannah to go marching, march we did, although it was probably the teensiest march other of us had been on after our representatives did what we would have wanted them to […]
Archive | August, 2013
tine bling
Things to do with toothpicks 1: nail art at the Chinese.
tomatoes
Tomatoes and basil from the garden. The plants were a present from Liz and Martin, and have survived builders and builders’ rubble right through the summer. And they’ve still managed to produce this…
ponds, ponds
It’s been the most amazing summer for the ponds (the ladies’/women’s/wimmins’ pond). More visits this year than the last five together. I’ve been on my own, with Marion (ice cream and strawberries), with Alice (despite […]
messing about in boats
Lunch with Tim and Jenny – Albert (72ft wooden canal boat with original 2-stroke engine, chonk……. chonk……. chonk) is on a mooring near Maidenhead. We went half a mile upstream and moored on a little […]
culture
Meschac Gaba’s Museum of Contemporary African Art at the Tate – a wonderful series of themed rooms, each a museum of found objects, or street stalls, or musical instruments, or wedding photographs. Fantastic fun. In […]
judith’s flowers
Judith came, bearing flowers specially selected for their colour… she didn’t know the kitchen had turned yellow. It meant I had to do what I’ve been meaning to for ages – explore Brushes on the […]
giant’s causeway 4
Last day – the rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede. Very very high, originally with a hand-rope on one side only for shepherds to take their sheep across to (yes) Sheep Island. Fine if you don’t look […]
giant’s causeway 3
Rain threatened so we took the car to the Republic on the ferry and drove round the Inishowen coast and for a short moment were the most northerly two people in Ireland. Then on to […]
giant’s causeway 2
Sorted bus times, left the car at Portballintrae and walked the coast path to the Causeway. New award-wining visitor centre smaller than I’d imagined, but rather good. The causeway itself not surprisingly full of visitors […]