Ah well, Christmas lunch is in progress with the temporal precision that only Microsoft Project can give. Only joking! I used Excel. If it goes wrong, I shall cook Bill Gates and feed him to the local wildlife. I know what to shove in, take out, unwrap, nuke, steam, roast and prod. The extremely rich christmas pudding will be steamed. And when it's all over and I'm seeing double after the wine, I shall collapse and vow never to do that again... not until next year anyway. ...
It has been 9 (nine) days since I last rode my motorbike. It will be at least another 5 (five) days until I get the chance, weather permitting. I shall try not to strangle anybody in the meantime. Hotel Chocolat has run out of champagne truffles. The world is ending. Anybody'd think they were being run by local government CEOs and councillors. Goose fat! The washing machine is double plus good, completely silent except for its happy chirrupy chimes when ...
"The view was all in lines, up and down..." It was rather fine driving down the A21 between Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells yesterday - very picture postcard with snow-coated fields and trees either side and the sunlight just right to cause that whiter-than-white glow. It's not so good in the garden however. The large, unpruned (due to cowardice on my part) bush, which partially obscures the bird feeder, has collapsed due to the weight of snow and ice. I'm ...