School snowed off!
How that cheered me up this morning.
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Wrekin, day two
7°C, frosty start again, some cloud this time.
Revisiting the Wrekin: this time with Hannah. In contrast there were far more people there, the sky had a thin layer of high stratus, there was less mist.
In the sunshine is was just about warm enough to sit and eat a packed lunch. One guy was doing this which made both dogs curious; he then ordered us in a patronising voice "take some responsibility for your dogs", so I said ok, then carried on as before; not to laughing until out of sight. I wondered later, how many people he said this to since a dog would have passed hime about twice a minute (there were that many people there).
These photos are also posted to my Flickr account, which is proving quite interesting. This is a worthwhile community, it takes itself quite seriously and doesn’t tolerate nonsense. My photos haven’t been reviews yet so they won’t appear on public lists, but that should be done sometime this week.
Computer: yesterday’s computer problems may be fixed. I took out a memory module and have not had a repeat crash/blue-screen. The modules seem rather loose in their slots, so perhaps the contacts aren’t secure enough. Perhaps later I will try putting the RAM card back in since I do miss that last 512Mb of RAM: (Currently running on 1024Mb).
Wrekin: on top of the world
7°C, clear
3 Peaks: today was the second of our training walks. The view from the top was a lot more than I expected. There was still low lying mist in the surrounding flat landscape. See pictures. The lowest lying land was thick with mist, in places unbroken mist had power lines poking through. In others, just the tops of trees.
PC plod: this is one poorly machine, I’m getting blue screens and fatal STOPs which is rare with Windows 2000. The codes in the error screen point to faulty RAM. though pulling the box apart and looking in suggests that the RAM cards are just not a very tight fit. Perhaps the contacts are poor, or generating noise.
Painting(yesterday): this is the first layer of linseed/paint in this picture. It all went on the guy’s face, nothing more has been added to the horse. It’s going to be hard to see the difference in this photo, but I am working on improving my photogrphic technique to make them clearer.
CD additions
11 heading for 0°C, clear.
New CDs added to the collection:
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Bought for the Samuel Barber Agnus Dei; a version rather different to that performed by ExCathedra which I would still like when they re-release it.
74mins of uninterrupted birdsong, unsullied by man-made music.Tawny Owls- could it be?
11°C, as grey as could be
Local Owls: in recent posts, I mentioned a certain Owl that can be clearly heard whilst walking the dogs. Stepping outside the house this evening, I clearly heard the self same call about 100yds in front. They seem to have relocated! Apparently what I’m hearing is a pair of birds, not one solo. They call to each other, I’m intrigued.
Reading up, the probability is that they are Tawny Owls.
grey, or is it gray?
7.5°C, grey overcast
Mixing it (BBC r3)is ending next week. Shame! My favourite radio show since it started in 1990. Tis bad news indeed; don’t know what I’ll do without them- they have been a majour source of ideas for new additions to my LP/CD collection.
Today’s mood is lead by the weather, it’s a black & white day, ideal for cycling – getting my normal speed back already which is surprising when I have been off the bike feeling ill as long as that. The roads are dry, grip on two wheels good and journeys to work light by some light from the clouds.
Catholicism and gays
9°C, thin cloud.
Interesting news thread: the argument between church and state is on the fron pages again. Here on the BBC is a brief summary.
Basically, the church are objecting to the requirement for anti-discrimination in the new Equality act. They want to carry on discriminating on the basis of some old anthology of short stories written by long lost authors. There are quite a few religions opposing this new law, none of them value equal rights- at least not in their leadership.
So far, the govt’ have been admirable on this issue.
To contrast- here’s a chuckle:
Woman gets 75,000 bank statements.
Woman gets 75,000 bank statements.
Grateful for my illness
6-10°C, light cloud, windy; c=60 miles
Ooh! I just noticed that we can post videos here! Scratches chin…
Out cycling, I met Rob, who I haven’t seen for quite a few years. He was recovering from a bout of ‘flu. We compared symptoms, as you do, and he was very grateful to hear of my experience, which it turns out, is the same has his. Why is this interesting- it’s not but I will continue anyway. He thought he was the only one to have a heavy cold that had a brief interlude before “going onto his chest”. Same here.
Buzzard of the day: today’s buzzard (said out-loud in the style of a certain Fast Show sketch) was seen over Catton Hall.
I’m alive….I’m alive!
-2°C, clear, winter has arrived.
Finally, recovery is here. Yesterday was the first time I felt alive again after over 2 weeks. That, was a long haul.
Now I can get on with it all. Even managed to finish that stubborn level in Company of Heroes. Wow.
this all, of course, means that I have only been cycling once this year. Thus explaining the blog-drought this last month. The rivers are still high.
Plucky duck
4°C, sunny spells, getting colder.
I’m getting worse as I get older, these lil’ animal stories. Look here, a duck with shotgun wounds that survived a couple of days in the fridge.
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