Landrover Tuesday

[cats' staff]

Morning all. slow start this morning as I don't need to leave for a while. I'm going to be a community governor at the local primary school so am visiting there at 9 to meet the head and the chair of governors and have a look round. I'm not quite sure what I've agreed to...........

The weather forecast is vile for this week. Rain, heavy showers, thundery rain - it is a bit much in July when the best bit of the forecast is light rain!

Have a good day people and start doing the reverse rain dance. We have the Festival of History coming up weekend of the 14th and a field full of soggy reenactors is not a pretty sight- the Romans get particularly upset as it takes them so long to clean and oil their armour.

[Kazz]

Morning...maybe I should curtsey when replying to a Governor enjoy the day.

You made me laugh when saying the Romans complain about the mud........at least your Romans can pack up and go home to the modern day.......the day sounds brilliant I like re-enactments.

I am home from work and just had a nice bacon and egg sarnie took Sal out and now going to bed...plans include ...out tonight (if I get up)
Paying the balance of the cruise tomorrow then meal with my friend discuss the cruise I imagine....excited.
Lunch with a couple of friends on Thursday.....and interview at the college too - still waiting for the letter for the times.

Just realised a lot of my social life includes meals......GREAT EH

See you later...............

[MrsH]

Poor old Romans with their muddy gear it reminds me of when I was teaching as I had a couple of Latin classes. In the course book that we were using the Romans at one point were complaining about being stationed in Britain "pluit, iterum pluit, semper pluit" (it's raining, it's raining again, it's always raining)

I've got a poorly toe, I scraped it the other day when out with the dog (I was wearing sandals ) and the graze hasn't healed yet, is a bit oozy and the toe is rather red. I do hope it's not infected I bathed it with Hibiscrub solution last night and already it looks quite a lot better, drier and not so red. I suppose I really should get the dr to have a look at it though.

Off to P@H sometime today for a few bits and pieces, hope everyone gets better weather soon!

[angieh]

Morning CS, Kazz and anyone who patters along later ..... this forum has been SO QUIET lately.

Another un-summer day here - the usual. I also grinned at the thought of Romans getting miffed about the rain and mud. Didn't think the foot soldiers had armour, just leather jerkins? My history mightn't be up to much .....

Not sure why this came into my head:

Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode,
The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road.
A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire,
And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire;
A merry road, a mazy road, and such as we did tread
The night we went to Birmingham by way of Beachy Head.
(The Rolling English Road by G.K. Chesterton)

I'm sure that's why the roadmakers were plastered all the time - either mud or gin!)

That's cheered me up - have a good day folks!

PS. Sorry MrsH, I didn't mean to ignore you - sorry to hear about your toe, hope it heals up quickly. Sandals woman? You must have been a bit mad that day!!!

[MrsH]

I often wear sandals when it's raining Angie on the principle that the rain drains out quickly and with sandals there's not much leather to have to dry out

[angieh]

I can see your reasoning MrsH - my toes would be purple with the cold though!!!

[Kazz]

On the sandals theme...I have a friend who has been gardening in a swimcostume in the rain, refusing to give in to the weather...........madness springs to mind.

Hope your toe improves MrsH...

Angie I have never seen/read that before "Birmingham by way of beachy head"...........very good.


My plan to go out tonight has failed I did not get up well I did about 6pm I was tired though I refuse to rush just having a bit of a potter then maybe take advantage of late night shopping as I am tomorrow evening, and now going out for coffee tomorrow afternoon instead of tonight. My iterview at college has arrived its 5pm Thursday - going out on Thursday lunchtime - its all go on my days off......

Have a good evening all.