Morning, Dear Reader.  It's been raining here, all night and this morning.  Woot!  And W00t again!  I went to water some of the rather wilted-looking plants in our yard the other day only to find nothing coming out of either water butt tap.  We only have a small yard, and a smaller garden, but we have two water butts and both were empty ( Read more... )

Having listed what I had in my bag to take with me (note, no knitting, last weekend really was too hot to be wrangling wool, even sock yarn during the day,) I left.  The bus came fairly promptly, which was when I realised I'd not packed my mobile phone and was thus unable to tell H, who was walking, well, anything.  The buses were running a Bank ( Read more... )

It's Early Spring Bank Holiday weekend here and it's sunny.  All three days.  And before and after.  UK Readers will know how unusual this is.  Interested non-UK Readers - that's what the Comments are for.  Ask and I'll explain ( Read more... )

Manchester is back open for business.  They've hosted an athletics event in the city already and will be having the Great Manchester Run tomorrow.  There are festivals, the FA Cup and various other major-crowd-drawing events on across the UK over the Bank Holiday weekend - list of some here  There is heightened security, though the Prime Minister ( Read more... )

Aujour d'hui le soleil brillait, which isn't actually as unlikely as it might sound for a Bank Holiday Monday.  Cue crowds down the various (very pebbly) local beaches and walking along the Front.  Actually I almost prefer pebbly beaches to sandy ones, provided the pebbles aren't too big.  They're comfortable(ish) to sit on, if Really Uncomfortable ( Read more... )

The warmth of early April is definitely over.  It's a woolly mitts day at the computer today.  Outside in the yard the honeysuckle is blowing around merrily and the forecast for the weekend is for wet.  April is going out like the proverbial March lion!  Well, what d'you expect?  This weekend is May Bank Holiday.  In England Bank Holidays are ( Read more... )

Bank Holiday: Business as usual

Today is our May Day Bank Holiday.  When this first became a public holiday it actually occurred on May Day, 1st May.  But that, like Christmas & New Year, shifts through the week, which upset Big Business (possibly upset small businesses too) so whatever the day May Day falls on, the Bank Holiday is now the ( Read more... )