This isn't exactly a *how to leave the flat* post. Not enough of you are currently being entertaining or available, so I think I will have to prize myself from the sofa. I'm still really knackered, but I'm worried that might be due to inactivity now rather than exertion. I'm going to have a walk on Hampstead Heath using the fuel that is caffeine. ( Read more... )

Lovely date with reddragdiva on Tuesday/Wednesday. We set of from mine to Hampstead Heath (214 bus to Parliament Hill Fields) and had a slow stroll for two miles or so. It was good to show him one of my favourite places and do something with him that is more my cup of tea than his. We had a bit of a picnic at the circle of trees where I got hand-fasted to foibey, ( Read more... )

This afternoon I went for a walk on Hampstead Heath in the rain.

Me looking wet.

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I want this hat! There are some really cool and practical looking ones here, but I imagine shipping prices would be prohibitive ( Read more... )

I am scared of the living things in the water when I swim. It's silly, I know. When I was a kid, I encouraged myself to swim faster by imagining I was being chased by a shark. I know that there isn't anything dangerous living in the swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath (apart from when the bacteria levels get too high sometimes in the summer), but I'm ( Read more... )

Off to see flippac in Nottingham today. I'm really looking forward to getting the train; it's such a treat. Now I've got my disabled railcard (with a resultant 1/3 off fares), I shall be using the train more than the coach. It's so much more comfortable. But I want you to join in a chorus with me as one (shout at your computer): "But you don't look ( Read more... )