Brownies this evening did not quite go to plan. The police were seemingly occupied with things other than visiting us (riot vans for all...) so we had to find other ways to amuse ourselves ( Read more... )

I was going to go to church this morning. I went to bed in good time so as to be able to get up for nine o'clock mass ( Read more... )

I had a thankfully uneventful journey up to Crewe. I did almost have to beat someone with a crutch for shoving past me to get on the tube, but I managed to restrain myself. Because I'm good like that ( Read more... )

Still listening to the radio. Still very amused.

"Be so good as to have all the posh guests assemble in the dining car for 17:00"
"But that was two centuries ago."
"Oh okay, we'll do it now"

"Brilliant sir - arrest that wardrobe"

And so on...

Ah, the joy of Radio.

Please do not write: I have just laid claim to Belgium because we are connected to it by ferry...

"What sort of tattoo did you want then? [insert assorted designs designs]"
"Oh, nothing special, just 400 men in kilts marching about outside the castle playing the drums"

I am listening to The Now Show and rather a lot of it ( Read more... )

( Camp camp campy camp camp )

I woke up around seven this morning when the phone rang. About ten minutes later there was a knock on the door so I wriggled out of my sleeping bag & went to answer the door to find my aunt there. She'd come to collect Daniel so they could go up to town together but he was not yet ready so there was much Daniel-y leaping about in a bid to catch ( Read more... )

We have had a splendid Brownie planning meeting. We finished planning the term & allocated jobs. We discussed our last few bits of Unit admin. I am going to try to type up & send out the programme soon ( Read more... )

I did not want to get up this morning. At all. Not even a very little bit. I wanted to stay in my lovely wonderful comfy bed. But instead I had to get up and try to sort my room out a bit before Mr F arrived ( Read more... )

With the being-tired I have spent rather a lot of the time listening(ish) to an assortment of radio programmes...

I Am David, Round the Horne, Absolute Power, Mr Reliable...

I am David was an awfully good adaptation of the novel. But the (over)use of an asortment of comedy accents was slightly reminiscent of Allo Allo which is somewhat ( Read more... )