Apologies for no Bike last night. I did try to blog to explain things but on clicking on save, I got the dreaded, ‘This page can’t be displayed.’ I didn’t have the energy to retype it. There will be an episode today, I’ll finish the one I started last night before I zonked.
I drove to Wales and back yesterday to see my ex and repair her shed and to see my daughter. We did some shopping, for food and bits needed to fix the shed, had lunch at my daughter’s, got a couple of hugs and returned to my old house to screw screws and hammer nails.
I rehung the shed door and made repairs to the window. The roof needs recovering but she always says she’ll get someone in to do it. We’ll see, I have offered. My return trip was a bit hairy as I knew they were closing one of the roads I use. I made it to the roadworks ten minutes before closure, though I’m not entirely comfortable hammering down motorways at 90mph plus.
Back home after feeding to starving cats, I ate my dinner while watching Dr Who, then had more DIY to do—replacing the hinges on the toilet seat in the bathroom—it came loose when I used it that morning. By the time I’d bunged my lightweight quilt in the washing machine and sat down to write Bike, I was wilting fast. In the end, I gave up and went to bed after trying to blog about it to warn folks.
Will do better tonight.
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Dr Who, who?
Im going to have to look this up. Everyone keeps talking about Dr Who.
No one has the right to tell you that you can't be you.
Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is a British science fiction series that started back in the early 1960's and ran continuously until 1986, then was started again in 2005.
It's about a Time Lord called The Doctor. He usually has a companion or two with him (The Doctor has always been male) as they in his TARDIS (short for Time And Relative Dimensions in Space) who's camouflage circuit has been stuck so that it always looks like a blue British police call box.
The fandom for the show is huge. Any of the actors that have played The Doctor in the past are large draws at science fiction/comic or fantasy fan conventions. My opinion only, but British actor Tom Baker has been the best Doctor by far.
The official BBC Doctor Who site can be found at HTTP://www.bbc.com.uk/DoctorWho
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Angharad
Not comfortable at all ...
Out here in the wild West, there are some roads where one can drive 80 or 85 with out being ticketed, and I can do, but if on a leisure drive, I avoid the freeways.
I am happy that you get some contact with family.
Blessings
Gwen
Dormouses, Cats and R. Who
Hi,
First, welcome home. Driving at high speeds can be nerve wracking unless the roads were made for it. I bopped along for 500 miles yesterday at an average speed of 75 mph. The roads were big, wide, well constructed and everyone was moving along at roughly the same speed. So, there was little problem, and I arrived home in less than 7 hours.
AS for my cats and hunting, I do have to relate my experience with my mighty siamese tomcat. He did stay out for days on end, and all the kittens in the neighborhood looked like Bonzi. However, he was the world's worst hunter. On afternoon, he was sunning himself beneath the apple trees when a pair of rabbits began chasing each other. The hopped over and around him for several minute before chasing each other into the neighbor's yard. Their extraordinary antics aroused no interest in Toby. He did observe them for some time, before dropping his head onto his paws and renewed his nap.
As for Dr. Who, I have been a fan every since William Hartnell introduced the character. I have a full set of all the available programs both on tape and DVD. I do love the fact the the most recent programs have returned to Coal Hill School. The Dr's neice, Susan, was attending that school in the first episode. Ian and Barbara were teachers at the school and became the Dr's first companions.
Those who have denigrated it have never watched it. It has been a very nice sci-fi adventure in space and time. And, just when it begins to get predictable, the Dr regenerates, new companions appear and new story arcs begin. That's why it's lasted for 50 years. And, if the BBC can find a suitable heir for Stephen Moffat, it will continue into through the 21st century.
Red MacDonald