Last night it snowed in London. Brrr!
It's October.
It was the first October snow for over 70 years and inevitably with freak or unexpected weather the whole place goes to pot.
Some poor soul died in an accident on the M40 this morning. The driver was involved in a collision with a lorry that lost its load of lard. Whilst the death is not remotely funny, what did raise a flicker of a smile was the idea of a lorry shedding its load in lard. Don't know why this tickled me, it just did and led me to thinking that...
I wish I could lose my load of lard.
I was at pilates on Monday night and the teacher told us to lie on our backs feet hip width apart. I proceeded to do so but soon she came over to me to readjust my feet placing because apparently my hips aren't a metre wide.
My hip bones that is. Turns out that my hips are in fact quite modest underneath generous layers of insulation.
Insulation or lard it's hard to tell!
Hey ho. Outdoor pursuits that can be done in a London lunch break diminuish somewhat in chilly temperatures like this. Likewise there is litte appeal of plunging into the work pool right now. I did go swimming yesterday but it's going to get harder and harder to do it now that it's so cold. Still at least there are blue skies and beautiful sunshine which makes the colour of the trees even more spectacular.
What would be do if we couldn't talk - and moan - about the weather?
It's October.
It was the first October snow for over 70 years and inevitably with freak or unexpected weather the whole place goes to pot.
Some poor soul died in an accident on the M40 this morning. The driver was involved in a collision with a lorry that lost its load of lard. Whilst the death is not remotely funny, what did raise a flicker of a smile was the idea of a lorry shedding its load in lard. Don't know why this tickled me, it just did and led me to thinking that...
I wish I could lose my load of lard.
I was at pilates on Monday night and the teacher told us to lie on our backs feet hip width apart. I proceeded to do so but soon she came over to me to readjust my feet placing because apparently my hips aren't a metre wide.
My hip bones that is. Turns out that my hips are in fact quite modest underneath generous layers of insulation.
Insulation or lard it's hard to tell!
Hey ho. Outdoor pursuits that can be done in a London lunch break diminuish somewhat in chilly temperatures like this. Likewise there is litte appeal of plunging into the work pool right now. I did go swimming yesterday but it's going to get harder and harder to do it now that it's so cold. Still at least there are blue skies and beautiful sunshine which makes the colour of the trees even more spectacular.
What would be do if we couldn't talk - and moan - about the weather?
4 comments:
I read about the load of lard and it made me smile too. And generous layers of insulation can be handy in this weather :-)
LOL. Generous words Zinnia :)
LOL. Generous words Zinnia :)
Where my sis lives on the continent she has heated outdoor pools. She's been in there before when it's snowing but the water's so warm they don't care. I wish we had those in the UK (where she is is colder than here in winter - she gets proper seasons, cold cold winters and hot hot summers!).
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