May 27, 2009

Spring Sunshine - Suntan Is Possible

The weekend was more or less sunny all of the time which caused the inevitable phenomenon of an out break of flip-flops, shorts and T-shirts. We desisted! It was nice and warm - well worth a picnick in the park along with our fellow urbanites. In fact Sue did get a bit of a suntan.

Monday saw us strolling across the meadows in the Stannage - Hathersage area. The woods were all a-bluebell and lushly green ... what more could we ask for? Picnicking in the field behind North Lees Hall is one of our favorite pastimes

Tuesday I visited The Edge climbing centre. Fantastic! I'm told that the old-n-bold use Tuesday and Thursday mornings to climb and no doubt shoot the breeze - I'll have to test this out next week.

Technology wise the Acer netbook just stopped with no indication of it's desire to withdraw its labour - what a ...


Politics wise we're a bit troubled by the BNP vote-for-us adds on the TV. Sadly, they'll appeal to a large number of simple folk and not just the nutters. Nothing like an Us-versus-Them campaign with a whiff of cordite from WW2, "Your mums and dads fought for ..." All very worrying.