27 September
And yet another Saturday is wasted! The travel agent
told me she would be able to sort us taking our walkers with when we go away
next month if I went in today. So, I turned up at the agents and had quite a
wait to be dealt with. However, I didn’t get to speak to the lass who dealt
with me before. The guy I spoke to today spoke to her and it seems that the ‘special
requests section’ (yes, I’ve never heard of them either,) are closed until
Monday. A bit of a pain really because we were hoping for a day in today. So
now she will phone us on Tuesday … we’ll see … … …
I took the chance and snapped few candid shots while I
was in town, not that any of them are any good like; again, we’ll see later. A
quick pint in the Felix Holt sat at a table where two of the biggest bigots I’ve
met for long time joined me. That was why it was a very quick pink pint indeed.
From there round to Asda and off round to the Anker where Jan and Kile joined
me.
As I’ve explained before, I have swapped to Nikon a SLR
because it is lighter than my Sony 77. OK ... fine … but luggage restrictions
on our holiday next month mean that I have change back to the 77 because I at
least have a 18-270 zoom lens for that one. So I shall take the 77, 18-270 and
my 10-24 wide angle lenses. Jan will take her 70-300 and her 30mm macro lenses.
That way we will cover most of what we might need.
I have a transport related history lesson for today.
As I sit here with the windows and back door open, I regularly hear the Virgins
trains expresses roaring along the line about half a mile away. The thought of
the proposed HS2 noise levels make me shudder. But none of this would have
happened if the Stockton to Darlington hadn’t been inaugurated in 1825. Later,
133 later, the onetime largest liner in the world, was launched on the River
Clyde.
I’m off to Diagon Alley for today’s photo …
Weasleys
shop.
And today’s funny …
Joe was a
steward for Fly High airlines. He watched as an older lady boarded the plane
holding a dog in a cage. “Excuse me,” said Joe “dogs are not allowed on board,
you have to check it in with the baggage.” The lady wasn’t happy, but Joe was
an experienced steward and succeeded in convincing the lady without much of a
scene. Upon arrival, Joe took a peek in the cage, and to his great surprise,
saw that the dog was dead! Frantic that they may get sued, Joe quickly sent one
of his underlings out to town to buy a dog that looked exactly the same. Just
in the nick of time the underling arrived with the dog They quickly switched
dogs and breathed a sigh of relief. “This isn’t my dog!” said the lady as soon
as she saw it. “I’m sure it is” insisted Joe “I was very careful about where I
put it.” “It’s not my dog” argued the lady, “you see, I was bringing my dog to
my home town to have him buried, and this dog is alive!”
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