Haunted by Beauty

This blog has legs in it

Testing!!

Amazing this thing keeps going

Pepsi projectile

Morrisons Ebbw Vale packing my shopping.

Large Chav gent and girl seem to know the young cashier.  He says to her

Dai is bad  'e 'av 'ad too much pop

Cashier: Wo? real pop or beer like...

Chav : Real pop

Hows tha' then?

You know you has them big pepsi bottles buy one get two free? ''im an \'is missis bought a load and when he got 'ome he downed one in one go. Course he vomited back up all over the floor.  "is missis run to clean it up slipped on it and banged 'er 'ead.  So he calls an ambulance and when it gets there the driver slips on the vomit and 'ee' 'urt isself........

I had to leave at that point.  Who in their righjt mind would down a a 2 litre bottle in one go?

We walk the same streets as these people.

Photos

Photos of the holiday in August in the gallery
1. London to Paris on Eurostar 2 nights in Gay Paree in hotel opposite a neon sign proclaiming SEXY SHOP
2. Train to Lausanne Switzerland hotel by Lake Genevea 2 nights
3. Train to Milan a night there Great hotel £80 the night for two free minibar top class gear, massive breakfast http://www.hotelberna.com/ then;;
4. Train to Venice 12 nights at camping di venezia
Massive site but very good 90% German ! like being on holiday in Germany..
Saturday night entertainment like a bier keller They had a quiz on the stage hundreds of germans I went up and had a go won a bike. Grabbed the mic and said I can't tek it home as i'm on a plane so i am offering it up to whoever can answer this quiz question.
Are you all ready?
"Ja!!.."
Who won the second world war?
I can't remember much after that.

Thieving git

I was stood outside the local shop today preparing to choose veggies when a big old blackbird perched on the cherry box and began stuffing his beak with cherries.
Aaron in the shop says he waits in the morning when he opens the shop and helps himself throughout the day

still posting

And it's all free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Testing, testing,,,,

Following controversy on the footymad board this a test post.
I probably have time to do this as i am recovering from an apendixectomy that was completely unforeseen and undeserved. Been able to pass time with various matter provided by fat Bwddha (welsh spelling)- not a dud in the whole box of fireworks so far.

I would have posted a picture of the inflamed appendix but they chucked it away while I was unconscious.

Cambridge

Mrs Harford wanted a tikki for Acorn Antiques the musical for Christmas so I obliged by getting them for cambridge. Had a lovely four days there last week. Sunny cold days perfect for looking at the archimertecture.

Stayed in the gardens House Hotel. Very good 4 star at a cheapish price jacuzzis steam rooms and stuff.
Staff were all eastern european very obliging and friendly. Asked for free upgrade to a riverside room which was also bigger and got it with a smile.

Main hazard here is being run down by girlies on bikes who smile sweetly as they gasp sorry. "No no problem, please feel free to do it again"

Town and Gown still seems to exist. The shopping area around the colleges being larger stores and designer / artisan shops. We needed to buy a camera with Argos vouchers mrs Harford had stuffed down her stockings and were directed to the Grafton Centre. This was what "I believe our American cousins call a Mall M'lud" it was a sniffily respectful distance away from Academe and housed the Chav area Elizabeth Duke, Superdrug, etc.

Went past St Johns College and recalled staying with Jonny Bygraves brother there when he was doing a PHd. What a mad weekend. Some seriously intelligent people there tho. He was hanging around a lot with a cove called Pete De Bolla who went to dinner with at the casserole house. He struck me as an odd character- refusing beer for giant ice cream sundaes and licking the glass out. He was obviously networking like mad and mapping out his future- mr Bygrave marked him out as a high flier. Turns out he still likes his Grub big time He had a Butcher Dad as well. he is also a Wine buffsee fellows.
He is also a smart cookie
Not that I am obsessed or anyfing like.
You can see some nice pictures in the Album entitled Feb 2007
On the Sunday went to Ely Cathedral for choral evensong and Mrs H discovered why it is my favourite building in the whole wide world. Old pete De Bolla has this sussed In his book reviewed here “being struck dumb” by a work of art reminds me of my first Brown and Mild

Snowday!

Lots of whitestuff here, haven't bothered going to work worked at home instead. In the 'olden days' this would have been a skive day. Now thanks to Email and laptops it is working at home day.
Still had a couple of nice walks in the snow to the shops at dinnertime.
The demon headmaster at the local school forced the kids to in despite dire weather warnings and finally threw in the towl around 12-30 when the snow was up to their arses.

Town nicely deserted today with cars crawling along the A40 sleety rain coming down at the moment which may thaw it a bit as my car is stuck down the street.

The cat has mostly been asleep on the fish tank (his current favourite hammock, picture in album) except for short sojurns of wading shoulder high through snow having been deposited there by the kids for their entertainment.