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Indicators

They are not difficult to use, are they? I have never had any trouble doing so.
So why do so many other people not use them?

Simone and I walked today, as we often do, past Morrisions. There is a small roundabout there, and the traffic comes off the dual carriageway. We stopped at the central bollard in the road, and watched to our left for cars. A Clio pulled off the dual carriageway, and as he had no indicator we assumed he was going past us and over the roundabout, and edged out while watching him anyway.

Well, he came straight for us, having turned left...without indicating. He wasn't going so fast he was a danger to us, so I stood my ground in the road so he had to slow down and move over to get past me. As he approached I gesticulated to him that he should have used that small lever behind his wheel, but he looked at me as if I had two heads.

Simone and I shouted at him, and then went on our way. Glancing back she noticed he had stopped!
He was gesturing at us through his rear window to go over to him. Well he didn't need to ask me twice. I went over to the passenger side, and he asked what my problem was!

I told him he had not indicated, and asked if he knew where it was...and told him if it was too difficult for him to use it, he shouldn't be driving. The woman in the passenger seat told us he had indicated, and Simone asked how the hell she knew...she wasn't driving!

Well he defended, and we told him he was an idiot.

I have wanted to have a go at a driver for not indicating for ages...it annoys me almost more than anything else on the roads.

I enjoyed that.

Tealby...and the Mazda

Tealby is a village about 20 miles from Grimsby, and Simone and I drove out to take a walk there last Thursday.
The man buying the Mazda was due to collect it at lunch time, so we had a while to wonder around, with camera in hand.

Or so we thought. Neil rang me when we had been out of the car all of 4 minutes to say the car man wa due in half an hour!

Neil was due at work, so Simone and I drove all the way back again.

Oh well....I managed a couple of cute pictures of the village, and we will go back another time.

The Mazda was collected, and I was sad to see it go.

Snowdrops and Snoop

When these appear, it feels like spring may be on the way, yet it is possible they are lulling us into a fasle sense of springness..

The last couple of years they have been the prelude to bitter temperatures and snow.

However, so far so good. This week has been quite mild, with sunshine thrown in!

This might be why Snoop has gone walkabout for a week.

He has gone of for up to 4 days before, and comes in hungry, eats, sleeps, and settles down again for weeks on end before wondering off again. The first time he went I was really worried about him. But the more he has done it the less worried I am.

So a week has still not got me overly concerned about him. I suspect he is being fed elsewhere, but I will check the Blue Cross hospital tomorrow anyway, just in case.

Reggie is missing him lots though, and in the first few days he wondered around calling for him, and sticking his head out of the cat flap looking for him outside. He has settled down a little now, but I can tell he still misses him.

Snow at Last

It started at lunch time, lightly at first, and within an hour was big fat walnut sized lumps. Lovely!

It then snowed constantly until about 9pm, and we ended up with about 2 inches. Morgan braved it and attempted a snowman, while I covered my camera with a plastic bag and snapped a few shots before losing the feeling in my fingers.

Now of course the roads are slippery and icy, and it's looking rubbish. It rained a while ago, so no doubt it will all be gone by this evening.

That's the way I like it. The delight in snow is the falling and immediately afterwards. As soon as it's walked all over, that it for me.

Neil and I got up, showered, rushed coffee, and were ready to get Morgan to rugby nice and early. Then I got a text saying the pitch is frozen, so all games and all training is off.

I would ordinarily have been a bit peeved, seeing as I'd got out of bed for nothing, but the sun is out today, and we are now ready to do stuff. It feels quite good.

So, what's the first job I did today? Unblocked the kitchen drain. Nice. The paving slabs are very slippery today, and the water standing in the drain was bitterly cold. It didn't take long though, thankfully.

After Reggie's pond dip the other evening, Neil broke up the ice on the pond this morning so that if he attempted it again, the ice would move. It was about an hour later that we went out to tackle the drain, and it had frozen over again already.

Lasagne

My lasagne has been a huge hit with Neil and the kids. Well, not Taylor...he hates cheese.

I happened to mention this to Jennie, and she told me that she and the boys love lasagne, so an invitation was natural!

Today I cooked two large dishes of the meal, and Jennie supplied the salad. The only problem was the pasta. I used a different kind today, and it took longer to cook, so the whole dish took half an hour longer than usual. The food was still lovely, although less moist. Tom enjoyed it....he had two helpings!

Then Jennie set up the chocolate fountain. Oh my word! Once melted the chocolate flowed and we coated marshmallows, strawberries, and white grapes. Pure indulgence, and a lovely treat, although now I have drops of solid chocolate scattered around the kitchen floor!!

Oh, and half way through the evening, Reggie came flying through the cat flap trailing water behind him. He had fallen in the pond! He looked like a drowned rat, and was shivering. I scooped him up in a large towel and warmed him up. Poor little thing must have had such a shock, and I hope he now knows he cannot walk across the ice!