Good news everybody, having thoroughly tested them I can confirm that my new waterproof trousers are indeed waterproof. With there being no sign of the monsoon abating on Saturday, eventually I had to bite the bullet and make the effort to go and get wet. I've said before that walking in the rains not so bad, at least you can dress up and stay dry, so a few miles around Watership Down seemed like a good idea. I say seemed like a good idea, as it's pretty exposed in parts and at times the rain being thrown horizontally at me was almost deafening as it bounced off my hood. Never one to shy away from a challenge, the more it rained the more of an adventure it became and I managed a good 12 miles round the local countryside before I saw sense and headed for home. There's something incredibly satisfying about being out and about when the weathers bad, and it doesn't get much worse than that. Sunday morning didn't seem much better weather wise, but after an early start (more of which later) it looked like there might be a gap in the bands of rain lashing the house as long as I got out and got on with it early. So that's what I did, a quick bit of breakfast and out the house as it got light. How wrong could I be. Weather gap my arse! The wind was viciously strong and the rain continued to try it's best to drown all the fun out of it. I'm not being beaten by a bit of rain though, so carry on and keep smiling. Despite the weathers best efforts I managed 13 fairly pleasant miles around the local roads, dodging the puddles and trying to stay upright. However you look at it that's better than nothing and beats sitting on the sofa staring at the idiot box scoffing biscuits! So why was I up early then? Well, Christmas is slowly creeping up on us and the best part of Christmas is Christmas pudding. The only problem with Christmas pudding is the length of time it needs cooking for, and with my plan being to make 2 small ones instead of 1 big one, there's the small problem of only being able to get one in the slow cooker at a time. With two, 7 hour simmers in the slow cooker to squeeze in, the first one needed to be in early if I was going to be getting to bed at a sensible time. The first one was in and simmering away by 06:30, leaving plenty of time for running, and if the smells anything to go by then were in for a real treat come Christmas. And if not, there's still a couple of last years shop bought offerings in the back of the cupboard! Whilst I was making a mess it seemed a shame not to knock up a quick cake, and if I'm making a cake, then the ovens on, so we might as well have home made pizzas for tea. Yummy! And that's about it for another weekend. Although for the next few weeks it's going to be one long weekend. I'm going to be between jobs for few weeks. Well I say between jobs, except it's more a case of I've left one job, and at the moment haven't got another one to go too. I've got plenty to be getting on with though, including project patio, if it ever stops raining, and I'm sure something will turn up sooner or later. It's all another big adventure and I can't wait to see where this one ends up! Late edit: Apparently Stir it up Sunday , the traditional day for making Christmas pudding is next Sunday and I'm supposed to have stirred from East to West, not just mush it around with a wooden spoon until it got bored. Which incidentally didn't take very long. So that's probably all my good luck used up for the next 12 months then.
Best I keep the waterproofs out, make sure I've got plenty of puncture patches on the bike and avoid ladders and black cats (which is difficult when there's one sat on the sofa with you) for a while!
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Paul PerrattOld enough to know better, young enough to still feel invincible, stupid enough to keep on trying the same thing again and again. Cyclist, Gardener, Runner, Hiker, Cook, Woodworker, Engineer, Jack of all trades and master of none, Anti social old git and all round miserable bugger. Archives
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