The all new Saturday afternoon to stop the moaning oldies thread...

[Nick]

Send LL down there and see if she comes back

[Nick]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7602188.stm

That spider.I was going to comment that the whole thing felt very "French".

Then I read this

There was some disappointment earlier on Saturday when crowds turned up outside the Cunard building expecting a show which never materialised.

Spider to reawaken

Nicky Webb, a director of Artichoke - the company producing the show - blamed the mix-up on cultural differences and said the French artists never intended to stick to a schedule.

She said: "For them the story is a piece of magic. They want the spontaneity of things not running according to our British clockwork... it doesn't work like that with a show like this."

Of course, of course

[Snoopy]

Of course if you had a television to watch you would have prolly known it was FRENCH ~ we all did 

[Barman]

Not any more

[Just One More]

The sun's finally shown itself, so off in the Cotswolds direction. Prompted by Snoopy's thread on lavender, armed with cameras, late lunch out, Snowshill and a couple of National Trust properties may beckon

http://www.snowshill-lavender.co.uk/cm/

[Pastis]

Have you been to Snowshill Manor?  Extraordinary collection of exotic stuff there... 

[Nick]

Mrs Nick has gone to a reunion of her convent school.

Sounds

 

[Snoopy]

Apple Juice and rock cakes I 'spect.

The only reason for going to a reunion is to see how much all those you feared have aged. With nuns that must be a problem 'cos until they reach the later "Mother Teresa" stage they all look the same age.

[Pastis]

Saturday afternoon ...



 

[The Moan Ranger]

Another daying sunning my arse by the pool, drinking and making paper aeroplanes with RAF ensignias on them, then floating them gently across to the Kraut side of the pool. Yes, I know it's childish...

[Snoopy]

Saturday afternoon ...



 

Oh dear ~ and the buggers never let go. They kept sending me those for 7 years after I was "retired". Just would not stop no matter what I said then one year they didn't send one ...... I never asked why. Seemed rude to if you know what I mean.

[Just One More]

Have you been to Snowshill Manor?  Extraordinary collection of exotic stuff there... 

Last time I was at Snowshill Manor was two years ago. It was a baking hot day and as it was a terraced garden on a steep hillside I remember being totally s*****d out when we got back to the top. I've never ventured into the house as we usually take a long time around gardens leaving little time to venture inside

We never got up that way today either. We called in at Littlecote House and spent a bit longer than expected there. Lechlade on Thames was as far as we got, but an early evening meal was enjoyed rather than late lunch. I'm sat here now knowing that I'll probably get the munchies just after ten tonight, just as the supermarkets close

[The Moan Ranger]

Today I shall be mostly lying in the sun, drinkin beer, swimming and reading.

And hopefully winning on the Gold Cup at Ayr.

[Pastis]

I've always suspected that section of wall in the hall kept secrets, sounded like plasterboard, not masonry. Today's the day with the help of handy Andy (Prince among chippies) we ventured into a century old hidden space 

I have to concentrate when conversing with handy Andy because he sounds just like Dud as in Pete & Dud, and it wouldn't take much for me to start taking doing an E.L. Whisty...

"I'm wondering, Andy, that if you remove that supporting strut it could be significantly detrimental... the wall might collapse, and with it, the rest of the building, shortly followed by the end of civilisation as we know it..."

"Yes. That'd be awkward, it being a Saturday 'n' all... "   

Fortunately all is well and by tea time he has the best part of a cupboard carcass in place, doors to arrive next week and complete repainting of the hall next weekend.

Meanwhile... it looks like a building site... "I'll cover those marks with stain fix... they won't come through when we paint next weekend."

 

[Snoopy]

  A day well spent then