Wednesday, September 7, 2022

They look so young.

A glorious dawn followed in quick succession by torrential rain which soon morphs into the mother of all thunder storms. Within an hour of going out we've experienced summer and autumn with a brief detour into winter. 


Angus and Sophie manage to get a good fifty minute walk done before the heavens open. This morning we don't see another living soul but a herd of a dozen deer watch us from the brow of the hill. In France they would have run away as soon as they saw us. Here they seem unconcerned. Could it be the lack of organized hunting makes them less afraid ?


The replacement electrical cables arrived by courier. Angus gets both tv's working. 'The Font' observes that one of them has been damaged in the move. The pixels on one side have completely gone leaving a black empty space where the picture should be. What's the betting it's too late to claim on the insurance ? There's always some small print that says 'all damages must be recorded and reported within 24 hours of delivery'. The good news is that the smaller, older tv works.Netflix and Amazon Prime both continue to beam in  French programmes. I shall change to a UK contract this week.


If life in a small French village provided Sophie with open spaces to roam in then life in a small Scottish village does so ten times over. She can run free for miles in every direction. The family diva has decided that 'her' sleeping spot is a rug in the drawing room. Dog owners will recognize this as the 'sacrificial rug' that will never be pristine again.

A baby flamingo learning to stand on one leg :https://twitter.com/Yoda4ever/status/1566781947312885761

11,000 students have arrived in a town half that size. They all look so young ... and take up all the parking spots :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxMU1MwPX_0


10 comments:

WFT Nobby said...

There is plenty of organised culling of deer in the Highlands of Scotland but not perhaps on the east coast. I love the pier walk video and all those red gowns flapping in the sea breeze.

Linda said...

I think the hunting difference is indeed that while there are organised culls in some areas, there isn't the weekly, all-season, large group communal hunting that happens in France.
When did the pier walk become a spectator sport? Not when our daughter was at St A only a few years ago. It seems to have become a "thing" among parents dropping off their offspring - parents then stay on to record charming vignettes of student life. I suspect the parking problem is caused by the parents more than the students.

Angus said...

Linda - You may be right. Parents this year seem to be lingering . In M&S this am some poor mother was weeping copiously at the self service checkouts as she was buying provisions for her daughter. The daughter was sensibly using this display of maternal emotion to ensure she had enough food to last through the apocalypse.

Jake of Florida said...

Have you found a storm drain where you can sit and discuss the problems of the world with Sophie?

Coppa's girl said...

That really is a spectacular sunrise, and a very colourful poppy!
I too, wondered about the storm drain discussions, but perhaps you can find a
comfortable rock overlooking the sea.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
Ah yes, the all-seasons-in-one-day syndrome. Once infected, never immune! YAM xx

Travel said...

I suspect you are in for a bit more wintery of a winter.

Gemma's person said...

A sunrise to live for...wowee!

Diaday said...

What a glorious way for you and Sophie to begin your day!

Megan said...


What memories those gowns bring back to me! The system for wearing was- 1st years fully on the shoulders; 2nd years one shoulder off; 3rd years both shoulders off; 4th years hanging down the back from the elbows. Tradition but boy did we need them in the sharp weather. I have still got mine in the attic but 40 years later it will be brought out to assist in the "keeping warm this winter challenge" Oh to have Sophie's coat, groomed or not.