With nothing major
planned for the daylight hours we had a bit of a lie-in this morning.
Whilst the lazing in bed is OK, for me it does come with a feeling of
precious time being wasted. So we got up shortly after 9am to find
heavy rain outside, and so wasted the morning in other ways. Browsing
Facebook over brekkie saw off half an hour, as did doing a couple of
on-line surveys.
I then went round to B&Q.
Fudge does like his toys, but is destructive with them.. And dog toys
aren't cheap. So I had this stroke of genius that I might get a
length of rope from B&Q and plait it. Fudge could then have a
cheap toy. I got a metre of rope for ninety-eight pence and plated
it. Fudge seemed happy with the makeshift toy and set about it with a
vengeance. It was un-plated within five minutes and in several pieces
in less than half an hour.
Mind you I stand by the
initial brainwave. It's a good idea in theory. If any of my loyal
readers have any odd bits of rope laying about (the thicker the
better) please send them in our general direction.
With the rain showing no
sign of letting up I wandered up to the post office's collection
depot. I had a parcel that needed to be picked up. I got there top
find the biggest queue there that I have ever seen. People were
queueing out of the office back almost onto the street. And in a
novel break with their usual practice they were insisting on seeing
I.D. before handing over the parcels. Whilst this is a good thing in
theory, in practice I would question just how valid a Tesco clubcard
can be as a form of identification. But, like everyone else in the
queue, I vaguely waved a Tesco clubcard in the air and got my parcel.
It was a charger and two spare batteries for my mobile phone. That
will save me the trouble of having to lug my telescope's power pack
about the next time I want to use the GPS on my phone for more than a
couple of hours.
A spot of lunch, and with
no sign of the weather improving we put on coats and took Furry Face
for a walk. He needed to get out, and so did I. We went on a "round
the block" walk for a couple of hours; obviously calling in
at a few geocaches along the way. Once home "er indoors TM"
went for petrol, and I spent half an hour with a smelly wet dog fast
asleep on my chest.
Friends soon arrived, and
two carfuls drove round to the abode of "the man with no
alias (patent pending)" where we picked up three more
carfuls of friends. We then went in convoy to Rye where we eventually
managed to park and met up with even more friends. With over
twenty-five people assembled we had chips and then cheered as the
bonfire procession came past. It was a shame that the Cliffe bonfire
group were missing certain friends; their absence was noted by
several people.
With the procession gone
past us we made our way down to the bonfire area. Not as easy as it
sounds. There were serious crowds to get through, and keeping
twenty-odd people together was somewhat akin to herding cats. But
with a little help from my scrolling LED app we eventually got
everyone together. "er indoors TM"
cracked open the mulled wine (very tasty) and we watched the
bonfire and fireworks.
This year's Rye bonfire
parade was great. The procession seemed shorter than usual; the town
seemed more crowded that usual. The fireworks were as good as any I
remember from the past. A great evening with friends. As always there
are photos of the event if you know where
to look.
It's only a shame that
this year's bonfire's season is now over...
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