Haha - yes, I see the irony. She is an example to me. I mean, I like you lot, but you can't beat IRL. In my partial defence, I have taken the youngest two climbing but am unable to join in due t… (View Post)

Too hot to sleep at night, but weirdly too hot to stay awake during the day. Actually I'm loving it. (Though I am in tge temperate North West, not the tropical South East.) I love this weather i… (View Post)

... which leads me on to a brief self indulgence to celebrate my 10,000th post. If you'll kindly forgive the self-indulgence, I want to report a scene I saw today. Middle daughter, recently star… (View Post)

Happy Birthday Rochdale! You have had a better start to the day than rkrkrk, so you are already winning. (View Post)

I went to Millom in 2008. My first impressions were, gosh, this isn't pretty. This isn't Windermere; this isn't even Ulverston. The strange red colour. The feeling of being a long, lon… (View Post)