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rain, rain, go away!
Interesting day. This morning I went up to St Fagans, where the World Field Archery Championship finals are being held, today and tomorrow. Met a couple of very nice little old ladies on the bus, visiting from North Wales, and got chatting - which was especially nice because then once we got to the museum they bought me a cup of tea in the coffee shop! Hee. I can find people to talk to just about anywhere. Which is weird, because go back even ten years and I wouldn't have started talking to a stranger for love nor money.
Anyway. St Fagans. It was wet. Very, very wet. I met up with a rather soggy![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
femsc, who was being a marshal at the event, and distracted her from her rain-soaked work for a while. I also spent quite a bit of time ducking in and out of the various farmhouses because, and this is the reason St Fagan's is such a great place even in the pouring rain, they always have such lovely roaring open fires. Perfect for drying off in front of! Plus, the museum staff manning the houses appreciate having someone to talk to for a little bit, and usually have really interesting stories to tell about the exhibits.
Of course, as soon as I got on the bus to return home, it immediately stopped raining, and was dry most of the afternoon, although still very gloomy. Hopefully that would have made life a little more comfortable for the competitors and field marshals at the tournament - did you get dry at all,femsc?
On the drive home I couldn't help noticing that the river Ely had burst its banks in places, and the Taff didn't look far behind. That was a little worrying - I haven't seen the Taff so swollen in years, not since the barrage was built across the Bay! The barrage is meant to prevent any serious flooding in the city, as the sluice gates can be opened when the rivers are very swollen, to release the water pressure a little. But, of course, that can only happen when the tides are right. It's all very complicated. There has been a lot of flooding up in the valleys today.
In Other News, I am looking after the Foreign Naked Neighbours' kitten for the next fortnight. The girl, Rosa, knocked my door yesterday morning to ask me, rather urgently since they were leaving that afternoon. Seems the person they had arranged to come in to check on the kitten had been called back to Portugal by a family crisis, and they didn't know who else to ask. And it is easy enough for me - their back door is all of five feet across from mine! But when I went in for the first time this morning, my little Poppy was horrified. She started flinging herself at the door in fury that I should go into a strange place without letting her come and see what I was doing. *G* The kitten, Socks, is adorable - only about 4 months old, if that, so very young to be left alone. And I don't think she's had all her injections yet, so she shouldn't really mix with other cats, although she has played with Poppy out the back a few times over the summer. I'll have to make sure I check her at least a couple of times every day, while she's on her own.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day even without checking on Socks, though, as I am off to London at the crack of dawn to see the very first UK showing of Ten Inch Hero. Here's hoping for a dry day!
Anyway. St Fagans. It was wet. Very, very wet. I met up with a rather soggy
femsc, who was being a marshal at the event, and distracted her from her rain-soaked work for a while. I also spent quite a bit of time ducking in and out of the various farmhouses because, and this is the reason St Fagan's is such a great place even in the pouring rain, they always have such lovely roaring open fires. Perfect for drying off in front of! Plus, the museum staff manning the houses appreciate having someone to talk to for a little bit, and usually have really interesting stories to tell about the exhibits.Of course, as soon as I got on the bus to return home, it immediately stopped raining, and was dry most of the afternoon, although still very gloomy. Hopefully that would have made life a little more comfortable for the competitors and field marshals at the tournament - did you get dry at all,
femsc?On the drive home I couldn't help noticing that the river Ely had burst its banks in places, and the Taff didn't look far behind. That was a little worrying - I haven't seen the Taff so swollen in years, not since the barrage was built across the Bay! The barrage is meant to prevent any serious flooding in the city, as the sluice gates can be opened when the rivers are very swollen, to release the water pressure a little. But, of course, that can only happen when the tides are right. It's all very complicated. There has been a lot of flooding up in the valleys today.
In Other News, I am looking after the Foreign Naked Neighbours' kitten for the next fortnight. The girl, Rosa, knocked my door yesterday morning to ask me, rather urgently since they were leaving that afternoon. Seems the person they had arranged to come in to check on the kitten had been called back to Portugal by a family crisis, and they didn't know who else to ask. And it is easy enough for me - their back door is all of five feet across from mine! But when I went in for the first time this morning, my little Poppy was horrified. She started flinging herself at the door in fury that I should go into a strange place without letting her come and see what I was doing. *G* The kitten, Socks, is adorable - only about 4 months old, if that, so very young to be left alone. And I don't think she's had all her injections yet, so she shouldn't really mix with other cats, although she has played with Poppy out the back a few times over the summer. I'll have to make sure I check her at least a couple of times every day, while she's on her own.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day even without checking on Socks, though, as I am off to London at the crack of dawn to see the very first UK showing of Ten Inch Hero. Here's hoping for a dry day!
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On another note: My S3 DVDs have been shipped today! YAY! *g*
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Edit - and obviously you will get a full report afterward. *G*
I'm just hoping it is a little drier than today has been. We've had a month's worth of rainfall in 24 hours! \o/ There's a lot of flooding outside the city, and even within the city the rivers are swollen and bursting their banks. Surely it has to dry up soon!
YAY for DVDs! You'll be able to have a DVD quality re-watch just in time for the new season!
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LOL yeah it's been raining here like mad as well, interrupted by short humid periods of sunshine. The weather was kind of mad this summer. /sigh
Yup, can't wait to have them in my hands. They will also come just in time after finishing my complete X-Files marathon. LOL All I did over this hiatus the was watching SN S1-3 .. X-Files S1-9 and then SN again. Madness! ;)
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Sunshine? What is that? Haven't seen the sun for such a long time! Sometimes it is dry...but the sky is still grey. Man, this weather is depressing. Knowing my luck I'll get soaked walking to the bus tomorrow, and then be damp all day.
Heh. You watched the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well, remember. But yeah, ten seasons of X-Files is rather a lot to get through in one summer!
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I am working on that getting rich thing .. will happen any minute now ... *taps foot, waiting*
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I got my camera out when it stopped raining - which might have been a mistake because it promptly started again...
I'm finally dry, having had a lovely hot shower. And I've finally managed to get a hot cup of tea inside me. I'd like to say it will be better tomorrow - but I've got a feeling I'd be lying :(
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At least it was dry for a little while this afternoon, and the event didn't have to be called off early. Did you have any trouble getting home, with so many roads flooded?
I shall keep my fingers crossed that tomorrow might be a little drier, at least. Roll on Sunday, if not!
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Thanks.
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How nice of you to care for your neighbor's cat. Even if it does make Poppy a little jealous. *G*
Have fun at the TIH screening!
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...hang on. Didn't you just have flooding in your area not long ago? Water falls in all the wrong places when it comes, I guess.
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(takes breath) Sorry, didn't mean to rant at you. I'll put the kettle on. Chocolate cookie/biscuit anyone?
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Surely we DO have the technology to transfer water, and it's not right that one part of the world can be struggling to survive because they have too little water, while another is struggling because they have too much of it. *shakes head* I'll have one of those cookies now, please. :)
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Hope you're having a fab time in London. x
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