{"id":2932,"date":"2012-04-22T07:05:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T06:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2012-04-21T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T10:30:41","slug":"22-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/2012\/04\/22\/22-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"22 April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

More April showers this week followed by sunny intervals followed by more and more April showers! Good job there\u2019s a water shortage so that we can keep hold of all this water. Oh, I forgot \u2013 most of the rain is making its way into the rivers and streams and cascading its way merrily to the sea. Hosepipe bans for the indefinite future, I guess.<\/p>\n

We saw our first swallows of the season at the reservoir last Sunday \u2013 a couple of \u201cscouts\u201d skimming the surface catching bugs and\/or having a sip of water. We\u2019ve not spotted any inspecting our available units yet but no doubt we\u2019ll have a queue of prospective tenants any time now. Clearly we will have to inspect their references and take their security deposit but no doubt we\u2019ll find a few suitable young couples. It\u2019s always nice to see them back after their winter vacation in the sun.<\/p>\n

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The new shower is a dream and we\u2019re very pleased. I have to say, it\u2019s very, very sophisticated and clearly way too sophisticated for the likes of us. It\u2019s all digital these days \u2013 no tap to turn to initiate the flow \u2013 it\u2019s all controlled by a button which has a lovely blue light; when the light is flashing the water is not yet up to temperature \u2013 when the light stays on the water temperature is perfection. Press the button again and the water stops \u2013 it\u2019s magic!<\/p>\n

I took a photography course on Monday which was \u201cinteresting\u201d. I tend to think of myself as a relative novice when it comes to photography but I discovered, as the day wore on, that I actually know quite a bit. (Pity about the inability to apply any of this knowledge). The woman who ran the show is a professional photographer who apparently specialises in weddings (doesn\u2019t everyone?). She \u201cnormally\u201d charges \u00a3200 per person per day which I have to say would be an enormous rip-off if anyone actually paid that amount. What she does is to list her courses through Groupon offering them at \u00a330. Certainly the course was just about worth \u00a330; equally certainly it wasn\u2019t worth \u00a3200. I learned one or two \u201cnew\u201d things (or at least things that I was aware of but hadn\u2019t yet taken the opportunity to play with). The value of the course for me was being able to spend a day doing nothing apart from playing with the various settings on the camera. It\u2019s not going to make my photos any better, I don\u2019t imagine but at least I should know what I\u2019m doing wrong!<\/p>\n

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As we prepare for this year\u2019s version of the great New England Restaurant Ramble (we leave for Boston\/Hanover\/Huletts on Tuesday), I came across an article in the Guardian which I hope will be useful \u2013 Dieting: A Pot-Bellied History<\/a>. Not sure the Bile Beans are for me but the \u201cskin-macerating rubber knickers\u201d sound like fun.<\/p>\n

Love to you all,<\/p>\n

Greg<\/p>\n

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More April showers this week followed by sunny intervals followed by more and more April showers! Good job there\u2019s a water shortage so that we can keep hold of all this water. Oh, I forgot \u2013 most of the rain is making its way into the rivers and streams and cascading its way merrily to … <\/p>\n

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