Actually it was Yes Tor, Oke Tor is another one. I had taken the day off today so left for a walk on the moors, a little more ambitious than the one on Sunday as it involved a reasonable amount of climbing. I only climbed two of four tors on the walk, though, and skirted […]
Grrrr
People who drink teabag tea – do they not realise actual tea does not taste like lightly caffeinated wet paper? Do they like this rubbish?
Over the moors
Well, I didn’t do as much work as I should have yesterday but walking is better than faffing, so after a slice of toast and some tea, I went off for a walk across the moors, with three objectives: a cream tea at Belstone, see the stone circle, and return alive. All three objectives were […]
No cream tea
Today was a no cream tea day, the opportunity did not arise. I have something due on Monday and I want to go for a long walk tomorrow so spent most of the day working, with an outing in the afternoon to walk up to the castle. The castle is actually a mediaeval hunting lodge […]
Inglorious tumble
It was a hot day and I went along what is known as the Granite Way, thinking it would be more sheltered than the open moors. It probably was, but still a slight misjudgement as it’s a pukka cycle path, so the surface was glaring when the sun was very hot. Still, a very nice […]
The Globe
Met a friend, one repeatedly met, for a post-lunch walk with the GF. He managed to chart a really nice way through Islington and over to Shoreditch. London is a very green city sometimes. It made me quite nostalgic for London, though the warm weather certainly contributed. We ended up in Whitechapel and then got […]
End of the age of aquarius
The weather here has been strange. The first week of June was unseasonably cool, in the low twenties, and in the teens in Multan, which the sun approaches closer than anywhere on earth because of the saint who invited it down to cook his fish. But now it’s as hot as June should be with […]
Classic car
Last night a gardener in the neighbourhood was held up at gunpoint outside our house and relieved of whatever he carried. There is a classic car parked in the driveway, belonging to an uncle in the US who dreams of taking it with him, has already spent millions of rupees on it, and will need […]
Visitor from afar
A visitor from afar arrived last night. I went to the airport to collect her. The airport and the way to the airport have evolved greatly over the years, such that they are virtually unrecognisable every time I pass through, at least the outside of the airport, but the inside is the same miserable beige […]
Climate changing
We went to the somewhat-ancestral village today, up on the Potohar Plateau. Too long a drive for a 1-day trip, but my companions don’t like staying the night there. Along the way it poured with rain on the motorway while passing through the Salt Range, and there was lightning. At the farm itself, it was […]