Easy, my friend

Today our blogging community lost, too suddenly and far too soon, one of our most notable and beloved members.

Thank you Easy for all the craziness.

Rest assured you will never ever be forgotten.

Not the wrong kind of snow...

British readers will be familiar with the many and varied explanations given for late running of trains in our country.

Travelling back to Aberdeen from Nottingham on Monday, we were a bit late in the season for the "leaves on the line" line and it's not yet deep enough into winter for "the wrong kind of snow", and so they had to come up with a different excuse for the 16 minute delay in arriving into Newcastle...



Minor hiccups involving stray equines aside, it was a pleasant enough journey once I had found a spot to make myself comfortable.

AWESOME!

So Gail and I are standing by the ticket barrier at Nottingham station yesterday morning when a tall, handsome and well spoken young man comes bounding over and addresses Gail thus:

"May I just say I think your dog is awesome!"

Gail says thank you and a big beaming smile lights up her face as she temporarily forgets that she finds constant use of the adjective 'awesome' ever so slightly irritating.

We had just been to see Human Granny. Despite finding it increasingly difficult to move around, she stays cheerful and positive about life, and interested in what's going on in the world. And she always smiles when she sees me.

I hope Gail doesn't mind if I tell you I think HGY is AWESOME.

Needed in India?

I was chomping my way through my kibble last Saturday morning when I heard this on the radio:

"The England tail failed to wag".

Maybe some of my readers are unaware that England's cricket team is currently touring in India, and that they lost the most recent game against the host nation.

Anyway, it seems this business of the non-wagging tail contributed to the defeat.

I am thinking perhaps I should fly out there right away and give 'our boys' the benefit of my expertise in this area.

What do you think?

Oh, it seems that some pup has beaten me to it...


Or maybe not. I didn't see much tail wagging going on there.

Now which is the quickest way to Mumbai?

After the weather in Aberdeen this week I could do with some warmth...