Vauxhall Kon-Tiki
It is, according to my Far Side calendar, the first day of spring.
But the British weather doesn't own a Far Side calendar (it probably wouldn't get the jokes anyway) so I walked to work in an Arctic gale.
Why was I braving the elements rather than crusing serenely to work in a car ushered gently by a cloud of confortingly warming CO2 ? Because Jane has it.
I suggested yesterday that, rather than her getting the train back to hers, she could borrow my car (my car, I've not signed anything away yet!) and drive down. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
So while she was re-tracing the route of the legendary West Passage from Norfolk to Cambridge, I was left dodging hailstones and displaced polar bears, and worrying about my poor little car, who's never been off with strangers before.
Jane rang to say she'd made it okay, successfully proving that ancient Norfolkians could have colonized the Cambridgeshire Massif Centrale. Expect a full write-up on Jane's blog and a documentary on the Discovery Channel.
And all the wheels are intact, despite her getting accidentally ensnarled in Wisbech. Relief!
But the British weather doesn't own a Far Side calendar (it probably wouldn't get the jokes anyway) so I walked to work in an Arctic gale.
Why was I braving the elements rather than crusing serenely to work in a car ushered gently by a cloud of confortingly warming CO
I suggested yesterday that, rather than her getting the train back to hers, she could borrow my car (my car, I've not signed anything away yet!) and drive down. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
So while she was re-tracing the route of the legendary West Passage from Norfolk to Cambridge, I was left dodging hailstones and displaced polar bears, and worrying about my poor little car, who's never been off with strangers before.
Jane rang to say she'd made it okay, successfully proving that ancient Norfolkians could have colonized the Cambridgeshire Massif Centrale. Expect a full write-up on Jane's blog and a documentary on the Discovery Channel.
And all the wheels are intact, despite her getting accidentally ensnarled in Wisbech. Relief!
It's marked by the vernal equinox which is at 00:07 on the 21st this year, so there's hope for the weather yet, it was just getting the last dregs of winter out of it's system.
In my case in the form of hail as I rode home from work sick.
I have a temporary pass for the car until 2nd April, it will be a matter of seconds to get a permanent pass for it. There is no guarantee that you'll be getting it back anytime soon. :D
Incidentally, isn't it *North* West Passage?
Happy Equinox!
xx
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