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Thursday November 23, 2006

Two stupid things I am glad I no longer do.

On the drive home I nearly bumped into a cyclist. Why? Because he had no lights on his cycle. It reminded me when in 1976 I took to the road in Cambridgeshire for the first time on a cycle. I had lights but they were not working. I was fined thirty pounds - a lot of money in those days - but I am glad now I was caught.

Stupid thing number two is I used to smoke. I gave up before I got to being twenty one. This cyclist was smoking. Perhaps he thought with the cigarette glow he could see and be seen by other road users. Stop smoking and the money you save go and buy yourself a set of lights and be safe is my advice to this person.

( Nov 23 2006, 12:06:00 AM PST ) Permalink Comments [2]

Henley - A rather nice jigsaw

This is an excellent jigsaw of somewhere local to me. It is of Henley the town famous for hosting the Boat race first before it moved to London and of course its Regatta . The jigsaw as shown features a look at the town from the other side of its lovely Cotswold coloured stone bridge. The famous Angel pub with its black and white walls looks great by the river and slightly in the distance the tower of the church where Dusty Springfield's funeral was held and where she is buried. The only critism of the puzzle would be the amount of blue sky in it - mitigated by the cloud that breaks up the monotonous effect. It is a pity the maker of the puzzle Ratzenberger don't sell other ones of local interest for us jigsaw puzzlers.

( Nov 23 2006, 12:00:02 AM PST ) Permalink