The roadworks had become a little more severe by the time I headed home yesterday - 2 rows of fencing on either side of the trench, which had been made a little wider than the day before. This is starting to feel personal! If this was in a location that saw more pedestrians they would have had to make some sort of walkway for people to use. Because it is in the middle of nowhere and no one ever walks there they can get away with just trying to block the entire road off. Making the trench another foot wider would certainly increase the challenge!
My daughter has her prom party tomorrow. Her dress is stunning - my little girl is all grown up! She is very camera-shy but has promised to let me take lots of photos of her when she is all dressed up, and I am going to get one printed really big and frame it. Keeping that bit quiet, of course ;-)
I can feel some maps calling to me - see you soon!
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Wednesday, 27 June 2012
The cyclist's idyll - almost
I headed home last night and found the stretch of road that is closed for repairs.
Of course, "closed" does not apply to me!
But they have gotten sneaky over the years - clearly someone is determined to stop pesky cyclists taking advantage of the road closure!
They really did not want ANYONE to get through!
They even dug a trench right across the road!
But I have long legs, and was able to cross without difficulty.
Wonder if they will try harder tonight!
Extra bit for Shadowrun300
This is what the beach is like where I live.
Just a mass of loose stones. It moves as you run so half of the energy you put into running on it gets absorbed used to move stones instead of you! A real workout for the calves! My running on this has been limited to time such as having to catch up with dogs and children or catching ice cream vans before they move on. Oh and when I was a kid we used to play when the sea was rough - running along the shoreline as the waves pulled back and then running up the beach to avoid being hit by the next wave...
Monday, 25 June 2012
Call me Papa!
I spent a fair bit of time over the weekend playing with my pasta maker.
On Saturday I made the main meal - beef in a tomato sauce, grated cheese, Parmesan and home made pasta (vermicelli, ie the very fine stuff). After a couple of false starts (not having enough flour dusted everywhere made the pasta stick into a big mess) I was rolling, and the meal was a great success.
On Sunday the main meal was my home made pizzas, but at lunchtime I made a small amount of pasta dough which I rolled through the machine and then used to make ravioli. The filling was small pieces of chorizo sausage and cheese. After cooking I added some tomato sauce and a sprinkle of Parmesan. This was a real hit, especially with the boys.
In the evening, I avoided watching England playing football/soccer against Italy, but I was hoping that Italy would win (which they did). I am starting to wonder if I am morphing into an Italian. Will I start to have the urge to run a Mob? Or start womanizing? It seems that infidelity is obligatory for Italian men :-)
OK, question of the day. If you were going to change nationality or ethnicity, what would you change to, and why?
On Saturday I made the main meal - beef in a tomato sauce, grated cheese, Parmesan and home made pasta (vermicelli, ie the very fine stuff). After a couple of false starts (not having enough flour dusted everywhere made the pasta stick into a big mess) I was rolling, and the meal was a great success.
On Sunday the main meal was my home made pizzas, but at lunchtime I made a small amount of pasta dough which I rolled through the machine and then used to make ravioli. The filling was small pieces of chorizo sausage and cheese. After cooking I added some tomato sauce and a sprinkle of Parmesan. This was a real hit, especially with the boys.
In the evening, I avoided watching England playing football/soccer against Italy, but I was hoping that Italy would win (which they did). I am starting to wonder if I am morphing into an Italian. Will I start to have the urge to run a Mob? Or start womanizing? It seems that infidelity is obligatory for Italian men :-)
OK, question of the day. If you were going to change nationality or ethnicity, what would you change to, and why?
Friday, 22 June 2012
My new toy
Mrs RC and our daughter went shopping yesterday.
When I met up with them at lunchtime they had clearly been busy, so I joined them for half an hour and helped them spend a bit more money.
Later in the afternoon I got a text from Mrs RC, saying that she had bought me a present. I thought that it might be a new t-shirt or a bottle of wine or something like that.
When I got home (not long after Mrs RC and my daughter in the end), I was presented with my new toy.
A pasta maker!
Now I have wanted one of these for a LONG TIME, but when we saw them we didn't really have the money to spare, and then we just didn't see them for months on end.
Eager to try it out, I set to making dinner, mixing up the eggs and flour (yes, I just happened to have a bag of pasta flour in the cupboard!) and winding it through the machine.
The machine has 2 cutters built in, one for tagliatelle and one for vermicelli, and the rollers are adjustable so you can make the pasta as thick or thin as you want. I did tagliatelle and, although I misjudged how thin I needed to roll it and will make it thinner next time, the result was great. I am going to play with it at the weekend and try out different thicknesses and see what the vermicelli comes out like.
Have a great weekend! Hope you get some nice weather - Saturday is looking OK here, but Sunday will be a bit grim...
When I met up with them at lunchtime they had clearly been busy, so I joined them for half an hour and helped them spend a bit more money.
Later in the afternoon I got a text from Mrs RC, saying that she had bought me a present. I thought that it might be a new t-shirt or a bottle of wine or something like that.
When I got home (not long after Mrs RC and my daughter in the end), I was presented with my new toy.
A pasta maker!
Now I have wanted one of these for a LONG TIME, but when we saw them we didn't really have the money to spare, and then we just didn't see them for months on end.
Eager to try it out, I set to making dinner, mixing up the eggs and flour (yes, I just happened to have a bag of pasta flour in the cupboard!) and winding it through the machine.
The machine has 2 cutters built in, one for tagliatelle and one for vermicelli, and the rollers are adjustable so you can make the pasta as thick or thin as you want. I did tagliatelle and, although I misjudged how thin I needed to roll it and will make it thinner next time, the result was great. I am going to play with it at the weekend and try out different thicknesses and see what the vermicelli comes out like.
Have a great weekend! Hope you get some nice weather - Saturday is looking OK here, but Sunday will be a bit grim...
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Rush Hour, Yesterday Evening
This road is normally nose to tail in rush hour.
But there was only me and the occasional vehicle (being driven like all the Hounds of Hell were chasing it).
Had The End come in some form?
Was the next thing I saw going to be a shambling Zombie that wanted to eat my brains?
Would it find a brain in my head?
Then I realised!
No Zombie Apocalypse - not today, anyway.
England was playing football/soccer in the evening, and everyone was making sure they were ready for it.
Ah well, in these troubled times I guess people should have their fun - and they are welcome if it means that I get the road more or less to myself!
PS - my daughter took her last school exam today, so she has now technically finished! Wow. She will be at college in September! The college is within a stone's throw of where I work, so I am hoping we can get lunch together from time to time.
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
A little friend
We found this little guy in the garden.
At first it didn't look hopeful, but after a bit of warmth, some drops of milk and a couple of grains of sugar he was ready to take on the world again.
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