h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

...I'm falling asleep from surfeit of and brainstrain... The favourite clue seemed to be: "I'm just the thing for girls about town/ I can't go down a chimney up/I can go up a chimney down". The dear girls in question hadn't encountered that old riddle before so were inordinately entertained, thankee Lor'
Night night...hope the morn dawns bright and jolly

Sounds like a right old laugh - sorry, I've been busy with lots of other staff, so haven't been on since the !

Well hope you've been happily busy Just off to the wilds of Yorkshire where I will be temporarily computer-less Back at t'weekend if t' haven't trampled me... (I once tried to persuade a small but recalcitrant group of that they didn't really want to fling themselves into the smelly mud-bath that their formerly pristine field had become after a downpour...time has drawn a veil over the worst bits of that day, fortunately )

Sounds fantastic! Hope you have a great time, and come and say hello when you get back

Hello again Back from the not-too-far North and not even slightly trampled by (fortunately) Hope your weekend's going well...just going to watch King Lear (littl'un's set text on DVD given away free in Sunday paper) - not a bundle of laughs I fear but no doubt it will be Improving to the MInd
Look forard to having a natter later

Hello love Has been a pretty good weekend, day off yesterday so took my goddaughter to the zoo, then had a few with my cliombing partner as it was his birthday. Just finished work, so starting on the for a bit

Sounds good Enjoy the and a well-earned rest. I bet the zoo was fun, too! Wish your climbing partner Happy Birthday from me ..can't ever have too many birthday greetings, I reckon...
Will toddle off to sleep now..was having trouble signing in to hootoo earlier, hope not gremlins in the works. Night night

Sorry I missed you...

I'm sorry I missed you too Hope the hootoo are working well again and we get a chance to have a natter soon. How's your week going so far? The japonica is budding which is always a good sign of pleasant summery days and ...
See you soon

The week is extremely busy and occasionally fraught. We've got a big group in the hotel who book for breakfast, luch and dinner as well as afternoon tea and morning coffee, so it's a bit tiring and stressful at times.

Anyway, I'm off to do bird surveying tomorrow at the heath, which is always good and relaxing

Hope the surveying went well and was relaxing and as sunny there as it has been here. I trust your guests are harmonious
A particularly difficult-to-please group of visitors that I remember from the hotel my parents worked in brought their sojourn to a close by clustering around Steve the (normally even-tempered) pianist on the terrace and instead of buying him several for playing their requests all week complained about their stay, which wouldn't have annoyed him excessivly if one of them hadn't added "And the music wasn't up to much, either" as an afterthought.... Steve said he only stood up quickly but they were all standing so near each other and the ornamental fountain was, unfortunately, very close...

Like your very much ...just going to see "Ice Age 2" wiv me nephews

Actually, I gave up on all plans for the day and enjoyed a good solid morning in bed; then my pond liner came, so it was all action stations for a bit

Most of the guests seem to be behaving themselves now...

Hope you enjoyed the film!

Yes ta the film was excellent I'm never really sure who enjoys these animated movies more, my nephews or me...
Ooh..a pond liner! What will you put in, and which plants? Will you have water-lilies?

The animated films have tended to appeal to adult audiences much more recently, haven't they? So many jokes seem to be asides to the grown ups!

I've done a journal on the garden - F1900573?thread=2781700 I'm not having fish, as they tend to eat the wildlife, I'd rather have newts and frogs - anything fishwise that goes in tends to get eaten by herons, anyway. I'm not really a gardener, just a humble conservation worker, so the whole plan is more about habitat creation than serious planting anyway. I've just got oxygenators, a few water lilies and some reeds at the moment.

What an inspiring thread!... I can see what you mean about fish and creating a habitat. Glad you have water-lilies as they're so beautiful (I battle with water-colour and water-colour's winning at the moment but I like to paint flowers; was one of my favourite things when I lived on a boat for a while)
Hope you're having a good rest and as I am

Well, I'm glad you think it's inspiring - to me it's just a big, random set of ideas that may or may not come together

So you make beautiful music, you paint... is there no end to your talents?

I'm currently enjoying a good , but will be moving on to some good real quite shortly. No, I don't have a beard

What's your favourite real ? I used to work near Ma Pardoe's home brewery in the Black Country - that was my introduction to the real thing. The first time some of us went to the pub for lunch I only had a half (promise!) and was no good for the rest of the day...
I don't paint well but I enjoy it

Well, I don't climb well, don't garden well, don't know all the birds I survey, play guitar very badly and make lumpy cheese sauce. But I enjoy it all!

My favourite real ale is probably Bager's Golden Glory, a lovely fruity beer that's perfect on hot summers days. Close behind is anything like Fursty Ferret, Waggle Dance or Tanglefoot. I recently came across a called something like Rich's Farmyard Brew, which I bought for the name alone and was too bewildered afterwards to note the name of We're quite lucky here, with the Teignworthy and Exmoor breweries - both of which seem incapable of brewing a poor beer - close by. We also have the Sharpham winery, which makes wines that seriously compete with the best in Europe.

*hic*

Or Bagder's Golden Glory...