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

Today's outing was a walk round a nearby reservoir. The weather was cold and cloudy but dry. Here was an opportunity to win in a situation similar to one 2 years ago where I had lost. The former was the walk round Venta Icenorum on a day where, in the morning, before leaving the house, I was in my light cotton circular skirt. M said that I shouldn't wear that as I would be cold. A skirt was inappropriate anyway (as P indicated, in a needlessly direct way). Here, though, I was among people who accept me in a skirt. I wore my thickest tights and my casual skirt. We did an anticlockwise circuit of the western part of the reservoir, crossing the causeway near the start of the walk. Even though it was cold and windy, some hardy souls were fishing or sailboating on the western part of the reservoir. (Not on the eastern part, where, it seems, such activity is not allowed.) My skirt did not make me too cold; in fact, if anything, it was my hands that were too cold, despite my warm gloves (a present from Mum last Christmas).

That evening, S-J and M were at canasta as I battled unsuccessfully with a rather hard crossword from my Guardian book. S-J remarked that canasta is less good for 2 (you need to hold 15 cards). I suggested that one of them teach me, then I could join them in a threesome (canasta plays better with 3), but in the end never got that game.