And at a balmy 26° of today's estimated 34° I am off! Adventure-time, Mother Hubbards. I hope today is treating you well. In about 2-3 hours time I intend to be well and truly lost. Separated from the affairs of humanity. I shall live among the sheep and other trail creatures. Nought but my wits. And a backpack I've possibly massively overpacked. I panicked and brought tweezers. Do I ever use tweezers? No. But what if there is a splinter-based emergency? Or a sudden unruly eyebrow. An errant nosehair. I'll be honest, I'm not sure what people use tweezers for. But whatever it is.... I'll be ready. Oh no. There is a man asleep on the train fully laying down with no shoes or socks on. I cannot wait to be amongst my sheepy brethren. You know where you are with a sheep. BAAAAA. Sure thing, little buddy. Baa indeed. Now let's wander these hills aimlessly, randomly shouting at one another.
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Left a voice msg asking if “Baa” was there once. Veterinarian friend had a dozen and complimented me on my impersonation.
@TheBreadmonkey We have ticks here. Tweezers are essential unless you can catch them first crawling under your clothes looking for a place to bite and set. Ugh. I caught one the other day crawling up by my throat.
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Shame about the foot man but at least you've got tweezers. Have a great day
@TheBreadmonkey Good luck! Have fun! Don’t die!
@TheBreadmonkey I hope you remembered to pack a fridge to put your socks in.
@TheBreadmonkey Also more seriously I just got this yellow alert, fyi.
I'm now at the mercy of the gods whatever happens. I had to tap out at 36° but have somehow ended up in Oxford where the normal rules do not apply. Bus timetable? Yeah we just turn up whenever. From where? Of er don't have fixed stops. Just go down the road and that'll probably be the one. I'm just teaching the upper limits now and would quite like to sit down and eat and drink something.
@TheBreadmonkey @Nickiquote Heckin buses in Oxford / Didcot / Diamond. Always felt like I could be midsummer murdered at anytime. Where are we going now? Is this really the right way?
@TheBreadmonkey #today I am merely going to walk all the way into (Kingston) town for lunch and then to a slightly different area or town in the evening for a meeting and maybe or maybe not a beer. 35C is threatened here, so work is hard even with the house in heat lockdown mode....
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Happy adventuring & may heatstroke never find you.
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Coooooo-ee!
Traditional Aussie bush shout (not the drinking kind), ideally performed where it can echo. Used as a call for help, to let others know you're there, for fun, & just to echo. I guess it's a human version of a cockatoo's squawk. Spelled coo-ee, yelled with a long ooh. Kind of like a whipbird.
What? [frowning] A whipbird is an Aussie bird with a long drawn in oooh whistle ending in a short sharp whipcrack sound. Its mate responds, but doesn't sound like coo-ee.
@TheBreadmonkey Photo of you when it gets to 34
It is *a bit* fun to see everyone get on the train and make a bee line for the area that looks empty, only to witness, horrified, The Foot Man, and then back away, as though from a crime scene.
