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A cheerful jaunt around the little challenges which life chucks at us all every now and then, and my occasional musings of the puzzling and ponderous situations we can all find ourselves in. Life is for trying to make the most of, so this is also a cheerful jaunt around the things which make me happy: writing stuff, making stuff, reading stuff, eating stuff, taking photos of stuff, exploring stuff, and fondly remembering stuff from back in the day.

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In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 4 – It’s coming down in stair rods.

September 18, 2017

…and so it is tonight after a dry day. A stair rod was a straight thing used to insert and secure stair carpet, so the term relating to rain means it is coming down heavily and very straight. Hopefully it will be fine by the time of my next job interview tomorrow afternoon, or my … More In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 4 – It’s coming down in stair rods.

In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 3 – It’s ‘nobbut a bit o’ moorgrahm’

September 17, 2017

Translated from the Yorkshire into English, this means ‘nothing but a bit of moor grime’. Moor grime being the heavy mist and mizzle from off of the surrounding moorland and hills up here in the Pennines. In other words, we had some very heavy wet drizzly stuff this morning. After the horrendous forecast for this … More In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 3 – It’s ‘nobbut a bit o’ moorgrahm’

In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 2 – It’s raining buckets and spades.

September 13, 2017

As it continues to bucket down here in what is a very chilly day in Huddersfield for September. This image was actually taken on a warmer day just a few weeks ago, I liked the colours. The higher-up perspective again is because it was taken from my office window, something I no longer have. … More In and out of the NeighbourHudd – Brolly alert 2 – It’s raining buckets and spades.

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