Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Tuesday. We are back home in Yorkshire after a long day driving yesterday. Looks like it might rain which comes as a surprise after the great weather we had up north.
I hope you all have a perfect day today. Remember to have fun, no matter what you are up to. Stay safe.
Today's random photo is from last week in Buckpool. It makes me wonder what happened to the cyclists!
@Steampunk_Prof We are hoping to get a property to rent, see toot from yesterday, so that MrsD can find the elusive but perfect new home. If we don't get the rental, we have a problem.....I might have to sell Big Issue!
@NormanDunbar Better than I have been, thank you. I've found a nice cave to hide in. There's no peopling or socialising needed at all, it's a cave so housekeeping is minimal and with only one entrance, I can defend it easily.
Aye, some caves are good like that. Others not so good. I find most though seem to have a problem with damp. Hopefully yours is one of the dry ones. 😉.
Caves can be a bit damp but a good fire draws the water out, and a hammock with reindeer skins keeps the cold out. All that's left to keep out are the sodding arachnids but peppermint seems to do that.
Spiders, they don't bother me but, if peppermint doesn't work, horse chestnuts scattered around the cave does work. The problem is finding them at this time of year.
@NormanDunbar They only bother me when they have a nibble. I've had a few spider bites recently and they itch reeeeeeeeeeealy badly. Apparently in the UK, those ones with a tiny body and long legs are the most common ones to munch your bits at night.
Horse chestnuts? Really? Worth knowing.
I got reindeer skins some years ago. The people who were selling them live near me and were selling drinking horns too! They're lovely to snuggle under. Imported from Northern Scandinavia, from the Saami?
@RosePuckey I don't think I've ever been nibbled by spiders. I've heard about people who have and it's pretty bad sometimes.
I think your skins might be from Lapland if it's the Sámi you are referring to, but don't quote me on that! I'm a husband and therefore always wrong. 😉
@NormanDunbar they are but I can't remember which bit of lapland, wonderful part of the world though. And Satan lives there too. Or is it Santa? Meh they're both big and red and have the same letters in their names.
You can only be wrong about the stuff you're not right about but I'm told that the matrimonial nod covers all the exceptions and saves arguments.
@NormanDunbar Wonder what the going price for a soul is. I mean, it's not something you can value really is it? So what would Santa pay for a soul? Or was it a sole? Either foot or fish? Did the dyslexic person get a good exchange rate for the Dover sole/insole for his shoe/soul? There are questions that need answering here.
@NormanDunbar Saw a sodding spider right next to my bed this morning. I mean, I really don't mind them, they do some great stuff but equally I don't like the itchy nibbles. Just tooted about it a minute ago...
I find that I'm attractive to mozzies when abroad, and leeches too. They are the real buggers. You don't feel the bite, they use an anticoagulant to keep the flow going, and it only becomes apparent that you have been leeched when the blood tricking down your leg tickles! Takes ages to stop bleeding.
Problem is, you have to let them drop off when they are finished. Don't do salt etc as they will vomit and that can seriously infect your wound.
@NormanDunbar As for the spiders, yes the few I've had have been very itchy and left marks for some time. Fortunately the spiders responsible were thoughtful enough to nibble bits that no one gets to see.
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