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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2015-01-29 05:39 pm

A Couple Of Quick Decisions

Ruth rang to cancel lunch. Her corner of Cheshire was choked with snow.

Our corner was filling up too. Thick flakes were falling past the window. We didn't fancy being trapped in last night's hotel so we made a quick decision, cancelled all future engagements, cut our losses and ran.

The M6 was snow and fog all the way to Stafford but then the snow turned to hail and we'd passed beyond the edge of the storm. We drove into the centre of Wolverhampton, ate pasta and considered the options. We had thought we'd simply drive home, but the weather was now quite different, Birmingham was glittering in the sun and so we made another quick decision, turned right instead of left and headed for the Welsh border.

Tonight the view from the bedroom window looks like this...

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[identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com 2015-01-29 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
How beautiful.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-01-29 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Best view of the holiday.

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2015-01-29 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Now THAT'S a view!

[identity profile] lblanchard.livejournal.com 2015-01-29 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That's lovely -- it reminds me at the same time of David Hockney and J.R.R. Tolkien.

[identity profile] wyrmwwd.livejournal.com 2015-01-29 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It's amazing how much England looks like Upstate New York.
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[personal profile] sovay 2015-01-30 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Tonight the view from the bedroom window looks like this...

That looks like either a very pastel painting or a very sun-faded photograph from the '70's. It's lovely.
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[identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com 2015-01-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a very beautiful twilit view.

[identity profile] ideealisme.livejournal.com 2015-01-30 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's rather lovely. I love that kind of spontaneity. I hope you had a lovely time!