poliphilo: (Default)
poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2011-05-05 11:34 am

Miscellaneous

 I voted Yes to AV- which means I'll almost certainly be on the losing side again.

They're telling us we've just enjoyed the hottest April on record. I thought it had to be- what with all the afternoons I've spent sitting in the back-yard. When we were coming back from Wilmslow a couple of weeks ago the hawthorn was in bloom all along the motorway- about a month earlier than usual. 

The main reason we were over in Yorkshire yesterday was to buy a chair cushion for my father-in-law. There are three branches of Ikea within reasonable travelling distance. and Leeds was the only one that had this particular item in stock. I chose Monk Bretton Priory as a side trip because it was the nearest English Heritage property. South Yorkshire, being urban, doesn't have many. The Priory occupies a field in what is otherwise a rather grotty suburb of Barnsley. 

[identity profile] endlessrarities.livejournal.com 2011-05-07 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Join the club. Welcome to Loserville.

The priory sounds good, despite its surroundings. Lincluden Collegiate Church in Dumfries is brilliant, but it's right in the middle of a really sh***y housing scheme.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2011-05-08 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
One of the great things about places like Monk Bretton is nobody knows they're there- and you get to have them to yourself.