R's rue

Above you can see a word cloud. It has  been created on the Geograph website to tell me which words crop up the most in the titles I have given to the 17,162 pictures I have submitted to Geograph. You may have played around with word clouds yourself at some time in the past few years. Just as a little writing exercise, I gathered those words and with just a few extra words I made an intelligible piece of writing that included all of the above. You don't have to be mad to manage the "Yorkshire Pudding" blog but it helps:- Near the top of the moor edge road A brook runs north off through a wood By a lane and under a bridge To the reservoir in Rivelin le Valley Before rushing on east Down the hill to Sheffield - Joining the river by an inn Close to an old water mill Up at the end Where a path from above Edale Heads west along a street with a view Looking over to the park At St John’s School By Fox Tree Hall pub And a farm house south of a tor From which a ...

 The thaw has started and my outside toilet exploded. I’d missed the fact that the toilet had frozen over totally. Well as usual I’m gilding the lily a little but the connection into the cistern had completely blown off and the water was spraying up over the ceiling and had flooded the floor and the patio by the time I’d found it. The stop cock , is located behind the toilet and I’d stored some electric heaters and other crap in the loo so I was soaked to the skin before the deluge was stopped My screams sent the dogs scurrying upstairs . How I didn’t electrocute myself God knows I missed this mornings Christmas Fayre as a result  Sods law.  I’m not too pissed off.. The Fayre was a great success btw, I loved the fact that as part of their remit , the community Association and villager Jo sorted out free food for all from the Olio food waste app. Apologies for my absence everyone. Free food for Trelawnyd villagers I’ve just been stuffing a chicken with swee...

It is Gorgeous Dave’s   birthday today . He didn’t tell me until we had met in Chester We went to Chester Cathedral to see no less than three Meatloaf tribute singers from the west end singing a selection of his hits by candlelight, The gothic cathedral was packed, mostly by people my age with bobble hats on, which was all a bit surreal  It was lovely to be out and doing something. I owe him I loved it and sang along with all of the sad ballads For Crying Out Loud , Heaven Can Wait, Two out of Three ain’t bad, Lost Boys and Golden Girls songs I grew up loving much more than I ever did with the more popular Bat out of Hell “ Not the best sing to be belting out in a cathedral “ noted Gorgeous  Dave Tomorrow is the village Christmas Fayre and my dear friend Colin is coming over from Liverpool for dinner… from Going Gently https://ift.tt/ek5wYn8

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in "The Banshees of Inisherin " I had heard and read some good things about "The Banshees of Inisherin", written and directed by Martin McDonagh. Consequently, I visited "The Showroom" cinema to see it on Tuesday afternoon. Described as a black tragicomedy, it has received almost universal acclaim from the critics but I was left feeling somewhat underwhelmed. There were certain aspects of it that impressed me - such as the island setting on Ireland's Atlantic coast and the absurd nature of the relationship between the two main characters - Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson) but at times it was downright silly. Did it belong to the real world or to some strange fantasy version? One day Colm says he does not want to be friends with Pádraic any more. There's no particular reason for this. He just finds Pádraic boring. Colm is working on a fiddle composition called "The Ba...

It’s me Speak to me And may  It be  My goal To quiet  My mouth And listen from R's rue https://ift.tt/cX8zNQt

 I’ve posted this short video, purely because it intrigued and pleased me The chanting could almost be African rather than Scottish  Amazing Enjoy from Going Gently https://ift.tt/cNmdoYi

Above Fernilee Reservoir Since the snow fell early last Sunday morning, it has been bitterly cold up here in the north of England so any frost and snow has kept hanging about like an awkward guest at a Christmas party. Today's forecast promised bright winter sunshine so I planned another long walk over the hills, just south of Whaley Bridge in the valley of The River Goyt. There there are two reservoirs that serve the town of Stockport (pop. 294,000) One was completed in 1938 and the other in 1967.  I wasn't so much walking in a circle as in a sausage shape. Fernilee It was about nine miles in total and I was dressed fashionably for the occasion. This time - as well as my red thermal hat, fingerless gloves and Hull City manager's coat - I was also wearing my lined walking trousers. A stylish combo I'm sure you will agree. Errwood There was a lot of frost and light snow around so I am proud to report that I did not fall over once. As I plodded along the east ...