Sunday, August 22, 2010
Raining.
Dawn arrived.....we pulled up the duvet and snuggled down deeper.
Strange for a Sunday morning.
It wasn't actually raining, but was gloomy and drizzle seemed to hang in the air.
No, we wouldn't bother with a car boot sale today.
So, a leisurely breakfast was in order.
And we treated ourselves to a breakfast in town.
The Crawley Wetherspoons (The Jubilee Oak) in not the most attractive I have been in - but the food is just as good as anywhere.
We were trying to remember which High Street shop was in that building in the pre New Town days. We think it was Woolworths.
My Mum used to buy half a pound of broken biscuits from there in the early 1950s from one of those square metal tins that biscuits used to come in.
We were over at the Horsham track by a quarter before midday.
No, there would be no rain we all told each other.
We were wrong!
But the happy band of timekeepers could afford to feel a trifle smug because we were able to work from the stand and keep dry.
There were eight timekeepers today and the atmosphere was good - with much laughter.
The athletics was good too. There were very close races, just to challenge the officials a little.
I was glad to be there.
There were patches of blue sky before we left.....but they didn't last long.
It is raining again this evening and we are threatened with autumn style rain and gales tomorrow, with flood warnings.
It will be worse for those further west I gather.....and for those a lot further east, in Pakistan.
Strange for a Sunday morning.
It wasn't actually raining, but was gloomy and drizzle seemed to hang in the air.
No, we wouldn't bother with a car boot sale today.
So, a leisurely breakfast was in order.
And we treated ourselves to a breakfast in town.
The Crawley Wetherspoons (The Jubilee Oak) in not the most attractive I have been in - but the food is just as good as anywhere.
We were trying to remember which High Street shop was in that building in the pre New Town days. We think it was Woolworths.
My Mum used to buy half a pound of broken biscuits from there in the early 1950s from one of those square metal tins that biscuits used to come in.
We were over at the Horsham track by a quarter before midday.
No, there would be no rain we all told each other.
We were wrong!
But the happy band of timekeepers could afford to feel a trifle smug because we were able to work from the stand and keep dry.
There were eight timekeepers today and the atmosphere was good - with much laughter.
The athletics was good too. There were very close races, just to challenge the officials a little.
I was glad to be there.
There were patches of blue sky before we left.....but they didn't last long.
It is raining again this evening and we are threatened with autumn style rain and gales tomorrow, with flood warnings.
It will be worse for those further west I gather.....and for those a lot further east, in Pakistan.
