After a couple of weeks back in the UK on leave I am forced to come to the conclusion that I am a creature fundamentally designed for cold weather – or perhaps that I just like contrasts. The streets of Bangalore may offer many delights as I attempt to jog my merry way around them but they cannot compete with the frozen park lightly dusted (as if with pudezucker) that Mrs Reiver and I trotted through yesterday. Running in the cold just seems somehow sort of more worthy whereas running in the tropics slightly foolhardy.
I have just finished reading ‘The 13 ½ Lifes of Captain Bluebear’ by Walter Moers – a birthday present for Mrs Reiver for Mrs Reiver senior but I managed to sneak in first when she was ‘chick lit’ distracted. I feel a bit like the central character in the book (I heartily recommend it) as he wanders from world to world trying to make sense of it all. Both Bangalore and Manchester are home (sort of) but like chalks and cheese - it is very good once again to have unlimited supplies of cheese (the Pecarino at my sisters was particularly memorable and tasty, as was the local cheese we brought back but for different reasons – the garden birds at least showed their appreciation)
Talking of cheese -Wallace and Gromit also make you proud to be British more than many for the more conventional achievements associated with the UK. We seem to have nett accumulated luggage mass during our trip so I hope that the Magrathean approach to such issues will not be applied or it could be a painful trip back.
Getting ready for returning to the tropical warmth and supported life of Bangalore I realise that I will miss parking more than anything – for sheer entertainment value the music-hall style banter and growing panic that accompanies Mrs Reiver and her mother trying to find a suitable parking slot, takes some beating – our driver back in Bangalore will have a lot to live up to.
Hoping that Angel and Buffy have not missed us to much …..
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You could have got them a strimmer!! All the best for the New Year in Bangalore.
Thnaks, the strimmer option did occur but they are sold here only in industrial sizes (ie those you see dong motorway verges) so we thought it might be overkill for our little lawn and might disturb the Harmony.
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