Saturday 26 May 2012

The chicken gene

'But I let myself fall backwards'.
Brill start to the weekend! Despite dreaming that I had slept in and missed my slot, I didn't, and I made it to the Humber Bridge for 9 am, and I am not a morning person! Hurdle no. 1 over. But the story started the day before in one of Barton's best shops - 'This 'n' That' (note correct use of apostrophes here in N Lincs). Well, where would you go to buy hairnet? That place has everything, in the space of your living room. They didn't bat an eyelid when I tried the thing on over my bike helmet.

The Hospice Shop came up trumps too with a frock, and soon I had my fancy dress outfit sorted: 'she dressed up as a vicar's wife'.

Yes I did cycle here!
I feared that aspects of what I was spending my time doing today were not very 'housewifely', so I stood both loo cleaning brushes in a vat of diluted Domestos to offset any feelings of guilt I might have.

(I'm trying to upload quite a few pics to this Blogger outfit, but it's acting as though it too has had a few bottles of San Miguel, so apologies if the order is a bit funny. [It is].)

What do you mean, 'What is the chicken gene?' It's that gene that some of us have that, when someone says, 'We need someone to dress up as a chicken', we are the ones who say 'Oooh yes, I will!' first. [Ignore white space below and scroll down; I don't know why it does that either.]

Would I do it again, and would I do it differently? Certainly! I'd make sure my lipstick was on straight next time!

You tube of beginning and end

More pics below, much too below but I can't make it otherwise.











Have you ever abseiled before? 'No'.







Yes, the flowers are intact. Camouflage at Chelsea flower show!



I felt no fear - I'm afraid of danger, not of heights














'Now what?'


















'Am I supposed to go horizontal?' No.
'By the way, how do I avoid smashing my teeth against the road?'


Teeth intact, I'm off!



















Won't be doing this again for a while, let's have fun!






















'Hi! The gloves they gave me are massive!'







































































































'Suppose I have to sit down sometime. Oh dear! Almost at ground  level.'
It doesn't look very high to me

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