‘That won’t last,’ the neighbour apparently said to the other half, referring to my regular cycle ride down to Papershop Village. So now of course I have to go on, winter and summer, through rain and shine, sleet, snow or hail. There’s nothing like being told I won’t persist in something to make me never, ever give up.
Of course it was only after I’d wiped the three days’ worth of accumulated swallow poo off my saddle, cycled five miles down, picked up the paper and – as it happens – rolling papers for the other half and cycled five miles back again that I realised that a) the other half knows this about me and b) I have only his word for it what the neighbour said and c) that he’s onto a nice thing here.
June 27, 2008 at 6:48 pm |
He wouldn’t, would he! xx
June 27, 2008 at 8:30 pm |
Other halves– they know us well and play us better! Sometimes they are playing and don’t even know it.
One thing a plastic bag is good for–covering your saddle with overnight or in rainy weather. Sure I am not telling you anything you don’t know.
Cheeerrrrs!
June 27, 2008 at 8:33 pm |
Wait… seriously? Five MILES? Is that right? For the Guardian or the Independent?
June 27, 2008 at 9:11 pm |
yeah I keep meaning to do the plastic bag thing. But then I have to deal with a plastic bag covered with swallow poo. And yes, five miles because that’s how far it is to the nearest shop…
Flighty – I’m fairly certain he wouldn’t, but you never know…
June 28, 2008 at 6:37 am |
Excellent, we can use this information to our advantage. I hear by declare the following things will not last:
The upkeep of this blog
The writing of more books
That should keep me in good reading material for a while
June 28, 2008 at 9:54 am |
Following this example of reverse psychology…
You should absolutely not be terrified by the fact that I have followed you up north and am now a resident of Glasgow. This should not be of concern to you in any way whatsoever.
June 28, 2008 at 9:31 pm |
Dom – I have a feeling the books & the blog may be mutually exclusive…
Steve – eek!
June 29, 2008 at 9:02 am |
I feel like a towny now – only two miles to our nearest shops in Chirnside and four to the metropolis of Duns…
June 29, 2008 at 9:12 am |
Aha, we’ve been trying to work out where you were … try Hutton if you want to be really isolated
June 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm |
Ah, but now you have the perfect opportunity to set him a task by inferring that the same neighbour said something about him. Sneaky, yet effective.
June 29, 2008 at 7:07 pm |
Helen: you are almost in Huttonian country and you can walk to get a Guardian in shop infested Chirnside. That is downtown by Ber wick shire standards.