I've just got back from watching The Battle of Five Armies. All I can say is: Brilliant ( Read more... )

Help! I can't access LJ from my computer at all - all I get is the 'this page can't be displayed' message, no matter how many times I refresh ( Read more... )

Today (actually yesterday now as it's taken me this long to get the pictures uploaded!) marks the end of the summer dog ban on most of our local beaches. To celebrate, I took Kiri out, and it seems that everyone else had the same idea - I've never seen so many dogs on the beach at one time ( Read more... )

Can you help? I would dearly love to buy this mug


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Happy Birthday to dawtheminstrel

I hope you have a wonderful day!


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After a rather hellish day yesterday (just work/not enough staff) I had a day off today, so treated myself to a trip to Exeter, our nearest city. It's only 40 minutes by train and just over £5 for a day return.

Instead of browsing the shops as usual, I wandered around the parks and gardens

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OK, I think I've finally managed to upload some pictures of my trip to London!

The Eagle & Child, where Tolkien and C S Lewis and their friends met:

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I've just had another wonderful few days in London.  I took a day trip to Oxford and had a fascinating guided tour of the city, a visit to 'New' College (founded in 1379!) and finally saw the 'Eagle and Child' where Tolkien, C S Lewis and their colleagues met.

There were two possible plays to see at Shakespeare's Globe - Titus Andronicus, or Much ( Read more... )

Happy Easter to all ( Read more... )

A double drabble written for the Show, Don't Tell challenge - a story written without dialogue. The element to be included was 'arched an eyebrow'.

Elladan is searching for something, but Elrohir keeps quiet.

Too Good to ShareElrohir’s attention drifted from the book he was reading as the door into Elladan’s room crashed open. He smiled and ( Read more... )