The Prop is back!
Despite failing so miserably to make good on his representations concerning more timely posts from the journey from "Istanbul to Inverness", undeterred and undaunted the Prop is having yet another crack at the Blogging caper.
For those who may be interested to know what happened after Chios (to be frank, no-one has has expressed the slighest interest in knowing, let alone disappointment in not knowing) the Prop and Mrs P moved on to Ikaria then Mykonos then Naxos, Koufonosia and Iraklia before going to Athens, Thessaloniki and then Belgrade.
From Belgrade to Bar on Tito's train then Kotor, Dubrovnik, Korcula, Hvar and Split.
From Split by overnight ferry to Ancona and then by train to Bellano on the shores of Lake Como for a week off. Time to write the immediately preceding post then no further blogs - not a sausage!
From Bellano to Barcelona via Milan then to Madrid, San Sebastian (Donostia), Hendaye, Paris, London by Eurostar then to the "Stylotel" Paddington (world's smallest hotel rooms).
Then Heathrow Express to Heathrow Airport to pick up a rental car. Four hour wait. Then drive to Woodstock near Oxford. Take up residence in curious16th century dwelling (not Blenheim Palace) with P Kimber et al.
Then watched quite a lot of rugby live (Cardiff, Cardiff, Leeds, Twickenham and Twickenham) and on the telly at the Woodstock Social Club (excellent Sunday roasts).
After the rugby, quick trip around "the North" and Scotland: Knaresborough, Bishops Stortford (ancient family seat of the Prop), Norwich, Lincoln, York, Knaresborough, Whitby, Bamburgh Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed (not quite Scotland), Lundin Links, Ballater, Dundee, Aberdeen, Cullen, Inverness (yes, Inver- bloody- ness, we made it!), Kinlochbervie, John O' Groats, Skye, Fort Wiiliam, Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Ambleside, Daventry, Hobart.
If that were not enough, the Prop - much encouraged by Mrs P - has determined to cross the Nullarbor Plain by cane toad. (In fact in a car and self-contained caravan compete with satellite telly. The "cane toad" thing is a shameless rip-off of the second most famous of the "Ripping Yarns" and sounds much more exotic, even interesting).
Day 1, 27 April 2018
At "The Sands"
Sunset on the Hazards
Fiddled with a grease nipple or two but otherwise no news of a salacious, lewd or even interesting nature to report.
The "Cane Toad"
Day 2, 28 April 2018
The Sands to Devonport
A bit more fiddling and a surprise visit from Lady Luck (and her husband, Bob) then time to set off.
Not so!! Flat battery in the Cane Toad!!!
Get the jump-starter - another flat battery!!!
Get the "Old Crocodile" and jumper leads.
Success!!!
Off we go...
The Old Crocodile
Day 3, 29 April 2018
Devonport to Melbourne by Axolotyl
Up at sparrow-fart to board the Axolotyl for a day crossing to Melbourne.
The Prop had thought about going the other way but in the end settled for crossing Bass Strait.
Due to a happy administrative error the Prop booked a de luxe cabin for a daylight crossing!
The De Luxe Cabin
Expensive? Yes.
Silly? Well, not so. Very relaxing day lying on a bed and watching telly.
Perfick!
The SS Axolotyl
That's us - top window on the left (port side)
4 comments:
It is said you can start a cane toad with a golf club, they soar and soar.
Ahh, the common cane toad: Bufonidae. Is it an articulated vehicle or an amphibious animal? Or is it a euphemism, and only really descriptive of the occupants of the vehicle? True toads are toothless and generally warty in appearance.
You be the judge!
Further on that point:
Male toads possess a Bidder's organ. Under the right conditions, the organ becomes an active ovary and the toad, in effect, becomes female.
So, are we now seeing the feminisation of the Prop?
Interesting points PK. Parthenogenesis notwithstanding, the Cane,Toad makes an ideal beast of burden. Strong, disciplined, not that difficult to train and jolly good eating when the going gets tough - not unlike a good outside centre.
Is this the Pepys you so fondly approve in regard to arising in the morn:
From his own diaries?:
"October 21st 1653: "Memorandum: that Peapys and Hind were solemnly admonished by myself and Mr Hill, for having been scandalously over-served with drink ye night before. This was done in the presence of all the Fellows then resident, in Mr Hill's chamber. - John Wood, Registrar.[From the Registrar's book of Magdalene College (where now rests the original of Peypys diary)]
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