Tweets on 2011-05-31

Ooh, the rings are being flown down by owl. #
Minutes into the wedding breakfast and someone has already set fire to a favour bag #
Dalhousie in the summer sun http://flic.kr/p/9NyGjb #
Good, grief, Scottish country dancing that begins with the Gay Gordons? We usually work up to that! #
The buffet now? But we just had dinner? And We're still sick from ceilidhing too hard. #
Thought we'd visit on way home. Worried by how insanely busy the car park is. (@ Alnwick Gardens) http://4sq.com/knqX9p #
Oh, boy, there's a thousand million children. Is it half term or something? #

Tweets on 2011-05-30

In my eagerness to get home yesterday, I forgot to not park under the trees, so am now covered in bird muck again.:( #
And now off to Edinbourg for a wedding #crazyitinerary #whatwasIthinking #fittingitallin #busiernowthanwhenIhadajob #
I'm at Kweilin (19 – 21 Dundas Street, Edinburgh) http://4sq.com/izz0IF #
RT @themiltonjones: Dropped pie on insurance forms. Terms and conditions appley #
Full English (@ Kirkhill Mansion) http://4sq.com/kqVJqh #
@dr_nick search my Flickr for falcon, got lots of pics last year. Anything specific else? in reply to dr_nick #
V multicultural breakfast shared with Americans and a French woman astounded by how much food came out. #
@JChris_J @Meryl_F sunny up here and wind has dropped. in reply to JChris_J #
RT @TwopTwips: FIFA. Improve your public image and shift the blame by simply forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. /via @IHPower #
Punched out pill marked "Mon" today and only previous one missing was "Sun". Now have Happy Days on brain. #earworm #
I so want to replace the shed with one of these – think It's a camping pod. http://flic.kr/p/9Nmogv #

Uncharacteristically unlaid back at ports and airports. Lots of things to flap about. #
On our return motorway trip, the badge Liber-t worked fine. It actually beeps as you go through the toll gate. #
Roof down, sunhat and sunglasses on. 90 minute check-in time seems largely optional. Le Havre church bells tolling. #
@CalumMercer got mine years ago and this is first use. Runs off a UK credit card. in reply to CalumMercer #
@hughmcguire @LooneyListener @librivox will hopefully have time to do more RSN. in reply to hughmcguire #
Bleurgh, journey on vaguely choppy waters reminds me I'm not much of a sailor. #
Home safe. Gin, pasta, bed. #
@catofstripes oh thank goodness – we saw them breakfast time, but they were off doing their thing by the time we left. #

Checkout lady very sniffy at my booze cruisin' conveyor belt o' bottles. #
Carrefour St Lo has a machine which dispenses raw milk. #
@canfan is the volume enough to make up for discount? hafta confess I waited for price to drop #unemployed #
Everywhere crazy busy today, guess French gearing up for bank hol weekend too, maybe even some jours ponts. #
Resto agréable (@ Le Lion D'Or Hotel Bayeux) http://4sq.com/iQwFEp #
@alixmortimer ooh, would be a lovely place for a honeymoon. in reply to alixmortimer #

@catofstripes it's had a couple of goes but the gutter crate is only three quarters full and the soil still looks dry. Better than nowt tho in reply to catofstripes #
Visiting Coutances. Enormous twin towered cathedral. Twinned with Ilkley. #
Lots of little chapels (@ Cathédrale de Coutance) [pic]: http://4sq.com/lgOZJr #
Starving hungry, driving home to fridge full of cheese, but can we resist a sign pointing to the Chateau de Gratot? #
What kind of cheese is in the omelette? Sliced. http://amzn.com/k/2NWNMK8GSRZ21 #Kindle #
Hahaha thud thud thud #dilbert http://bit.ly/lZrlky #

finished DEAD(ish) by Naomi Kramer http://amzn.to/kHRdK3 #Kindle #
It's definitely raining, good news after months of drought for Normandy http://flic.kr/p/9M7xB7 #
Is also blowing quite a gale #
Squeals from outraged wet cats. #

Oh dear. http://bit.ly/mzFp6b #
So it turns out if you sit on sofa with log fire going, each of three cats will take turns to sit on your lap. #
finished Playing The Game by Simon Gould http://amzn.to/hdgbxn #Kindle #
*sigh* if just some of the LDV DDoS attacks could be refocused on lembit4london, that would be lovely, ta. #
Woke up with Return to Sender on the brain #earworm #Elvis #

Visiting the Chateau de Balleroy #
I don't understand why Lib Dem peers and MPs are breaking #superinjunctions – cui bono? #
RT @trioptimum: Pylons are so named because they are constructed from two principal materials: nylon and pie. #pylonfacts #
@Pamreader sorry to sound like a philistine, but I have plenty to read already without discovering even more. in reply to Pamreader #
RT @trioptimum: RT @HugeAtomicFreak: The larval stage of the pylon is the Blue Peter Advent Crown. #pylonfacts #
@catofstripes was super. Cats all well and happy in varying degrees – YHM. in reply to catofstripes #
Cat nighttime summoning ritual 66% successful http://flic.kr/p/9Lj6f5 #
Objecting to sharing sofa with spiders #
And final cat fed, even if we had to take special measures http://flic.kr/p/9LgGyv #
@dan_lepard here's a really tasty rosé wine and strawberry jelly recipe http://bit.ly/a8rPwq in reply to dan_lepard #

Hovering in harbour, ferry unable to dock because of unspecified "technical problem." Around an hour late already. #
Hopefully now disembarking #
Off boat but still in port as every car searched by cops #

She said she couldn't guarantee it would work on Saturday, and I should only use it if there weren't a lot of people around. #
Just checked the weather for Bayeux. There's somewhere in Brazil called that that's an awful lot warmer than where we're going. #
RT @CharlotteGore: Oh, you're all watching weekly Shout at Tories on the BBC? I'm having a better evening than you. Fact. #
Corblimey, Lib Dem Voice has been down over 12 hours now, and our host is showing no sign of helping or even answering emails 😦 #
@alansm eUKhost. We're moving shortly. #
@kayray someone must have given Elizabeth the earl grey with the caffeine in it by mistake. #
@Psythor are you talking US congress? I think different states have different rules, eg in some, governor appoints replacements. #
@Psythor but there is definitely a West Wing plot when a husband comes instead of a (dead?) congresswoman. #
LibriVox now has over *three years* of recorded audio, if played continuously. http://bit.ly/lf9Fef #
@nickparkhouse moment, while, handful, amount, sum, tipple, two fingers, jigger #
Have ticked everything off the list. But did I write everything I needed on the list in the first place? #
@martijn_grooten well, thanks – have you tried my Invisible Man? http://bit.ly/jqREXd #
Now, an hour and a bit to ablute, tidy house to vaguely acceptable, pack car, check tyres, go to meeting… #