A general misconception that we are all swanning around in bikinis, surfing and drinking large fruity cocktails down here during the winter months must surely be dispelled. Not only do we have to wear woolly hats and thermal knickers but at times we have to suffer from ridulously pretty frost formations adorning the local flora (see flickr pages) and occasionally having to unfreeze the toilet waste pipe (lavatory if you live in Sussex).
The latter is best avoided as the situation can (and did) develop into a rather sordid affair if flushing occurs before defrosting takes place.
I didn’t surf today. I was busy lagging my pipes.
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I must say, your photos are stunning young man. You are gifted.
Why thank you kindly ma’am…
heinous beauty! the horror… the HORROR!
sympathy on the toilet woes… nothing places you firmly on planet earth like a sanitary disaster. bet it doesn’t freeze quite so pretty. no photos, please…
I’ll probably have to blame my father’s plumbing. It’s a hobby of his you know…
A large, fruity cocktail might have actually helped us prepare for the loo disaster … liquid courage and all that. xx
Never too early in the day for an LFC. I’ll go defrost some lemons… xxx
As you aren’t wearing your bikini at the moment may I suggest you use that to lag the pipes …….
[blimey - what's happening to everyone's lemon trees etc?]
Lemon trees seem to fare okay. I suspect a few orange trees may be a tad ‘burnt’ in the next few weeks. I’ll be able to get my snowboard out soon…
I am truly grateful for this blog. How else would we be able to keep up with the minutiae of your daily life.
Enjoy.
I was trying to eat my breakfast whilst reading this ………….then i read a line about Daddy papersurfers` plumbing,it put me off my banana porridge !
But as its 20 degrees C first thing in the am here ,maybe i should go for a LFC for brekkie instead.
LOL Hugeypoohs xx
PS the water just got to 21 degress,nice.
Hi Huge – if you’re trying to make me jealous it’s working very nicely! Lagide looked fab yesterday but I’m still landlocked (brain weevils are bastards). Boo. x
beautiful shot!
i hate snaking pipes….
I’m not sure what ‘snaking pipes’ is but if you hate them – I hate them too. Bastard things…
the mental images of you in a) a bikini, b) thermal knickers and c) dealing with a backlog (almost literally) have put me into therapy and i will be sending you the bill. However i will knock a bit off for giving us such a beautiful picture.
keep warm, i am sure you two know how xxxxx
I have very attractive thermal knickers actually.
We will be trying all sorts of warming techniques. Oh yes indeedy. Uh huh. Yup. xxx