Floods and reminiscences
Jul. 22nd, 2007 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylTruly appalling journey from Exeter to the Midlands. Despite the dire warnings of serious flooding in Oxfordshire, I managed to make it as far as Didcot by train before all attempts at onward rail travel had to be abandoned in the face of the rising waters. Eventually, I was forced to ask my pater to come and pick me up.
Safely relocated, we went to dinner with some friends of mine who I haven't seen in close to 15, yes 15, years. We talked about Cuba, the ethics of chocolate buying, the merits of Finham Park as compared to Cardinal Newman and whether, back when we were callow striplings, we used to have lion bars after swimming on a Friday. R maintains that we did and that M always used to try to cut three bars up into five pieces, only to get it wrong and have to cut the last bit up into tiny chunks to make up the difference. Neither S or I could remember it, but now I think I'm starting to remember. I'll have to check with my sis and see whether her memories match up. All rather wonderful.
Safely relocated, we went to dinner with some friends of mine who I haven't seen in close to 15, yes 15, years. We talked about Cuba, the ethics of chocolate buying, the merits of Finham Park as compared to Cardinal Newman and whether, back when we were callow striplings, we used to have lion bars after swimming on a Friday. R maintains that we did and that M always used to try to cut three bars up into five pieces, only to get it wrong and have to cut the last bit up into tiny chunks to make up the difference. Neither S or I could remember it, but now I think I'm starting to remember. I'll have to check with my sis and see whether her memories match up. All rather wonderful.
