CRAZY PAVING: "A form of paving, as for a path, made of slabs of stone of irregular shape fitted together."
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Saturday: Calories In, Calories Out
I have burned almost a record number of calories today, according to my Watch - about 1100, thanks to a 40 minute cardio class this morning, which I mostly managed to hang in with, and a walk this afternoon.
I am not sure it totally makes up for last night's fish and chips, some amazing chocolate cookies with a biscoff filling that H made yesterday, and some lemon cake. The cake was also made by H, and was the first attempt at a cake for her BF's neighbour who is celebrating her 80th birthday this weekend. Very unusually for H, it sank in the middle so she made more and left the first effort for us to eat. She made home made lemon curd to drizzle over the top, and there were left overs to add to the sunken cake. The final cake looked wonderful, with a mix of (bought) sugar flowers and her first attempt at buttercream roses on top.
Our walk this afternoon was in Milton Keynes, starting at what was a pre-Reformation Benedictine Abbey where the surviving buildings (barns) are now part of a Discovery Centre complex. The walk included the remains of a Roman villa, a 13th century church, and some concrete cows. The original concrete cows were made for the new town in 1978 by an American artist and have been in various locations since - they are now in the Milton Keynes museum. The set we saw today are replicas, but on the original site. They have had a coat of paint since I last saw them, though one or two are missing their heads.
Apart from exercising, I have watched my way through three episodes of Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain TV series, which for some reason I had never got round to watching before. I am also making good progress with my Rennie Mackintosh cross stitch picture, and have done a bit of reading. I do like Saturdays! Unfortunately, when M goes back to work at 111 next month, I'm afraid they won't be as relaxed.
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Used to see the cows from the train and then wondered why I never spotted them in later journeys, but maybe they had been moved away from the commuters eyeline!
:-) some seasons in life call for more cake, rather than less :-) I feel this is one of those seasons!
(Is 111 the emergency call line in the Uk? Here it is 911, so am thinking yes? Or no?)
The cows are not far at all from the train line, but there may be more greenery in the way obscuring the view?
111 is a non-emergency health service helpline which triages people with health concerns and refers them on if necessary - that can be anything from telling people to see a primary care doctor within 48 hours to calling a top priority emergency ambulance. They can also refer callers to emergency dental and mental health services. There are trained medical staff (nurses and ex-paramedics) on the team as well so the call-handlers can pass calls on to them where necessary. Our emergency call line is 999.
Very interesting! Thank you for clarifying :-)
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