Good Morning Early Birds

[rowanwitch]

I will start us off, it's damp and cloudy in Birmingham, but the birds are singing.
Off to London in a bit. Will catch some zzzzz on the coach. Done the trip so often I only look out the window around Oxfordshire in case I can spot some red kites. Best bit of the trip

[1ozzy]

A warm day but with a cold and windy front teasing us downunder, such is,,

[puzzled54]

Morning rowan, hope your trip goes well. Morning 1ozzy, looking forward to warm days here.

[drmorgans]

Overcast here. Going to Stratford to see Alex Kingston as Prospero in The Tempest.

[rowanwitch]

Stratord is a nice place to visit, enjoy your Shakespeare.
Ozzy, wish I could send you some rain, it would be so nice if we could share out the weather a bit more fairly.

[Chipchopper]

Good morning all!
Grey and damp hereabouts.
Blackcurrant jam on toast for breakfast.
Take care

[rowanwitch]

Breakfast seems ages ago. I try not to eat or drink too much if I am using a coach. Don't want to risk needing the on board facilities.

[1ozzy]

Cross yer legs Rowan;-)

[DTCwordfan]

Morning - a trip down the M40 - I've driven that so many times, it's almost indelibly inked on th brain.

Here, it's about giving the car some fresh lube and I need to find out who can do a quick lub change and a new filter......got a yellow warning yesterday about keeping the revs to with 4k...Otherwise quiet apart from my daughter having a wee issue, healthwise - all in part linked to her Lyme's....

[rowanwitch]

Sometimes the coach goes m40 sometimes M1, M40 is nicer, but can take longer.
Ok folks. Have a lovely day, and it it's not lovely I wish you all the best in getting through it!

[DTCwordfan]

Have a great trip, hopefully you managed to find a decent hotel at a reasonable price.

[Cloverjo]

Morning, birdies.
My cat got me up by stubbornly sitting on my hip, quite uncomfortably.
Graham Misty (him again!) down here in Zummerset

[ClareTG0ld]

Morning all :) A day may come when I'll have a good lie-in, and not wake up far earlier than I plan to, but it is not this day. When my sleep lasts, and I wake up refreshed and ready for the long day ahead. But is it not this day! This day we yawn! By all that I hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you sleep, ABers of this site!

[wolf63]

Claire - your post is all too grown-up and serious. :-)

I'm off to do some deep meditation under the duvet.

[MissTerious2]

Good morning all. Rain stopped, but grey and windy and our gardener should be arriving for the day.

Rowan we are surrounded by Red kites here and I watch their activities daily from my bed. They often come by right past the bedroom window, so I get a close up. Beautiful birds.

[Redhelen72]

Morning all, I am on my way back home, currently on the express to Heathrow.
The hotel last night was amazing and would definitely recommend Yotel to you all.
Hopefully normal service will resume tomorrow x

[MissTerious2]

Have a good journey Red.
Gardener now not coming until next week. He's had to go to hospital for a scan.

[pastafreak]

Morning everyone. Nice to see different faces. I was wakened earlier than normal. My daughter messaged me to say she feels worse today...chills, aches, shivers with a bit of itchy nose. She started with this a few days ago...same time as me. When she went into the office for a team meeting last Wednesday, several were unwell.
Looking out the window, it looks grey and dull.

[Redhelen72]

Thanks MissT
Sorry you and your daughter are not well pasta

[barry1010]

Hello everyone.
I used to love Stratford upon Avon years ago but was shocked at the decline last time I went just before lockdown. Hope it recovers.

[MissTerious2]

I had never been to Stratford until a few years back. It was far from what I expected. We left quickly. Mr T had warned me that apart from the bit of Shakespeare history it was scruffy and industrialised.