BrucatosgotoOrkneys2023

  We had planned on going to  Oxford  today, to a small museum, but when we got to looking at the map, turns out that it’s over 2½ hours each way!  That, after yesterday, was just too much driving.  As  R  pointed out, it’s not the car running out of gas, it’s us!  And I’m afraid it’s true!  Oh well!  At any rate, I didn’t get finished posting the blog until midnight last night, and finally got up around 7 this morning.  The day was grey from the start.  In fact,  R  thought it might be raining, although it wasn’t.  Just … grey.  Boy, I do miss blue sky, I have to admit!  According to the Weather Channel app, it was 52 degrees, but felt like 49 degrees.  Felt lower than that to me!  Additionally, Robert has Caltech work to do, and has been trying to fit it in when we’ve been at the house.     So, after canceling  O...

  Up this morning about 5, and not much dragging of the feet this morning, as we wanted to get into London to get to the two museums we wanted to see!  One note, first, though, about the pillows here at our lovely house. First, the bed is situated in the loft…and it’s a  VERY  low loft!  Even I have to be careful of my head getting into and out of bed … but what was a complete and total surprise were the pillows – or, I should say, what passes for pillows!  They’re more like flat logs, actually!  I’ve never seen anything like them!  They’re about 3” high, don’t really move at all, and have no “give” whatsoever!  And as I tend to be a “burrower”, it’s really rather awkward!  There’s nothing to burrow into!  Now I know how the Egyptians must have felt – they had funny little wooden neck braces that have been identified as “pillows” – I mean seriously – what’s with that??  Should h...