dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise Bremner) wrote in message news:<1g0g7qk.uil4r8z7lt2eN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com>...
> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > > and the showers don't
> > > really get you clean.
> > 
> > Ahh, the joys of SE England's hard water, I presume.
> 
> ...or minimal water pressure from a fixed shower head (of course, the
> minimal pressure might be due to the build-up of deposits in the piping,
> come to think on it). And then there's shower enclosures that are too
> small, with curtains that cling, built on floors that can't cope with
> even minimal splashing....
> 

YES! That's it precisely - the damn water pressure AND the shower
units you have to almost squeeze yourself into - and getting out? 
Forgetaboutit.

Nevertheless, I've nicely reacclimatized.  'Junior' gets baptized
today so the morning involved a fair bit of clearing up in the garden
for the after-event. It was nice to perform some manual labor outside
without being in danger of collapsing with heatstroke.

In the morning we're getting out from under grandparents feet (I've
just about reached my maximum 'gaman' time with my mother – 4 days.) 
So it's a trip out to mid-Wales, Knighton in Powys to be precise, for
one night and then a pleasant drive down over the Brecon Beacons to
Swansea for a second night.  I need to introduce ‘Junior' to the sea,
and there aren't many better places to do that than on the Gower
peninsular.  It also keeps us out of Mothercare, Toys R Us and GAP –
dangerous places with a 6 month old in tow!

--
jonathan