Out and about

This posting probably belongs in my other blog (www.jackieoutandabout.blogspot.com), which has been resting since visiting Chile and the shock of getting the hire car stuck in the electric gates. I have been out and about quite a lot recently, hence the gap in blogging. The following is just a taster of lovely places visited.

Bat, boats and steam engines

The bat was the most interesting, followed by the steam engine and then the boats. Wildlife is all very well, but not in the bedroom during the night. It was hot and humid last night and the window and curtains were open wide. At some point during a dream about the steam engine, I was woken up by 'man and bat' chasing oneanother around the room. It was mildly entertaining (!) and inevitably the bat got away. I covered my head, just in case the bat became entangled in my (short) hair and tried to go back to sleep.

A bat has visited my boudoir in our previous house and when I found it snuggled up in a slipper, it was very tiny and quite cute. Last night however, the aforementioned bat seemed much bigger (huge) and of hair tangling proportions. I couldn't find it this morning and it must have either flown out in panic, or is hanging upsidedown, adorning some aspect of bedroom furniture. It's a shame that I didn't manage to get a picture.

I'll have to made do with the Kingswear steam engine - of my dreams, and some bobbing boats at Stoke Gabriel.