Snowed out
Yesterday was supposed to be the opening night for the Birmingham Open art show, at which Mr. Bsag was exhibiting. With the snow falling heavily and Birmingham City Council closing things left, right and centre, he called them to ask if the opening night was still going ahead, to which they said yes. I was supposed to be joining him, but as the weather deteriorated and our prospects of an unhindered journey back on the train afterwards decreased accordingly, I wasn’t feeling too keen. Nevertheless, the instinct to stand by my man and celebrate his achievement (and — I must admit — the faint but highly appealing prospect of free wine), forced me to toil into town through the slippery combination of fresh snow on partly-melted slush. A quick call to Mr. Bsag to arrange a meeting place revealed that he’d found the Gas Hall shut up, with a message that the opening night was cancelled. Great. It was a real disappointment, and doubly annoying as we’d made the effort to get in.
We had a consoling drink in the Wellington to cheer ourselves up (and warm up), then trudged home again, hoping that the opening night will be re-run sometime next week.
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Oh no! Hope next week's weather cooperates more!
by Pica @ 11/02/2007 3:05 am • Permalink •
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What is this country coming to. As a 5-6 year old some 47 years ago, we would go to school several miles away in Looe or Cirencester, through up to 3 feet of snow; with our gloves connected through our sleeves by a length of elastic, lest we mislay them; by a combination of walking to the main road, hitching lifts on farm vehicles and catching buses, once there we would all gather round the single pot-bellied stove in attempt to stay warm. Now, with all mod cons, central heating, superior roads and transport systems, 2" of snow brings the country to a halt, it beggars belief.
by Jonathan Briggs @ 11/02/2007 10:19 am • Permalink •
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I just realised, nowadays you wouldn't be able to ride on a farm trailer pulled by a tractor as the snow would have melted before the clipboard wielders that now run our lives had done a "Risk assessment" before allowing us on the trailer.........
by Jonathan Briggs @ 11/02/2007 2:49 pm • Permalink •
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What a shame that opening night was cancelled! Yay for consoling drinks.
Debbie
by Inkygirl @ 11/02/2007 4:32 pm • Permalink •
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Pica: Me too! It has thawed here now, so hopefully it will be re-run.
Jonathan Briggs: I know, it's a bit unbelievable. I think part of the problem with schools is that many of the teachers live miles away and come by car, so the fear is that they wouldn't be able to get in and so there would be an illegal staff:student ratio. To be fair to Central Trains, they actually did a pretty good job of keeping things running. The service wasn't much worse than it is on a normal day (which isn't saying much about their 'normal' service, but still...)
Inkygirl: Indeed. The Wellington is a great place for a consoling drink, actually, and I had a very nice Perry, which you don't find in many pubs.
by bsag @ 11/02/2007 6:55 pm • Permalink •
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