Swimming Against The Tide

By ViolaMaths

Flooded Meadow!

Today was our first day "back at work"! Well, actually back to work for the Wonderspouse, and back to the usual daily routine for me.

The 6 a.m. alarm felt jolly early, but in some ways it was good to get back to a bit of activity after all the sitting around over the holidays. The Wonderspouse got on his bus as usual, I came home, practised the piano, then set off into town.

It was a slow journey - at least an hour sitting in traffic. The Wonderspouse had a similar experience on the bus. Since two of the major routes into Oxford are currently flooded, the traffic is even worse than usual. I finally parked outside Scharwenka's house, then walked into town and went to see the Meadow, which is currently more of a lake! I chatted to a friendly woman with a lively dog, watched a confused jogger wondering where to jog since his usual route was under water, and was amused by a lady duck chasing after two drakes! All of the pictures I took can be seen here!

Then I headed to a comfy sofa in a coffee shop to drink coffee and read a chapter of maths, walked back to Scharwenka's for lunch, sampled his extremely fine 1948 Port, and caught up on all the news from the Festive Season!

The Wonderspouse and I then went to do a quick top-up shop before the journey home - thankfully much faster than the journey out!

Feet a little sore after around 5 miles walking, but it's good to be back to doing stuff again! :-)

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