Another free wireless hotspot… this time it’s pie minster in the Covered Market in Oxford. I popped in for a “minty lamb pie” for lunch, and stayed for cappucino and wi-fi.
Yesterday evening I made the mistake of turning on the TV. (Lorna does have a small one, mostly to play back videotapes of documentaries she’s been involved in.) It was a surreal experience. On two channels, there were back-to-back programs about food and health, including segments about food addicts who weigh 30 to 60 stone (US: multiply by 14 to get pounds). And then over on BBC2 there seemed to be non-stop cookery programs. (BBC1 seemed to be doing a UK version of American Idol – equally inane.)
However there is no doubt whatsoever about what’s the best of the new (to me) TV shows. It is, of course Shaun the Sheep. Sheer brilliance from Aardman.