Reading rain in Reading

Tuesday, 09 September 2008 16:06

We have been trying to "read" the rain situation here as have our neighbours Nb Parsons Passage who have a deadline to keep.

The problem:-
Red boards (as for others we know of)

There are a number of boats here in Reading Jail loop (or Gaol if you prefer, as seen in the Vodaphone shop here!) waiting to get onto the Thames. It looks as if we are here for a few days. We planned to do this anyway as we both have apointments to keep. Tomorrow John has an eye test in Reading and I have to pop up to Cropredy to see my GP.

Oscar Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol - a lament inspired by a soldier in there with him.

However we hope to move on on Friday - Thames permitting. I must get my prayer mat out

Can I give a positive spin to all this rain? Lets have a try.

It is good for the gardens (but not too much more as everywhere is waterlogged!)
It saves me watering the plant pots on the roof.
There will not be a water shortage in the near future. (Except in our water tank if we don't move on Friday!)
John can spend all day on his laptop.
I can read as much as I like (next on the agenda the second book by Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns. His first, The Kite Runner is one of the best books I have read for a long time. It is brilliantly and sympathetically written, hiding nothing of the troubles of Afghanistan.)
We can sit and think of all the outside jobs that we need to do and not feel guilty that we aren't doing them.
And finally we can look forward to some dry weather and cruising again. - now that is real optimism!

Reading is still changing. There are more buildings going up. Near us this "icon" is in process of reaching upwards

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