Awake and up all night

Oooh. Did you do sleeper trains? Do you speak many languages? Where surprised the most? Ahem I will let you reply.

Cheers

Well if you scan the whole history of civilisation some very weird things come up. But say you confine it to the high streets of towns in Britain. Old towns and new towns, ones that survived the blitz and ones that were rebuilt in 60s brutalism. 

Ooh yeah Kwells! Dad recommended them as he suffers motion sickness but was in the Merchant Navy! Recommended as can take when feel ill and they are fast acting.

Mother made me fight the nausea!

Cheers 

When I was 4 yo we travelled by train from West Yorkshire to King's Cross, crossed the channel by ferry, then overland by train to Austria. I wasn't travel sick once on the trains, just like Shimmers. 

Trains are magical xxx

The trip I was thinking of was not a sleeper train.We had a night in Brussels then to Paris where we changed stations and train companies arriving in Zurich in the evening. I do not speak any other languages at all well. At least a lot of Europeans speak English. Not in St Petersburg where I went when Yeltsin was in charge. The tour guide spoke English. It was a trip back to the 1930s. And arriving back in England was like going in H G Wells' time machine.

Guys, I'm starting to flag and need to be up in a few hours, so thanks for the great chat and night night to you both. Hugs  and see you later xxx

I think it is about time I had another lie down. I really need to stand rather than sit and lying down is just a necessity. And I have enjoyed this too 

Well I do despair at our current disposable attitude. Buildings that are torn down after only twenty or so years when others have been standing for centuries.

The old argument around form and function. I love older construction where even on the bits that were never going to be seen, so many intricate skills and care and aesthetic choices were employed.

I can appreciate the pull of the thrill of the new and trends being a reaction to what has gone before. Today of course we have blatant marketing and influencers informing us what is desirable.

Cheers

Nyt Gill H nyt Fliegel Great work out for the little grey cells as Poirot might say 

Hope we all get at least some rejuvenating sleep.

Sweet dreams

Ha! Found another of my old pics. Had been feeling the cold all day

Ok sssshhhh nyt