Thoughts - Snickets

[jack]

Today (ie. Yesterday, ie. Thurs) I discovered two fun little snickets[1]. It's amazing how after 4 years in cambridge there's lots of streets I've just never been down, even right next to ones I have.

First: from the CMS to Grantchester. Go to the end of grange road and go straight on at the Hat and Feathers, and straight on at the corner down a little unpaved road. Turn left through a little gate into a cul-de-sac and right at the end down a little alleyway. Straight down the road you come out on and presto! Grantchester meadows, and a nice walk through the fields.

Second: from Montmorency[2] to Oblivion. Straight up Lizzie[3] Way, straight on at two roundabouts, and right along a back street. Then in a staright line just parallel to Arbury Road for ages, through a few streets, a little park, a mini shopping centre, budgens carpark, a roadabout, and into Fortescue Road.

It's amazing what you discover. I didn't know until the other day that "Tog" was a measure of duvet weight either; no-one just ever used the word in front of me.

Comments

[rochvelleth.livejournal.com]

You called it Montmorency? But I've been trying to think of Elvis puns!

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Ah, I suddenly see why you sulked that I'd made up my mind! Sorry, ignore my email, no, it's not fixed at all: I've been using a random name from the ones I've been considering whenever I refer to Devil Rider Café^[5], so I can get an idea of which ones feel right. There'll be fanfare when I finally decide.

Montmorency is because in 3 Men in a Boat (the best book ever, bar none, and by far and away the funniest) there were 3 people: George, J and Harris, and also the dog, Montmorency, and in Cutter Ferryhouse^[6] we have me, called J, and Georgina, called George, and one other.

[5] Housename. Anagram of the street name, Acrefield Drive.
[6] Housename. We're just behind Cutter Ferry Bridge.

[rochvelleth.livejournal.com]

I like Devil Rider Cafe!

Er, how about Jailhouse Shock...?