BETTY Tell you what Nora, my head is throbbing.
NORA Serves you right Betty. You just don't know when to stop.
BETTY I only had six vodkas and that bottle of Merlot.
NORA You are forgetting the Jägerbombs.
BETTY Anyway. You can talk. I had to steer you back to the B&B
NORA I don't even remember getting into bed.
BETTY You were singing, "My Way". The landlady banged on the wall. I don't know what she was yelling. It was well after midnight.
NORA Anyway. I guess we'd better get going.
BETTY Where are we walking to today?
NORA I thought we'd walk up Hucklow Edge and then over the fields to Abney.
BETTY How far's that?
NORA About three miles
BETTY (Groans) I don't think I'm up to it Nora. Like I say, my head's throbbing.
NORA Hair of the dog?
BETTY "The Bull's Head" will be open in five minutes.
NORA Shall we have a snifter?
BETTY Why not? We can always go for a walk tomorrow.
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Ha ha. A great story YP. Hey, you should write a book! I would buy it! .... oh wait. you did. And I did.
ReplyDeleteHello Kate. Thanks for dropping by again. Glad you liked this bit of silliness.
DeleteThat might be exactly the conversation they were having! You just never know!
ReplyDeleteOr they might have been talking about past love conquests.
DeleteHa ha, that made me chuckle.
ReplyDeleteSplendid!
DeleteI think they were discussing the fifteen miles they'd walked the day before and whether they should pack egg salad or cheese sandwiches for today's journey.
ReplyDeleteThey look like vegans to me.
DeleteGreat story, great photo. For real, that's who I want to be when I grow up.
ReplyDeleteWith the blue outfit on the left you'd be making a powerful fashion statement on Long Island Vivian. Only a few brave women could pull such a daring look off.
Deletethe ladies in the photo look like the opposite of the ladies in your piece.
ReplyDeleteNo way Red! My imagination must be running away with me.
DeleteAnd good for them!
ReplyDeleteEncouraging alcohol dependency?
DeleteThose poor women! Did you ask permission to post their picture publicly? I'm pretty sure they are healthy-eating, right-living paragons of virtue - they packed their own lunches!!
ReplyDeleteIn England it is legal to photograph or videotape anything and anyone on any public property.
DeleteMaybe it is here, too. I don't really know. I was just poking fun.
DeleteWalking is over-rated, anyway!!
ReplyDeleteBETTY Maybe that Australian woman will be in the pub again.
DeleteNORA Jesus! She could drink! What was her name?
BETTY Leonora but she likes to be called Lee.
Not likely, Yorkie.
DeleteThe last time I had a couple of drinks in a pub would be about 14 years ago...it's a long time since I've been in pub. And I hardly drink alcohol at all these days, at home or elsewhere.
So far this year I've had three glass of wine and one beer...a Crown Lager...and those I had on the afternoon of Australia Day, 26th January....at our little lane-way party during the afternoon of said day.
You don't have to say it...I know...I am a boring old fart!
So, it's a case of mistaken identity! :)
Oh, I see. She must have been a different Lee then.
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