Wrapping tips

We have been picking up tips on how to wrap

awkwardly shaped presents while on our walks at

Chiltern Open Air Museum, and thought we'd pass on some of them ...

If you run out of paper, it's amazing what you can do

with a tarpaulin.

And rope is perfectly acceptable as a substitute for sellotape.

Use ladders to hold your tarpaulin down while you tie it into place.

Always leave the head sticking out if you gift wrap a horse.

Olympic fever

The Madwoman seems to have got Olympic fever.

Every afternoon she has been glued to the TV, watching

various horses prancing around, leaping fences and generally

cavorting around. She claims it is essential viewing, vital to her work.

We reckon it's just a good excuse to loll around on the sofa with a cuppa,

studiously ignoring the lawn that needs mowing ....

In the meantime, unlike the Madwoman, we have been

training hard for our own Olympic sporting speciality,

Synchronized Snoozing. 

Here's a taster of what you can expect as soon as it is

officially recognized by the IOC:

The Warm Up

Easing into the routine ...

Perfect timing and excellent proprioception is essential ...

 

The Big Finish