There are things that burn so brightly in your mind it is like they happened only yesterday. I have many examples of that. Mostly about fires. Pun intended. I used to help Eric with bonfires from about the age of
February 2024 – showering under a water tower

I don’t mean rigging up a shower underneath a water tower, though that’s quite a cool idea. More it’s showering in water that’s come via a water tower. So where have I been doing that? Well, actually nowhere. The water
January 2024 – showering after a high stakes rescue

A conundrum. A family of six (a mum, Mu, a dad, Eric, and four children aged 8 to 15) is stranded on a sand bank by the incoming tide. They have no phone and the sand bank is completely covered
July 2023 – showering after swimming in the sea

Wait a minute …. You’ve already blogged about beach showers Catharine, back in May 2020. And you didn’t have a lot to say then. Indeed, you had to be bailed out big time by the family. So what’s so different
June 2023 – showering after wild swimming

My sister livers in the Lake District and has been wild swimming/cold water swimming in the lakes and rivers up there for a few years now. I have often promised to go with her and finally stopped being all mouth
May 2023 – not showering in Amsterdam

Just spent a few days in Amsterdam, city of tulips, canals, bicycles and wild weeing. With Suhith (obvs) and Jim (a mate). Went primarily to see the Vermeer exhibition. But as with any city break, spent a fair time just
July 2022 – showers and adolescents, in their own words

I have blogged about showers and adolescents before but never spammed you with a series of pie charts, an omission for which I profusely apologise… So now to right that wrong. The following data was collected from 370 adolescents across four
January 2022 – showering for as long as I want. Part 2

Way, way back, in April 2014, I got a bona fide shower invitation to test out a recycling shower. I subsequently blogged about it under showering for as long as I want . It’s taken a long time to get
October 2021 – showering on a sub

Meant to write this while Vigil was the must see TV programme. Given that it’s set on a sub and all that. Not that you see them showering per se. Now of course it’s Squid Game. Though that series is
September 2021 – how to steal a blog and get away with it

I have a brother. Younger than me. He is third of four. I am first of four. We are both the spit of Eric. We are a bit competitive. Mostly with each other. I always win. He may beg to