Engineer's Corner

Engineer's Corner
(Wendy Cope)

(Why isn't there an Engineers' Corner in Westminster Abbey? In Britain we've always made more fuss of a ballad than a blueprint...How many schoolchildren dream of becoming great engineers?
-- advertisement placed in The Times by the Engineering Council)

We make more fuss of ballads than of blueprints--
That's why so many poets end up rich,
While engineers scrape by in cheerless garrets.
Who needs a bridge or dam? Who needs a ditch?

Whereas the person who can write a sonnet
Has got it made. It's always been the way,
For everybody knows that we need poems
And everybody reads them every day.

Yes, life is hard if you choose engineering --
You're sure to need another job as well;
You'll have to plan your projects in the evenings
Instead of going out. It must be hell.

While well-heeled poets ride around in Daimlers,
You'll burn the midnight oil to earn a crust,
With no hope of a statue in the Abbey,
With no hope, even, of a modest bust.

No wonder small boys dream of writing couplets
And spurn the bike, the lorry and the train.
There's far too much encouragement for poets --
That's why this country's going down the drain.

Holiday is over

And I'll post photos one of these days... :-)

Here's a photo from today's sunday walk:

Bye bye rainy weather (hopefully)

Off to Bulgaria tomorrow! We're staying half a mile away from Nessebar.

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Anniversary

Happy anniversary to us!

Just outside Birtavarre a few days ago, we went fishing in the evening. Got to see the midnight sun:


Now we're in Harstad:




Going to Bodø tomorrow!

Road Trip

We're on holiday! Until the end of July/beginning of August. We started from Båtsfjord Saturday, and so far we're 800 kilometres further south already. We plan to go here and here, amongst other places. We're going to take it slow, and make lots of room for relaxing, swimming, good food, friends - and taking photos of course:-) Wish you all a wonderful summer!


Jungl Thomas' photo. (Cos we haven't been there yet!;-)) Check out his blog, he's got some really cool photos.