I was watching Enid last night on BBC4, and had two instances of recognising the actor, but not knowing where I had seen them.

So I went on IMDB and it turns out that Dorothy was Ida Scott from The Satan Pit, and Hanly Blyton was Alan Jackson from SJA.

It's typical of me to recognise the actors from their SF roles.


On another note; I feel such a Klutz.

In WoM, when the Doctor is asked to state his name, rank and intention, he replies "The Doctor, Doctor ...... fun."

I thought it was strange that the Doctor was calling himself Doctor Fun. I've only just realised that he is answering Adelaide's questions.

Name - The Doctor
Rank - Doctor
Intention - fun

Please tell me I wan't the only one that missed this.

We have started practicing stuff for Christmas. Most of the things are fine, but tonight our choir master got out Tavener's 'The Lamb'
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Now, I can sing it; it's not that hard, but I will not enjoy it. I have not yet met a piece of Tavener I like. His stuff is always discordant, and he is a lazy composer. The Lamb consists of just two repeated phrases, and one of those phrases, the two halves are mirror images of each other.

Oh, well, we have some other very nice stuff to make up for it, and I know we have 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' at least once.

I have just spent some minutes explaining how livejournal works to my Father. In particular, communities.

One of his retired professional things he belongs to wants to set up some way to communicate using the internet, and Father suggested LJ. Now I'll probably have to help him set up an account.

I suppose I should be flattered.

I have now uploaded my pictures to Photobucket.

Orignally, I was going to sing at Llandaff cathedral for the weekend, then stay on a couple of days to do the Doctor who sites, but the singing was cancelled so I got longer to go siteseeing. Along with my friend who lives at the rift, and a load of printouts from The Locations Guide, we walked miles, taking loads of photos. Here are some of the highlights.

( Pictures etc. here )

Having walked miles, with lots of pictures. Will post more later.

Did I miss much?

Today I made a cheese sandwich, blindfolded.

I managed very well actually, but that probably comes from me wandering around the kitchen at night without the lights on, so I'm used to doing things by feel.

I was on a VI course, which was interesting. I was also embarrased by being called an IT expert. I'm not. I can just read an instruction manual and figure out most of the buttons on the peice of tech I ended up demonstrating.

OK, I was probably more computer savvy than most of the people there.

This was just posted to the Doctor Who community. It made me giggle with thoughts of Singstar.

Today was the Guide District swimming gala.

I only had four Brownies come so we couldn't enter all the races, but they did brilliantly! We came third!

So not as big as the sports one, but we do have another trophy to pass around the pack.

Now I love being a Brownie Leader, but with all the centenary events happening, I have been thinking more lately that Girlguiding UK has forgotten about us adults.

I have been involved in Guiding for over thirty years in one form or another, and about half of that has been as a leader. That doesn't mean I'm not a Guide in my own right, wanting to have all the fun of the other sections. There isn't enough provided for the adults by HQ.

If you take a look at the Centenary Website, great logos and nationally arranged events and trips for the younger sections. But what do they give the leaders? A coach trip.

Yes there was a single international opportunity available for the over 35s, but just that one and that sold out pretty quickly. GGUK seems to think we will be content with taking our girls on events. If I've got a pack of girls to look after, I can't have fun.

I think I need to tell GGUK, just like the girls below at the Crystal Palace rally, "I'm an Adult Guide. Can I join in the fun?"



To start off, I have created my own versions of the centenary logo and badge for the sectional adventures.

    

Do you think I have a chance?

My friend at the Rift, after I told her Doctor Who was filming at Llandaff this week, sent me these pictures from the set.

I don't think they are spoilery, as there are no recognisable guest stars or aliens.

( Cut for large pictures and in case you think this is a spoiler ).