Sunday 4 April 2021

AFTER THE FALL*

* Yes that is a religious reference or, for readers of spy novels, a reference to John Le Carre but - read on. 



It will be play day today with lots of outside adventuring to make the most of the glorious weather.



This is what we woke up to this morning so a  nice walk around the bays to Smuggler's Bay is on the cards and, maybe, golf in the afternoon.

Easter is normally the last time of the season when we swim so a dip in the bay will feature later as well when the tide comes in. All good fun.


Talking of 'all good fun' I discovered this photograph yesterday of a local playground. It looks like it might have been taken in the 1950s or 1960s going by the clothes that the kids are wearing. It certainly reminds me of the sort of jungle gyms we played on at St. Anne's and Marist Brothers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. 


The ground was hard and generally covered in asphalt or concrete, not the padded rubber or other soft stuff that kids have today:




Have a look at the top photograph again and see if you notice something unusual. At the middle left.



I wonder how this kid fared after his fall?

3 comments:

Richard (of RBB) said...

Probably too much salamon pizza.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

No doubt it's the way you dismounted from the monkey bars.

THE CURMUDGEON said...

We've just been for a swim. The water is still warmish so it was lovely.
I won the swim challenge beating The Old Girl twice.
Admittedly, both times I grabbed her leg and pulled her under the water but hey, a win's a win.