Did the earth move for me? Sadly I sept through it, and had I nt I would no doubt have assumed it was Heather moving up a league in her supersnore quest. To what do I refer? What else could it be but the earthquake!! That's it. 5.2 on the Richter scale, our best effort for 25 years. Epicentre Market Rasen, which I today discover to be in Lincs, where of course we have contacts. Dad said it reminded him of a WWII bomb going off, and 150 miles south, Malc's conjoined beds were parted at their springs.
Earhquake fever grips the land! I pick up cheery J and the first topic of conversation is the big shake. Same with Simon. Neither of them felt it, but needless to say when I get to H, his all night Red Bull supply kept him awake for the big shake up. Bastard! When do I ever go to sleep prior to 1 am, until last night.
BBC Earthqauke News (sadly the event did not quite merit a 24 hour rolling news Earthquake special) held out some hope of aftershocks (as if to confirm that this one was the BIG one, the real deal), so I will just have to stay up late tonight!
Your latest update on quake devatstation. A chimney pot fell over in Yorkshire, fracturing someone's pelvis. Eat your heart out Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and don't let us catch you whingeing next time the ground wobbles neath your feet We lived through the big one.
H cruised round his test, and passed with 4 minors, along one of the few roads still available without vast, impassable cracks barring all routes. Who knows what we will awake to in the morn!
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