Scooping

Boxing Day is quiet at the best of times. This year mine was quadruply quiet as I sunk too many beers on Christmas Day and paid the price today. Yesterday a walk I planned with a friend who lives in Iringa was called off due to rain, so we retreated to a hotel bar to get merry instead. Not very festive but it was better than sitting with walking boots, staring out at the teeming torrents. Boxing Day in Iringa consisted of napping and buying snacks. And scooping out water from the bathroom floor as I’d left the tap running when drunk…