Shanks's pony

Today's weather was even worse than yesterday.  It was dark, dismal, miserable, rainy and very cold.  A day to stay indoors.... but I had to go to Gateshead to collect my new glasses from the opticians.  I had a pick up time of 1.40pm.  I got to Gateshead a bit earlier and looked in a couple of shops.

Got my glasses..... however I'm not too pleased with them as I can't see any better than I could with my old ones.  I will give them a few days and then I might go back to the opticians.  I know that with cataracts my vision will still be poor but I was promised that the new glasses would make my vision a bit better while I'm waiting for the cataract op.

I popped into Tesco before getting my bus home.  I was feeling cold and wet when I got in the house so I got straight into my PJs and put the fire on in the living room.  Of course I soon fell asleep for an hour or so.

Took my blip shot in Gateshead just across the road from the Transport Interchange. The Wide Wednesday theme is " Transport ".   I stood for a while waiting for a bus to appear but gave up and just took  a shot of this lady walking or using " shanks's pony " . The term "shanks' pony"  refers to using one's own legs as a means of transportation. It originated in Scotland in the 18th century and is a play on words that uses "shank" to refer to the lower part of the leg. There are a couple of bikes and vehicles  in the shot too to add to the transport theme.  Thanks to BobsBlips for hosting.

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