It's a video. Of a cat.

You can tell I was bored. OUT has a new feature where you can add videos. Which seems to involve linking to clips of your favourite thing that everyone's seen 100 times before. Or someone sat in front of their PC talking crap in a nervous manner.

So I made a video of a cat doing nothing. Add a caption, some cheesy filters to make it look old (I was going for a Bagpuss effect, really), and 17 seconds of music (which actually took me about 17 seconds to "compose"). Well, I thought it was a fun way to spend 5 minutes.

Rockets, volcanos and small children

You'd think that was possibly not the best combination, but I've never let things like that bother me before. The niece was here for a week, on her own, without the boys. So lots of finding things to do to keep her amused, including a compulsory visit from Uncle Phil (who would have been in trouble if he hadn't come).

So, a trip to a zoo to see some animals (no sweary parrot though!). Then we had to rush home to make a cake. Which had to be pink. (Made up for the fact that I didn't get around to making a "big pink gay cake" for Phil's birthday).

Then rocket time. Coke bottle, 1/3 full of water. Car tyre valve with a couple of balloons wrapped around it to plug up the neck of the bottle. Careful balance it on a stand made of bent coat hangers. Pump air into bottle. Watch as it flies 50 foot in the air, soaking anyone standing nearby. Repeat until small child is amused enough. I was enjoying it a bit too much, I think.

Oh, and volcanos involve vinegar, baking soda and washing up liquid. And some food colouring. Never did quite get the recipe right.

6 weeks of stuff? Let's start with camping.

As good a place as any to start, I guess.

Camping in Wales. That was fun. Very nice campsite, with a nice view of the sea. And a little lane that goes down to the beach. And then it started raining (that annoying sort that gets you a bit wet but doesn't bother absolutely soaking you). And getting windy. The entire tent was leaning over about 45 degrees at various points during the night. Just enough to hit me in the side of the head, and then spring back up by the time I was awake enough to wonder what was going on. Phil didn't suffer from this because he was sleeping on the other side of the bedroom, away from the wind.

But still a good weekend. Found a nice little NT house to go and look around. And a nice waterfall. Took about an hour to walk down about 300 feet to the bottom, then back up the other side. But worth it. And all the roads in Wales are horrible. Big plummety drops at the side, and all windy and twisty. Luckily the sat nav got us to the campsite, but I'm sure it was taking us the most dangerous route possible.