Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Oct 3, 2005

The holidays

Filed in Britain 2005 (2), Travel

One backpack’s worth of Christmas shopping is as much as I can stand in any one single shopping trip.

Trick du jour over here is that whenever there is a “kit” that contains multiple items of, say, toiletries, the shop puts a tie wrap through the zip so you can’t peek inside.

The shops have lost several sales from me, and should take note. Nobody shall let me refrain from peeking inside! If they wanted, they could put out a sample peek item.

Apparently, one can now buy Mile High Kits with naughty knickers. I mention this purely in the interests of cultural intrigue.

One of the trendiest brand names here is the anagram of a rude four-letter word that rhymes with “duck”. Somehow, I don’t like the idea of carrying items branded “dcuk”.

There’s coloured toilet paper here! Every time I come back, it amazes me anew.

Sticky tape is amongst the most useful and simultaneously most annoying products ever known to man. I have sticky tape in my hair and everywhere but on my wrapped presents.

That is all.