Keep calm and carry on
Mar. 28th, 2010 07:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeI'm reading Blackout, right? It's set mostly in and around the Blitz, with an excursion to Dunkirk. (The London Blitz, that is -- turns out it was a nationwide craze, which is one of those things no one ever bothers to tell you in eleventh grade modern history. Although, despite what Wikipedia claims, I'm pretty sure the Cardiff Blitz took place entirely in Jack Harkness's pants.)
And while I've been reading, the F1 Grand Prix has been taking place literally across the road. So while I read tales of rockets and shelters and air raid sirens and incendiaries, I've been serenaded by the sounds of racing cars and low-flying aircraft. (And, in the last quarter of an hour, a very loud rendition of "God Save the Queen". Either an English team won, or we've been invaded again.)
In short, if anyone needs us, the cat and I will be setting up an Anderson shelter in the car space.
And while I've been reading, the F1 Grand Prix has been taking place literally across the road. So while I read tales of rockets and shelters and air raid sirens and incendiaries, I've been serenaded by the sounds of racing cars and low-flying aircraft. (And, in the last quarter of an hour, a very loud rendition of "God Save the Queen". Either an English team won, or we've been invaded again.)
In short, if anyone needs us, the cat and I will be setting up an Anderson shelter in the car space.
