{"id":2322,"date":"2014-03-02T10:52:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T10:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2014-03-02T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T10:52:39","slug":"mad-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=2322","title":{"rendered":"Mad March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was a fine day, felt like the first sunny day in ages and it was a welcome contrast to last weekend.\u00a0\u00a0 Having signed up for a fridge delivery \u201cany time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.\u201d\u00a0 we were somewhat surprised, yet delighted, to receive a phone call at 7 a.m. super spottum, announcing, \u201cWir ootside yir front door,\u201d\u00a0 and presently two very helpful chaps delivered the new item which hopefully will not smell like the old one and will also not disgorge itself of Amazonian tides of water every time I bump the defrost button by mistake.\u00a0 <a title=\"Gentle Readers\" href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=2098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gentle readers<\/a>, the new one has no icebox.\u00a0 This may yet turn out to be a life style change too far, only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>With our reclaimed time hanging heavy in our pockets, we of course did the only sensible thing, and finally watched the last episode of Breaking Bad.<\/p>\n<p>After that we had to seek normality, and ended up in Holyrood Park, along with, it seems, half of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2311\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2311\" alt=\"Paul with Mute Swans, Dunsapie Loch\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010017-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul with Mute Swans, Dunsapie Loch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2312\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2312\" alt=\"Tufted Ducks\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010023-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tufted Ducks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2313\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2313\" alt=\"Nifty Tufties Naffed Oft\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010024-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nifty Tufties Naffed Oft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2314\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2314\" alt=\"Dunsapie looking north, rain over the Forth\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010039-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunsapie looking north, rain over the Forth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2315\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2315\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2315\" alt=\"Edinburgh from Queen's Drive\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/P3010046-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edinburgh from Queen&#8217;s Drive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2316\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tufty-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2316\" alt=\"Tufty profile\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/tufty-1-251x300.jpg\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tufty 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