Dress Of The Day with Angela

What does the news tell travellers? The weather. The Seasonal holidays. What you should wear outdoors and indoors. Weather Warnings What to wear tomorrow.  What to pack for your destination. Whether you might want to cancel your trip, or your trip might be diverted. Whether there are parades blocking roads. Or storms diverting flights. In winter, will you have cancelled meetings? No news is good news, goes the old saying. Because newspaper headlines and the ones which grab out attention are often about wars, individual deaths, murders, accidents robberies and scams.  Those Who Avoid Bad News I have one friend who has a sick, elderly husband.  Yet she is very active in the community. She goes to art exhibitions. But she says she doesn't read the news because it is depressing.  I, on the other hand, read the news because it is vital to me when I am travelling.  Diversions & Delays I always remember 9/11, when I and my husband were in Singapore. A friend in Sin...

  I found that I do too much nodding and shaking of my head and the umbrella hat falls off.  One gust of wind, and you are chasing after it. In theory you can carry it around in a bag or pocket, for an unexpected or expected rainfall later in the day. It is small to pack, lighter that a full size regular umbrella. Then I put it away and lost it. It is probably hiding at the bottom of the umbrella stand.  I usually need a much bigger umbrella because I am carrying a bag containing my diary, papers and books. So I need more protection. You cannot wear a golf umbrella on your head. However, like me, you might feel, try anything once. Cycling My husband bought the tiny variety to stick on his phone when cycling. He needed the phone on a regular motorcycle to signal and you go through the gantry of the road toll system which operated before Covid.  Then he progressed to a mountain bike, mostly for exercise and fresh air.  Gardening As for gardening, who goes out in t...