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Elle, rain has eased a bit, here. No wind, though.
Paddy P takes bets on just about anything.
I have had a bet on the next Pope's name, Royal babies names,
BGT, Alpine Skiing, racing, golf, cycling, election results, football, White Christmas, Sports Personality of the Year., Loads of stuff.
Just for a bit of fun, most times I lose, but I do appreciate the times when the Gods smile upon me!
Cheltenham Festival is the highlight of the year for me.
I am a fan of Willie Mullins, the Irish trainer.
Willie walks on water!
Barney is a legendary gambler. He has organised massive tilts at the bookies in the past. But I would not expect you to have heard of him.
Plenty on Google about his exploits.
I do not golf any more, and when I did I was pretty awful, but I enjoyed the game, and the fresh air etc! Now, I watch it to my hearts content on Sky Sports TV, when I choose to.

Rusty, it is still very nasty outside here ! torrential rain and very heavy winds!
I have given up the idea of going shopping - nothing that cannot wait till Monday - and as the dog is supposed to keep her wound and the stitches dry (ish), the garden is the extent of our perambulations today, I think!
So you did play golf at one time........
Wasn't it Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka "Mark Twain", who said that "Golf is a good walk spoiled"? (and before you - and any other golfers/ supporters are up in arms, that is not my personal opinion, I'm just citing the quotation!)
I have never played golf - I played tennis at every available opportunity and there was never time for another serious sport.
I am just to consult Google about which (if any) Art exhibition to visit next week when I meet my friend ( the one from Tewin) whom I meet every month up in London.
We may possibly go to the Goya exhibition at The National Gallery, but we both prefer Impressionism / Post Impressionism, so I shall see if I can find something of that genre.

Don't advise going to the Goya unless you have prebooked on a wet Saturday, Elle. Last week the only slots left were the end of the day, and that was on Thursday for Saturday.
Very wet and windy here

I always preferred the Impressionists too, but our daughter did an OU course on History of art, so we took her to see originals in various parts of Europe. I grew to love the early rinascimento (renaissance) Italian art - Fra Angelico, Giotto, Lippi etc. The Sainsbury Wing at the National has some excellent examples,

I may have told you this before. We've been to Florence several times, and one year we persuaded some friends to come too. The first morning we went to the Uffizi, and after about 20 minutes it became apparent that they didn't like art galleries!

Ros, it will be next Wednesday if we do go there . Hopefully, there won' t be a need to book midweek?
I am compiling a list to send so that my friend can choose which exhibition she fancies.

Oh dear, Chris, there is nothing worse that going around an Art Gallery with someone is unappreciative of what he/ she is viewing!
Yes, I've been round the Sainsbury Wing - one or six times!

Elle, I would not last two minutes in an art gallery!
I like Ansel Adams photos, though.
I am home for the day now.
Just did a bit of driving for my son.
Time to read the paper.

Rusty, it would never do if everyone liked the same things; just think how boring life would be! It is a person's individuality that makes him/ her interesting, don't you agree?
I could remain in an Art Gallery all day - and frequently do - but I have less tolerance for Museums, for instance. I do find them interesting, but a little at a time goes a long way! I need to process what particular topic I am researching/ interested in/ and then go away - coming back at a later date to study something else.
I work museums on an "easy does it" policy!
I would imagine that, as you enjoy factual reading, you are more interested in Museums?
Ansel Adams? I know virtually nothing about him, other than his being a photographer?
What is his speciality - and what attracts you so much to his photographs?

Elle, I am not interested in Art in the slightest, though I like a nice landscape. Museums do not interest me, either.
I am a bit of a Neanderthal, I think.
Ansel Adams? I have no idea what he specialised in, but I have looked at some of his landscapes and thought they were super.
"Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico" is probably his best known one.
He had an "eye" for a photo. It is not by chance he took those wonderful pictures.
We have a blue sky!

Hi, Rusty!
I have been educating myself by looking up Ansel Adams! That photograph that you like so much - "Moonrise over Hernandez, New Mexico" - apparently became so popular that Adams himself made over 1,300 photo prints of it during his career.
How about that for a titbit of information?
I also found other photographs - you are quite right; they really are superb - and would not be half so effective were they in colour. The black and white prints are perfect.
Blue sky? We have had none of that! and it has gone dark by now, of course.
I was looking in Anne Bradman's earlier at "tedium /tedious" and what do you think I found as one of the alternatives.......?
.......... "dreich"!!!
I checked it out in Chambers and discovered that 'dreich' can also means long-drawn -out, tedious and dreary. I didn't know that! I have only encountered it when you have referred to a wet day!
I'm forever learning something new!