18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser en interessant dokumentarfilm ”The Incredible Human Journey”
(sidste del af 5), der handler om, hvordan Nord- og Sydamerika blev befolket.
Programmets vært er den charmerende Alice Roberts.
Et interessant program, selvom det tager en hel time at give os den
nuværende grundlæggende tilstand af arkæologers teorier i dag, dvs, at de
første indvandrerne rejste langs Canadas vestlige kystlinje (til dels med små
både, hvor nødvendigt) under den seneste istid (for ca 15.000 - 14.000 år
siden), for at nå til de varmere regioner.
De troede indtil for nyligt, at disse befolkningsbevægelser først forekom
lidt nyligere, nemlig for 13.500 år siden, da en varmere korridor åbnede sig i
det enorme istidslandskab, der dengang dækkede Canada (isen var op til 3 km dyb
– uha!).
Men menneskelige rester og artefakter, der er blevet fundet i Californien,
Texas og Sydamerika, beviser, at der var mennesker her ca 1.000 år tidligere,
end dannelsen af den varmere korridor. Resultatet er, at kyst-teorien er mere
sandsynlig, tror man.
Det er interessant også, at nogle af de tidligste menneskelige rester
ligner mere Australiens aboriginer, end de asiatiske folk, der ankom lidt
senere og i større antal.
Det er en skam, at der er masser af spildt tid i denne dokumentarfilm, for
at gøre den mere interessant for mennesker, der ikke interesser sig for
forhistorien – du godeste! For eksempel ser vi Alice kæmpe for at klatre i et
isdækket bjerg i Canada, ved hjælp af moderne udstyr, så vi kan forstå, at det
var for svært for de tidligste indvandrerne – du godeste! Vi ser hende også
tale med indianske høvdinge for at høre deres teorier også – du godeste (igen), de ved ikke noget, Alice!
Og hun kører i en bus i Rio de Janeiro, der er fyldt til bristepunktet (for at
sige mildt!!!). Hvorfor? Sikke et vanvid!!!
Alice
spilder masser af tid til fordel for seere, der ikke interesserer sig
for
forhistorien. Hun kæmper for at klatre i canadiske bjerge, hun beder
indianske
høvdinge om deres personlige teorier (hvorfor?), og hun kører i en bus
i Rio de Janeiro, der er fyldt til
bristepunktet (for at sige mildt!!!). Hvorfor???
Ræk mig lige opkastningsposen, Alice !!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzzz!!!!!
05:15 Jeg står tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske
ordforrådtester. Bagefter skynder jeg mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te.
Jeg bringer dem op på vores soveværelse og kryber tilbage i vores seng.
Vi drikker teen men vi står ikke op – hurra! Vi har besluttet os for at
blive liggende under dynerne til kl 8 i dag. I går, da vi talede med Sarah,
vores datter i Australien, og hendes 3-årige tvillinger, sagde hun at hun ville
gerne tale med os igen i dag kl 9 (britisk tid), hvilken er lidt tidligt. Det
var svært i går at tale om hendes nyheder osv, på grund af tvillingernes
tilstedeværelse. Lois og jeg kan mægtig godt lide at tage dejlige lange
brusebade og vi kan ikke lide at fremskynde det – du godeste! Men det er én af
glæderne ved alderdom – det har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om !!!!
Sarah vil ikke kunne se, at vi ikke endnu har klædt os på, når vi taler på
telefon med hende, og vi kan gå i bad efter opkaldet, når der ikke er noget,
der haster – hurra!
Lois og jeg er typiske ”gamle krager”, og prøver at planlægge alt. Men
endnu en gang bliver vores planlægning ikke til noget, fordi når vi kl 9 ringer
til Sarah, er der ingen svar, og vi må forlade en besked. Pokkers! Senere sender hun os en sms. Det ser ud til,
at hun ikke kunne tale med os, fordi familien i dag deltog i en event i byen
Perth, organiseret til fordel for ejere af firehjulstrukne køretøjer.
Francis, Sarahs mand, går højt op i denne slags event, og han var i gang
med at deltage i en lignende event i går, da vi havde vores Skype-opkald med
Sarah og tvillingerne.
09:30 Vi tager en afslappet brusebad – hurra! - og spiser morgenmad.
10:30 Vi går en kort tur i nabolaget (1 mile). Vores rute: Borgergade,
Bowbridge Lane, Park Lane op til væddeløbsbanens bagindgang, og tilbage igen. I
dag er den sidste dag af en 3-dages væddeløbsfestival, men det er stadig tidligt
og dagens aktiviteter er ikke begyndt endnu og banen ser meget stille og rolig
ud i det strålende solskin.
Væddeløbsbanen ser stille og rolig ud. Dagens aktiviteter er ikke
begyndt endnu.
Kun
et luftskib på himmelen angiver, at en festival er i gang.
11:45 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter skal Lois af sted. Hun vil gerne
deltage i en gudstjeneste, der finder sted i dag i Tewkesbury. Hun skal selv køre
over til Maggies hus, og Maggie skal køre hende til Tewkesbury via rute-A38. På
denne måde undgår de trafikpropper, der blokerer denne side af byen under væddeløbsfestivaler
– hurra!
13:00 Jeg går i seng og tager mig en gigantisk eftermiddagslur – zzzzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står op. Lois kommer kl halv seksten hjem og vi slapper af med en
kop te på sofaen.
English translation
18:00 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They
show an interesting documentary film "The Incredible Human
Journey" (last part of 5), which is about how the Americas were populated.
The program's host is the charming Alice Roberts.
An interesting program, though it
takes a full hour to give us the current basic state of archaeologists’
theories today, ie that the first immigrants traveled along Canada's west coast
(partly on small boats where necessary) during the last ice age (approximately
15000-14000 years ago) in order to reach the warmer regions.
They believed until recently that
these population movements first appeared a little more recently, namely 13,500
years ago when a warmer corridor opened in the vast glacial landscape, which at
the time covered Canada (the ice was up to 3 km deep – oh dear!).
But human remains and artifacts
that have been found in California, Texas and South America, prove that there
were people here about 1,000 years earlier than the formation of the warmer
corridor. The result is that coastal theory is more plausible, they think.
It is interesting also that some
of the earliest human remains look more like Australia's Aborigines than the
Asian people who arrived a little later and in greater numbers.
It is a shame that there is lots
of wasted time in this documentary, to make it more interesting for people who do not care about prehistory - my god! For example, we see Alice struggle
to climb an ice-covered mountain in Canada, using modern equipment, so we can
understand that it was too hard for the earliest immigrants - my god! We see
her also talk to Indian chiefs to hear their theories too - my god (again),
they know nothing, Alice! And she rides a bus in Rio de Janeiro, which is
filled to bursting (to put it mildly !!!). Why? What madness !!!
Alice wasting lots of time for the
benefit of viewers who are not interested in
prehistory. She struggles to climb the
Canadian mountains, she asks
Indian chiefs for their personal theories (why?),
and she rides a bus
in Rio de Janeiro, which is filled to
bursting (to put it mildly !!!). Why???
Pass the sickbag, Alice !!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!
05:15 I get up early and do one
of my routine Danish vocabulary tests. Afterwards I hurry into the kitchen and
make two cups of tea. I bring them up to our bedroom and crawl back into our
bed.
We drink the tea but we do not
get up - hurrah! We have decided to stay lying under the covers until 8am
today. Yesterday, when we spoke with Sarah, our daughter in Australia, and her
3-year-old twins, she said that she would like to talk to us again today at 9
am (UK Time), which is a little early. It was difficult yesterday to talk about
her news, etc., because of the twins' presence. Lois and I really love to take
nice long showers and we do not like to rush it - my god! But it's one of the
joys of old age - I have no doubts about that !!!!
Sarah will not be able to see
that we are not yet have dressed when we talk on the phone with her, and we can
take a shower after the call, when there is no rush - hurrah!
Lois and I are typical "old
crows" and like to plan everything. But once again, our planning comes to
nothing, because when we call Sarah at 9am, there is no answer, and we have to
leave a message. Damn! Later she sends us a text message. It seems that she
could not talk to us because the family were taking part in an event in the
city of Perth today, organized for the benefit of owners of 4 wheel drive
vehicles.
Francis, Sarah's husband, is very
into this kind of event, and he was taking part in a similar event yesterday
when we had our Skype call with Sarah and the twins.
09:30 We take a leisurely shower
- hurrah! - and eat breakfast.
10:30 We go for a short walk in
the neighborhood (1 mile). Our route: Borgergade, Bowbridge Lane, Park Lane up
to the racecourse's rear entrance and back again. Today is the last day of a
3-day racing festival, but it is still early and the day's activities have not
started yet and the track looks very quiet and calm out into the bright
sunshine.
The racecourse looks quiet and calm.
Today's activities have not started yet.
Only a blimp in the sky indicates that a festival
is underway.
11:45 We eat lunch and afterwards
Lois must away. She wants to attend a church service taking place today in
Tewkesbury. She will drive herself over to Maggie's house, and Maggie is to
drive her to Tewkesbury by the A38. This avoids the traffic jams that block
this side of town during racing festivals - hurrah!
13:00 I go to bed and take me a
gigantic afternoon nap - zzzzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up. Lois comes home at
3.30pm and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
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