I was lounging around at home yesterday, and, being computerless, I was kinda bored. What could I do instead of going on the computer? Write my blog? Oh wait, no. Watch a DVD? Nope, needed the computer for that too. I could do some reading for uni, perhaps? But no, that's all on the internet too.
So when Cliffey popped his head 'round the door and asked if I wanted to go golfing with him and Tom...admittedly I was reluctant at first, but I soon realised that it would be much more fun than being at home on my own with nothing to do except *shudder* read a book. And hey, it's something new to try. Tom and Cliffey seemed to think that I would be a natural.
I was not, but that's beside the point. We were in Tom's car on the way to the golf course, rather forcibly enjoying Akon's new album, and we were just passing St. Teilo's when I spotted a windmill that I hadn't seen before. This was visible from outside St. Teilo's, a place I had the best part of seven years to get acquainted with, and I was pretty sure that this big looming thing was new information. I pointed it out to Tom, who still drives down that road more or less every day, and he confessed that he had previously missed it too.
As we went down the hill, it dipped behind some houses. It was Cliffey who first voiced his concern; "where's it gone?" At first I ignored him, assuming that once we passed said houses, it would once again become visible.
It did not. We were aghast. Not to put too fine a point on it, this was a bloody huge windmill, and it wasn't like it was way off in the distance - it had honestly seemed really close.
This may sound silly, but whatever. If anyone who still goes to St. Teilo's reads this, have a look for it next time you're outside school and let us know. Was it a collective hallucination? Did it move? Or is it - as I suspect - a disappearing ghost windmill?
A brief Google image search suggests that this is an actual phenomenon:
Perhaps it's a Don Quixote thing and they're going to murder us all. Keep an eye out.
Joel.
P.S. Tomorrow - assuming I update tomorrow - will be Cutlery's 100th post. Feel free to expect something special if you can deal with disappointment.
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