Nina's Blog - Thursday 7th August 2025

Thursday 7th August 2025, 09:57

Two tasks for today: get toothpaste, book somewhere to stay in Nottingham while my car is being repaired.

But first I think I'll revisit Stoke-on-Trent. Last time I was there was only for one night and I arrived fairly late and left early in the morning. The place didn't click with me, perhaps because it was winter. I stayed at a B&B. That also didn't click. It was one of those full of notices about what one is not to do.

I can't find any record of my visit there, no photographs tagged with the name of the town, no mention in any of my saved SW posts, very odd.

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Thursday 8th August 2025, 08:38

I was very remiss about posting pictures yesterday. Here's the outfit I started with

But it was quite windy and this dress blows up very easily

So I decided against it and went with a top and a heavier flared skirt instead. I didn't remember to take any good pictures of that. This is the best I took, in the loo at Harley's

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon I'm sorry, but you seem to be saying that having your dress blow up showing what's underneath is like a bad thing?

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle The pictures don't show it because of course the wind had a fit of the sulks as soon as I turned on the camera. But just before when i walked up those steps the first time it blew up repeatedly so high that I couldn't see where I was going! When I got to the top of the steps I saw quite a number of families with children being coming out of the cinema attached to the Potteries shopping centre. I decided that discretion was the better part of valour and went back to my car to change into a skirt that would be less likely to get me arrested!

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon I recognise the issue, and agree, about children, but it does feel so nice to have your skirt / dress blowing around your thighs, bum, etc.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle It's not the actual children that I worry about, it's the current climate of 'protect the children'.

22Michelle · 70-79, T

@ninalanyon Yes, I understand where you're coming from. I was reading about a mother who complained to M&S about a trans person offering to do a bra fitting for her 14 year old daughter. Only it turns out the said trans person wasn't offering to do a bra fitting, just asking which dept / service was required, and the "trans" person may actually be a woman who happens to be over 6' tall, aka "obviously a man: to the mother. The sad thing is M&S actually apologised to the bigot mother.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@22Michelle That's mind boggling. As girls develop so much earlier these days it might even have been a perfectly reasonable service to offer.