It's all very nice being here in the bosom of my family but Lord do I miss my shaveden.
I'd forgotten how cold the bathroom in my parental home is - it's on the north side of a house atop a small Welsh mountain, and there's no heating. So no relaxed morning shower and shave - I've been shaving almost fully clothed and for the days around Christmas my Ingram's was damn near frozen in its tube.
Of course, the water being very soft should be a boon, but when you're used to water from the Hampshire Downs that seems to be 50% chalk, soft water lather seems overly frothy and insubstantial... I've cut my face to ribbons.
Three more days and it's back yo the comforts - heating and mirrors that don't immediately mist over if the room temperature exceeds 0C -of my personal shaveden. There's no place like home but I can't get anything like a decent shave there.
I'd forgotten how cold the bathroom in my parental home is - it's on the north side of a house atop a small Welsh mountain, and there's no heating. So no relaxed morning shower and shave - I've been shaving almost fully clothed and for the days around Christmas my Ingram's was damn near frozen in its tube.
Of course, the water being very soft should be a boon, but when you're used to water from the Hampshire Downs that seems to be 50% chalk, soft water lather seems overly frothy and insubstantial... I've cut my face to ribbons.
Three more days and it's back yo the comforts - heating and mirrors that don't immediately mist over if the room temperature exceeds 0C -of my personal shaveden. There's no place like home but I can't get anything like a decent shave there.
