A-Z Challenge 2025 - N is for Noodling Nick

N is for Noodling:

to do or think about something without giving it full or serious attention:

Why Noodling Nick?  Well Nick is my Hubby and I think he spends a lot of time noodling on his guitar.  He would beg to differ of course as he wouldn't consider any time spent on his guitar a waste of time.  He also wouldn't think he wasn't giving it serious attention.  To be fair he does take his guitar playing seriously.  

Before we moved to where we are now Nick was out at least 2 evenings a week meeting up with a group of musicians who would "jam" together.  Something he really enjoyed.  When we moved here (4 1/2 years ago now) I worried that he would miss that - we didn't move far but getting there by public transport isn't easy and of course the jamming takes place in pubs so I wouldn't want him driving there.

He has gone back occasionally but, he has found a new alternative - Open Mics.  He is out regularly to various venues and he definitely needs to give it his serious attention - keeping things straight in the calendar when some run weekly, others fortnightly and then there are the monthly ones which might be the 1st Wednesday for example or the 4th Thursday or any combination in between!  And yes he has been know to turn up on the wrong day from time to time!  He needs to do less noodling.

Now, on to the N letters:

Although I don't officially have a theme I wanted something to link my posts so I thought I'd see how many countries in the World I've visited or might visit. 

• Namibia
• Nauru
• Nepal
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niger
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• North Macedonia
• Norway

I have been to the Netherlands several times and taken part in the Batavieren Relay Race twice.  That's the official site but this Wikipedia site actually details it more.  Essentially it's a Road Relay race over 25 legs covering 185 km.  Sadly it seems there is no relay event this year.  I imagine Covid disrupted things and now they seem to be looking for Committee members to continue the event.  It was a huge undertaking aimed mainly at students.  We had a friend who had taken part as a student and he organised a team of what probably seemed like veterans to take part. It was an adventure.

I have also been to Norway.  Hubby and I did a cruise along the coast visiting the Fjords. One of the best holidays we've done I think - it was great to be able to see quite a few places without having to constantly unpack and repack our suitcases!

That's 13 out of 197 countries then.

And 14 out of 26 letters done.