Gudgeon

Gudgeon n. One of those rather delightful words that sound as though they can, and in fact do, mean practically anything. A gudgeon can be:

- a pivot at the end of a rod, serving as a base for a rocker or wheel;
- a ring that fits over a hook to keep a gate closed;
- a pin connecting two blocks of stone;
- a pin holding together a piston rod and a connecting rod.

I've also since read it could be a type of fish, but I've got to go by the definition in the book for this challenge (see yesterday's blip if you're none-the-wiser as to what this is all about). And so I've (kind of) got two definitions, with the chain acting as the ring to close the gate, and a heavy duty pin in the rock holding the mesh in place.

not the most exciting of shots, but all that I really saw on my way for a lunchtime blander to the High Street (where I was particularly taken with this shot).

Remember, forst comment with a number between 1 and 166, and 1 and 5, chooses the word for tomorrow.

Tomorrow, when I'll be off work! Woo hoo! It means that today I've been getting loads of niggly little daft requests by people testing the limits of their own laziness or ignorance (why bother thinking when you can trouble the company lawyer to look at an old proposal, on the company fileservers, for you to find out how much someone was being paid?).

Never mind - tomorrow is a planned walk up the Cobbler (and my new walking pole/monopod arrived today as well) and the weather is supposed to match today. Just a late night getting the next issue of the website online between me and that.