A few weeks back on the radio show he had Phillipa Gregory on and for a while kept calling her first book Wildacre instead of Wideacre. He was so embarrassed when it was pointed out to him but kept laughing at himself and mentioned it again last week. I think he genuinely likes people but won't stand for any arrogant nonsense.
Just watched the start of the new series of Hinterland. Strange place Wales.....everyone lives at the end of miles of empty roads. Doesn't matter whether it is a garage, a chapel, shop or a house....none have any neighbours. They are all poor with their businesses failing....they want to try living next to customers. They are all bilingual, but prefer to stare at each other moodily. It's like Scandi Noir....without the laughs. Oh, yes.....and if you have an enemy don't meet late at night in the most dangerous place you know.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/39825610/lifebuoy-thrown-to-cat-in-dublin-river Cat rescued from river in Dublin as it has the sense to hold onto a lifebuoy thrown to it. Thank heavens for claws.
I saw another one of that type only a couple of days ago. Quite funny because the ending was a good 'un. The cat was saved. Ah, here it is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-39769576/man-rescues-cat-from-london-docks Like the way man and cat go their separate ways.
I must be tired, as I thought I clicked on 'Saints Stuff" and it read: Kat rescued from river in Dublin as she has the sense to hold onto a lifebuoy thrown to it
Tbh, at first glance, I read 'CAR' rescued from river. It was when I got to the end of the sentence that I realised it didn't make sense, so I re-read it. Where's me specs!?!
http://news.sky.com/story/gang-of-thieves-on-mopeds-break-tourists-leg-in-london-10867375 Tourist has leg broken as he tries to escape 4 thieves on mopeds after his watch. This has happened before in broad daylight when pedestrians were threatened with hammers. Never heard of this before in this country. Sad to hear.
Someone just texted me. Pop outside and look at the Moon. If the skies are completely clear where you are you'll see a very close neighbour to the Moon. At the moment I've not identified what it is, but it is very odd that the Moon isn't totally obscuring it. Me, I'm thinking planet, but which one.? Go on, get off your arse and have a look. You too Fran, clear skies where you are.
Apparently the planet visible next to the moon is Jupiter. And the bright light I can see below the moon is Spica (brightest star in Virgo).
From your perspective [and everybody else on the northern hemisphere who can see it ] it is underneath the Moon and slightly to the right. Normally, should be completely obscured because the Moon is so bright. Interesting. I'm thinking Jupiter.
Managed to get a bit of sailing in today at long last! Last weekend we took our newly-repaired Mirror to her new berth at Shearwater lake on the Longleat estate, only to find we had managed to knock yet another hole in the bottom en route. After some liberal application of glass tape and glue on Monday we returned today to put her in the water and find she still leaks quite badly. Plan B kicked in when one of the guys there suggested we hire one of the club Comets for a fiver, which we duly did and had a great time for an hour in variable winds. It really is an absolutely stunningly beautiful spot and the people in the sailing club all really nice. Having spent more than the Mirror is actually worth in the last couple of years trying to restore it to health after a lifetime of neglect, we are coming to the sad conclusion that we might as well look for something on eBay with lower maintenance requirements and consign the Mirror to the back garden to grow flowers in.
Interesting one that Chilco. I'm sure you know the history of the Mirror dinghy, and that it originally was a kit design sponsored by the Daily Mirror newspaper, to get youngsters out on the water. How times have changed. There is plenty of stuff available on ebay. You buy depending on your level of skill and commitment to bringing stuff back to life. The sea dinghies [always go for something that could sail in deep water in emergencies, in my opinion - I call them sea boats, as in 'good sea boat' as against 'bad sea boat'] will always repay you in their dependability and their versatility to be 2,4, or 6 people pleasure boats. Plus they will have speed if you want it. I know your Mirror is a 10 footer, but you'd do better with bigger, even with 2 people, so a fairly modern 14ft Wanderer by Ian Proctor would be excellent if you can afford one. The same with a modern 16ft Wayfarer. You can even do open sea sailing with one of those, as testified by a famous book, which I'm sure you know, called Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Dinghy. Where they laid down at night to sleep listening to whales singing underneath their boat. Now that's adventure.! I have owned two dinghies in my time, both of which were far more enjoyable [and perhaps just as frightening and exciting] than any of number of keel boats I've sailed with, and they were a Kestrel [Ian Proctor again] and my beloved 1954 Fairey Marine Albacore [Uffa Fox - fantastic beautiful design]. Anyway, there are many and varied stories associated with both those boats. Hope you find something to your tastes and needs. It's a wonderful pastime. Dare I say it's better than watching football.? I would, but perhaps it's best not to mention it on here.
Joined this a bit late as I was out there with my binoculars and smaller telescope (I have two). You are both correct it was Jupiter. The amazing thing to me was that even with just low magnification (about 15x or 20x) such as binoculars give you, in the same field of view you could see our moon, a planet and 2 of the planet's moons. Breathtaking. Edit: unfortunately I didn't get my larger scope out (a nice 12" Dob goto), as it takes a bit of faffing around to put it up. If I had, I would have also put up my imaging set up to it, and I could have shared some great pics.
