loody clingo and his sticks.....I had to look up what they were....but it started me thinking of the Chinese and their eating habits. Give them chopsticks and they are magoic.......made me really jealous....till I saw them in a pizza place with a knife and fork. You can't imagine how completely at sea they were. Like they were wearing boxing gloves.
Last I heard it had been banned. So it should go ahead as usual if it hasn't already. I don't think they have an ambulance on standby anymore. So they could end up in a pickle but they're crackers anyway.
By the way, as usual when I stay in that neck of the woods, stopped off in Thame yesterday on the way back to walk the dogs. Walked them around the Thame cricket ground and called into the adjacent St Mary's Church to revisit the Robin Gibb grave and headstone I stumbled across by accident last year. Delighted to see two people (and not youngsters by any means) wearing "Thame Museum" tee shirts meticulously tending the plot with cleaning gear, flowers, watering cans etc. Made my day - maybe I'm just easily pleased?
Just about to pack the car for a week just outside Rhayader. Will spend plenty of time stood in the river wye harassing the trout and grayling and will be at the Royal Welsh for the 4 days. Cant see them being long days given the heat. Will no doubt drive around the Elan Valley. The lakes supply water to Birmingham. Interestingly, pumping is not required because the network drops 52 metres (171 ft) along its 73 miles (117 km) length from its source to Frankley. A gradient of 1:2300 maintains a flow of less than 2 miles per hour (3.2 km/h); water takes one and a half to two days to reach Birmingham. A sad storey is that two and a half days after opening the valves the chief engineer for the project killed himself as he thought he'd failed. Water arrived in Brum a few hours later.
He's cooling off in the Wye....not been today. Must admit I'm a little diosapponted not to have the show to go to.....stuck in Germany coz holidays not started yet!!!!
I have been stood in the wye. Nice and cool. Fortunately the cottage has 2 foot thick walls and only the short side gets the sun so the living room stays cool all day. Highlight of the evening stood in the Wye was when this swam past and popped up on a rock.
Indeed, the kettle. A water otter. Been watching them on this stretch of the Wye for 15-20 years. Dont go looking for them, just regularly fishing at dusk when they're active. I see them on a few rivers I fish. Loads of Red Kite in the area as well. Seen kingfisher and dipper in the last couple days as well.
Not 606's own Countryfile. Red kites are taking over the sky in Wales. Saw a couple just east of Swansea recently and abundant from south of Brecon all the way up through mid Wales. Buzzards may get muscled out.
Not just Wales. I fish the Nith north of Dumfries. There's one bend in the river that regularly has 15-20 kite circling. Passed the feeding station at Gigrin Farm yesterday. The sky was dark with Kite, Buzzard and corvid. A real success story the kite. I remember seeing them in the 70s when there were only 7 pairs in Britain. Nothing to write home about now. I don't specifically go out looking for wildlife, but my hobbies mean I spend a lot of time in the countryside. I just happen across it.
I think we're spoiled in this country with the variety of wildlife and especially birds. I'm not too far away from Slimbridge and although I didn't particularly like the "zoo" areas, getting into the hides overlooking the lakes and the Severn always resulted some special wild sights. I remember being lucky enough to see a pair of Great Crested Grebes doing their courtship dance on two occasions. Quite a tear jerker to witness.
