The Canary Dave

I imagine that there will a very happy Canary out there again.

 

Good morning all from a cool and dry Weston-super-Mare!

What a wonderful day

 

Really missed you, BB. Fantastic to hear from you! You’ve started my day beautifully, sir.

 

I too would like to welcome BB back to the forum. I am looking forward to an increase in obscure questions on the pub quiz thread as a consequence

 

Morning all. Very wet and very windy, although it is almost warm. The river that runs through our small town is very high, but as yet has not spilled over into the camp site that is alongside it. Two of the elderly residents from our small hamlet are moving into an assisted living home this week, reducing the numbers here. They have needed more and more help to stay here in a rented house that is very basic, so a modern home will be much more suitable for them. At one time they did have a pastis problem, and it was a bit unnerving to find him waving his shotgun around when you were doing a spot of gardening. Eventually the pastis stopped, and so did wandering the fields with the gun, in fact I haven't seen him for a long time. Very well meaning and helpful when we first bought this house, so I hope they will be happy in their new home.
Enjoy your day whatever you are doing.

 

Your wish is my command...

 

You inspired me to take the dog for a walk along the cliff tops this morning - sadly didn't get very far as most of the pathways were just a sea of mud.

I did manage to take this shot though - not very good quality as I only possess an el cheapo smartphone. It's a picture of one of the three old Roman deep sea harbours on the Moray coast - now, obviously, around 2000 years old. Being covered with sand, the stone foundations are no longer visible, but their presence has been confirmed by magnetic anomoly survey. To the right of the picture, just about visible half way up the hill is one of the old tracks that led upto the Roman town which overlooked the harbour - the remnants of the track's stoneworks are still visible, as are the remnants of the toilets at the bottom. I took the photo standing on top of the man-made mound where the Pharos was located - inside the mound is an old Roman well. Magnetic anomoly surveys were also taken all around the mound, and revealed the presence of distinctive Roman aqueducts.

About half a mile away behind me, there is a raised platform where they built the fort that protected the harbour and the town. The site currently is home to an old church with attached manse, the village school and nine houses - one of which is mine.

Here endeth today's history lesson.

 

Thanks a lot. On a day when it is blowing a gale here and wet with it, I feel as if I have been out and smelt the sea. There were plenty of Roman settlements in these parts, and you can have an interesting wander around them. There is plenty of information on boards so even if a centre is not open you can find out what you are looking at. There is a very early Roman worship centre a few miles way out in the fields which is a puzzle as there is no sign of a settlement anywhere near it. There is speculation that people would stop off there as they were going from A to B, but no one really knows.

 

One of my sisters was a GP in that area until a couple of years ago... moved to somewhere equally as remote in Wales.

 

If she's who I'm thinking she might be, she is sorely missed - both my wife and daughter are reluctant to make appointments since she left as they both prefer female doctors. No permanent replacement has been found, and the locums are usually all males. I've got nothing against locums - to me a doctor is a doctor is a doctor - but we never know if the practice has found one on any given day.

 

Chubby - very so - with long hair... English, of course. She is a very good GP from what I've heard too. Our sister is a nurse, specialist and published!

 

OK you lovely people, I'm off to bed!

Night all

Night H

 

Night all!

 

The Premier League has announced a ban on the pre-match handshake between players and match officials until further notice due to the coronavirus outbreak.

 

Meanwhile, Scotland's Chief Medical Officer tells 67,000 fans who have bought tickets for Sunday's Six Nations clash with France to stay away if they think they've been exposed to the virus. A bit of a dodgy risk management strategy in my book.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman....ink-you-have-been-exposed-coronavirus-2079777

I'll be having one proud eye on the U20 Scotland v France clash tomorrow night - my sister's grandson is in the Scotland squad.

 

Good morning all from a cool and damp Weston-super-Mare!

Have a good day

 

Morning all. Yes, it is raining again, but the strong wind has left us for now. It looks as if a multi-socket extension lead has given up the ghost as when I plugged my laptop in there was no power. As I wiggled the lead to see what was happening a rather bright flash of light came from the inside. As it is weekend shopping day I think it might be safer to buy a new one while I am in town. Have a good day whatever you are doing.

 

Nice to see your team getting a good result and some success this season.

 

Hello Bolton, nice to have you back again.

 

good decision to retire but I fear you will need a man shed so you can find more important things to do instead of chores. BTW why do wives think they can delegate chores just because we have retired?