Boadicea's Chariot

Do you consider the UK taxpayer should be spending this, or indeed any level of expense on guarding past prime ministers?

Hallowed ground – the cricket oval, Prince of Wales School, Nairobi

when this arrived on the scene – pure magic!
West Side Story

I know I keep banging on about all the wildlife around here – eagles, voles, genets, chameleons and the like – you know, the sort of stuff that makes Bilby want to pack her sandpit and come over to Portugal, but this one is a bit special.

Continue reading “The Visitor”

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
Robert Benchley

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Duane Eddy – Shazam

I would think that we all have relatives or friends who use handicap parking bays.

It has long been a bugbear of mine when I see able bodied people parking in such designated bays, I politely tell them to move, unlike you lot we don’t have wheel clamping here so the best that we can hope for is an eagle-eyed traffic official perhaps passing by to stop and issue a fine. Unfortunately the chances of that happening are remote, our traffic cops are usually on lunch or manning a speed trap when you really need them.

(Perhaps I’m being a bit unfair, they are probably understaffed, under funded and under resourced, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.)

A quiet word from me, a threat to report them to the management of whatever facility we are in normally works, if they have children in the car so much the better their embarrassment normally jolts their brains into gear “Oh, thank you. I didn’t see the sign” they mutter and move on.

I saw this sign recently outside a local pub and thought that I’d share Continue reading “Handicap Parking”

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
Lily Tomlin

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.