beware the devil squirrel

Can you see the evil glint in its eye. It pounced on some poor unsuspecting creature and was devouring it. I made sure I had some garlic with me while I crept close to it.

Wait a minute thats three I's. Yet more inbreeding !

oh dear

Had a walk at Calke Abbey the other day, and nice it was, the trees are fantastic. There are old oaks that are at least 900 years old there still alive and still looking great like the one below at least a thousand years old.

 

 But there was more some great closeups of birds on feeders so close you could almost touch them and then, some Red and Fallow Deer hence the title of this post. Really close up as well some of them and a not a Bambi in site.

rights and responsibilities

Whats this you might say if you are still reading. More ranting from the geezer.

Lets start with a picture.

So there I was last wednesday morning after a bit of ecology work having a walk along part of the Trent and Mersey Canal in the Fradley area near Lichfield. Lovely it was, quiet relaxed walking some nice birds, Hobby for starters. Then beside the towpath the clothes drier in the picture above. I am hundreds of yards from any house or road and there it lies, so it must have been thrown out as broken, which it was, by a boat owner/hirer/user.

The question is WHY. And now we go to the title Rights and Responsibilities.What was wrong with taking this broken item to the nearest litter bin, it just wasnt close enough I suppose or they didnt give a ............

Then we have the infamous pictures of a certain blokes wife, and no I dont subscribe to the view that they are fair game. Everyone deserves some privacy especially if they were in a private place. Then we have a certain film that is causing upset all over the world.

Rights and responsibilities. Yes people have rights, won over many years often through much death and suffering. We also have responsibilities, and that includes the people who take pictures and make films. Is it too much to ask that people think about what the implications of what they are doing. We dont live in little bubbles where no one sees what we do, we live in a very connected world.

primate smugglers

I was driving today with radio 2 on for the traffic reports, did you hear the story about two animals smugglers caught in India I think it was with strange bulges in their trousers, yep thats right.

It gets better,they were searched and found to each have a slender loris, a small primate, in a specially made pouch inside their pants, you would need it as they have sharp claws.

What can I say, nothing really but I have been sniggering away for hours at the many and various twists and inuendos encapsulated within it.

honest a14 article in local paper, what do we do with transport infrastructure

My local paper just carried an interesting letter on the upgrade of the A14. The thing is folk who usually write say an upgrade will solve all the problems cos its the road thats the problem. The difference in this letter was the view that no matter how much upgrading there is its the drivers who are the problem and accidents could still block it, see M1 M25 for evidence of closures on major roads.

The writer has a point a good one and its the truth. Why do we assume better roads will be safer, why do we assume new transport infrastructure whatever it is will be a great improvement. This leads me onto Boris Island the suggested ideal place for a new hub airport for London.

Its a daft idea, why if we need it and the word is if, does it need to go in the Thames estuary. Do we even need it whatever folk say. In my view if we need new transport infrastructure road rail or air,, A14 HS2 or Boris Island we should accept it in our midst and beside existing infrastructure not try and stick it away from us in an estuary or across open country. But then that means upsetting many voters doesnt it.

and they say the olympics are over

So they say that the olympics are over tell that to the competitors I saw today while driving.

There were the following events;
The how late can I leave it to get in the filter lane to go from the A14 to the A14 at Girton event, if you know where I mean. The winner drove a silver estate car and managed to squeeze in right on the  end of the filter lane. A truly worthy medal winner.
Then we have the, I am late for something so can undertake if I want too event. I was in the inside lane and saw this one happen in front of me, another big car with a large tie wearing gent in it got fed up waiting for the cars in the outside lane to get out of his way. After waiting for at least ten seconds a really long time I know he just undertook the lot of them in the middle lane. Again a really worthy winner.
Finally we have a new event. The how fast can I get too and through the M6 tollbooth event. Lots of competitors for this event a real spectacle as cars scream up and juggle for a booth to pay at quickly before they race away. The winner was a white volkswagon golf that might need new tyres with the amount of rubber he burnt off but another truly worthy winner.

I am sure the olympic committee would highly approve of the events but in the meantime if they dont I am sure they could all win the complete  and total ***hole award.

where were the thrips then eh

Driving around of late its been good to see that the harvest has happened and is now almost all in, the thing is where were the thrips this year. You know the thunder flies where were they this year. Who knows eh.