so you're out walking and you see this

What do you think;

Ah the stile is having a lay down

Shouldnt someone put a new one up

Or, I bet they cant afford to/havnt got anyone paid or volunteer to do it because of more cuts.

Does it matter?

tuesday 17th dec a glorious day

Tuesday was a glorious day, I was working in a garden with the sun shining, Great tits giving it Teecha Teecha and flowers out on a cherry.

a mumming we went

Saturday was spent in March mumming in a few of the pubs there. Seven performances in all raising money for EACH. A lot of fun and a few laughs.

A couple of the dodgy March Mummers below, one looking suspiciously like me pretending to be someone else.

Have you guessed who yet????

splinters which species is first for you

I have had a fair few splinters in my hands being a gardener, and as you do I was pondering the important things in life this evening while picking out irritating bits of hawthorn thorns.

They had only been in me for about six hours and were irritating already, and this got me wondering, why well how long do the thorns of which species stay in you the longest. For me its got to be in order of longevity, Hawthorn, Blackthorn, Bramble, Rose then lastly by a mile Pyracantha.

So why are they different then. What makes a splinter stay in you without irritating. This has to be one of the great mysteries of all time along with how does a thermos flask know to keep things hot or cold.

its what christmas cards are for

Yes I still send them and as I write them I think of the folk I am sending them too and where I met them etc etc etc.

Had one today from an old college friend, agricultural college that is. I cannot believe its 25 years since a dozen or so of us celebrated Christmas there and I can still remember it. Our classroom had been a goat shed and the smell from the drains sometimes was lovely.

But it was the change in my life I was looking for. Good times and good people.

Whats the difference between a windmill and a wind turbine?

Well what is the difference then eh. I posted that Burwell windmill was getting its sails back after a lapse of forty odd years.

I am betting if it was a wind turbine going up there would be uproar.

What is the difference?

Never seen one before

Nah I have never seen one before in all my time in engineering which was years ago. A 15 inch box wood ruler, not a centimetre or millimetre in sight just inches, you know them things we was told in the, wait for it, 1970's was being phased out.

It was a lovely thing, but why 15 inches! Who knows then eh, can anyone help??????