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As is a bit of a tradition on New Years Day, we went to the amusements, and spent a few pounds on the penny arcades. It’s something we only do once a year, so don’t begrudge it. Feeling a bit peckish we went and got some doughnuts, nice and sugary and just a bit crumbly.Continue reading “1168 – Starlings”

Difficult to choose the most iconic picture of the year, but here it is. At New Year’s Eve last year, I wished you all a prosperous and happy new year. I knew it would happen at some point, but on the 20th of March we said goodbye to Rascal, with many tears. The only certaintyContinue reading “1167 – Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024”

I have a 10-trip ferry ticket. The problem with the ticket is that it has an odd number of trips taken. It means that I would end up with a trip that I either couldn’t use, or would have to buy another ticket for the return journey, perpetuating the issue of the odd number of journeys.Continue reading “1166 – Today”

The Christmas break has been quite busy, we’ve been doing stuff nearly every day not all of it specifically related to Christmas. I’ve three days of the break left before returning to work. I was fortunate with last Saturday. Our visit to Longleat gave me material to cover the break to today. And so, tonightContinue reading “1165 – Blog Material”

The house at night. Quite impressive. I’m sorry, long day tired. Off to bed. Good night. Sleep tight.

A really good reason to visit Longleat at this time of year is to experience the festival of lights. Each year is a different theme this years being fairy tales. There must be a mile or more of lit up themes such as the one in the header picture including; Peter Pan, Hansel & Gretel,Continue reading “1163 – A night of lights”

Whilst we were waiting to board the boat for the lake cruise, watched the staff cleaning out an enclosure. A sign said that the enclosure was for Red Pandas, but it looked empty. The river cruise was entertaining, the host was very funny and the trip lasted about 20 – 30 minutes. After we disembarked,Continue reading “1162 – A delightful encounter”

As you can probably imagine, there have been periods of intense activity as a delicious meal was prepared by Elayne, I did help mainly as a spud and carrot peeler and dishwasher manager. It is though in the getting of all of the ingredients to the right state for consumption at the right time whereContinue reading “1161 – Merry Christmas”

Of course I enjoyed our drive along the longleat safari route. We had a lovely view of the lions, but the cheetahs had, quite reasonably, taken to shelter from the cold British Weather. Once we finished with the drive through safari, we parked up and walked in to the house area, not far only a coupleContinue reading “1160- Longleat – my best bits Part 1”

We went to Longleat today. There’s an event on, the festival of lights. Obviously, we did the safari before hand which was fascinating. As a lot of the animals were from Africa, it’s difficult if not impossible to Say what they feel about the cold British winter. It must feel alien to them. As weContinue reading “1159 – A visit to Longleat”