Interesting thread Dickie. Without a doubt the earth has it’s cycles and has been steadily warming for millennia but also without doubt is that we are interfering with the natural way of things. The use of CFCs for everything from aerosol propellants to cleaning fluids and refrigeration gas (which i...

aarrrggghhhh just watched the last episode and virgin cut it off ten minutes before the end this sooooo bugs me, I taped the programme some athletics were on for quite awhile at the beginning of the programme so why didn't virgin just tape the darn programme!!!!! yes we recorded it as well. ended u...

The promise by the government to ban the sale of any new petrol and diesel cars in an interesting one. Firstly it is so far in the future that I do not doubt that there will be several waves of new technology that make the electric car obsolete in its current form. Fuel cells, hydrogen as a fuel and...

I have seen so many of them from my time in the RN that I am sort of immune to them. the Grudge (original) was creepy and i think that the original SAW was a really well made film.
the Omen films from back in the day are still some of the best going though.

I first saw snippets when I was on HMS Illustrious which seems like and age ago now (5 years or so) but didn’t really register what it was. I first really got into it when I was working for Damen Shipyards in Djibouti and we got back to the house after a day in the dockyard cracked a few tinnies and...

we were up at a New Forest campsite last weekend and there were hundreds of little froglets around the edges of the pond.

have had our first swifts as well.

I do like a nice, well constructed salad once in a while.
we had chicken balti made with thighs that should have been barbecued on Saturtday. I have got that for my lunch as well today.

It is funny how often meal plans can go awry. We went caravanning over the bank holiday and had everything planned victuals wise for the entire weekend. Friday we had cheese and biscuits with a glass or three of vino (bottle of ale) and the Spoonettes had jam sandwiches with crisps and yogurts for t...

Ash is quite dense and burns slowly by all accounts.

Yup, I have read the book and recorded the film for future viewing.

steveindenmark wrote:"You have managed to kill off your lavender"

Are you saying that because it looks dead at the moment?

No it has been very dead for around two years now... so I dug it out.

wildlifemad wrote:Well at 6.30am today I watched the Great Tit lay her first egg! Best television I've seen in weeks only trouble is it becomes addictive viewing now!!

Stoats are bigger and haver that tell tale black tip to their tails.

funnily enough I have a planter in which I have planted some borage seeds and the Spoonettes were most delighted to see the little shoots coming through yesterday afternoon.