Mel says Banana!

Me and Mel are seeing Molly and Milo this weekend. Mel has a tribe. There is an idiot in the tribe called Norbert. Mel slept with the dogs like always.
Hit the beat 3, 2, 1 GO!

Me and Mel are seeing Molly and Milo this weekend. Mel has a tribe. There is an idiot in the tribe called Norbert. Mel slept with the dogs like always.
Hit the beat 3, 2, 1 GO!
Yesterday evening (Aug 3rd) Heather and I attended a vigil for peace in Gaza. This post and the next will featrure two poems by Palestinian writers which were used in the vigil. Neither are used to excuse or justify the actions of either Hamas or the Israeli government and army. Both, it seems to me,…
Gosh, it has been a busy few days. Nana and Grandad got back from their holidays to find that their taxi home from Manchester had broken down. Nana said Grandad used some very bad words, but they got home eventually. Nana said her flat felt like a laundry on Wednesday and Thursday, but luckily I…

Preston from Cuerden Valley Park Another Wednesday walk yesterday, this time around the surprisingly beautiful Cuerden Valley Park. Unfortunately, the circuit we set out to do couldn’t be done as the entrances to Cuerden Hall are closed off, apparently due to an “unsafe bridge”. They seem to have been closed since 2021, so I…
Got into Logrono on Friday evening and had a super night. The city was full of people of all ages till late. Had pintxos (tapas but northern) and an all round good night. Set off walking to Ventosa (about 20Km) at 7am and arrived at about 1pm. The walk was lovely. Hot and sunny and…
We bumbled down from Caen yesterday, avoiding tolls and motorways until we got to Alencon and then decided that driving through dull murky France was no fun. We transferred to the autoroute and it started to rain as well! However, we wound up in Amboise for lunch, outside in the sunshine. This was only 30…

Above is The Great Whin Sill exposed at High Cup Nick near Dufton in North Yorkshire Having failed a geology degree several centuries ago, I am happy to say that I still find geology endlessly fascinating. The Great Whin Sill is a major geological feature in Northern England. A sill is a band of volcanic…