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[Trinity765]

News headline. That's all

[Yorick]

News headline. That's all

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[v8-powered]

In Norfolk - for a break and not work, as usual.
Had lunch in Holt, now chilling with vino at the place we are staying in tonight.

[Noggin]

News headline. That's all

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Political

[Noggin]

Just for a change, wishing some french workers would actually work the "normal" short hours

They are fitting insulation under the chalet and it seems to involves a LOT of drilling - originally to access the other half of the underneath!! Which I thought they'd manage by now. But they are still drilling so I guess that they are drilling to secure the insulation

Even ear phones and high volume can't drown out the drilling

But hey - the place should be cooler in summer (??) and definitely warmer in winter!!!

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Locking my wounded ego after lastnights2abjectfailureat the pub quiz we were 40 points clear going into the music roundwhich was really just a movie soundtrack megamixof films I've never heard of we scored4outofa possible66thesheldniteswerecrushed

[Pirahna]

Locking my wounded ego after lastnights2abjectfailureat the pub quiz we were 40 points clear going into the music roundwhich was really just a movie soundtrack megamixof films I've never heard of we scored4outofa possible66thesheldniteswerecrushed

I do a quiz on Mondays, anything to with entertainment, music, film or TV and I'm hopeless.

[Rockburner]

Just made a speed plate for the mower.

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[Yorick]

On a beer break letting my eyes recover

Currently painting the rear wall of our villa here in sunny Lanzarote .
35 meters to do

The sun is so bright it's hard work even with a hat and Cat 4 sunglasses
It reflects off the white paint and hurts yer eyes.

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[Yorick]

On a beer break letting my eyes recover

Currently painting the rear wall of our villa here in sunny Lanzarote .
35 meters to do

The sun is so bright it's hard work even with a hat and Cat 4 sunglasses
It reflects off the white paint and hurts yer eyes.

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Finished. Was a paint trying to walk on the brambles with 10 ft paint pole.

On second beer
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[Rockburner]

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Very bold visitor to the garden, given that there are 2 humans maybe 5m away.

Also, there was a bambi lurking in the shadows.

[Count Steer]

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Very bold visitor to the garden, given that there are 2 humans maybe 5m away.

A young male roe deer strolled nonchalantly past the kitchen window, while I was stood at the sink, early evening a few days ago and spent an hour munching on some variegated ground cover plants. There is a tall, thick hedge between where it was and the road but it didn't seem phased by passing traffic. It also didn't appear to compute that humans were stood watching it on the other side of the window - some creatures can't get their heads around glass (blackbirds seem to though...if you so much as twitch they'll clock you and be off). Tried to get a pic but once it got in among the bushes it was nearly invisible.

The missus now knows where all the hardy geranium flowers have gone in the back garden. (Apparently they have a liking for them...just the flowers on those and not the leaves).

[Rockburner]

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Very bold visitor to the garden, given that there are 2 humans maybe 5m away.

A young male roe deer strolled nonchalantly past the kitchen window, while I was stood at the sink, early evening a few days ago and spent an hour munching on some variegated ground cover plants. There is a tall, thick hedge between where it was and the road but it didn't seem phased by passing traffic. It also didn't appear to compute that humans were stood watching it on the other side of the window - some creatures can't get their heads around glass (blackbirds seem to though...if you so much as twitch they'll clock you and be off). Tried to get a pic but once it got in among the bushes it was nearly invisible.

The missus now knows where all the hardy geranium flowers have gone in the back garden. (Apparently they have a liking for them...just the flowers on those and not the leaves).

We think they bed down at the end of our garden, or in the corner of the field just beyond. They eat our roses!

[Yorick]

Tracking Pen's flight from UK.
Was supposed to land here 10:00
Now delayed till 10:45

It's a small airport so we should be back home here 11:30

Time for a couple of cheeky beers

[Yorick]

Tracking Pen's flight from UK.
Was supposed to land here 10:00
Now delayed till 10:45

It's a small airport so we should be back home here 11:30

Time for a couple of cheeky beers

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[Yorick]

Watching about 20 swifts circling over the villa. Been here about am hour. I'm on the roof patio and it's a stunning scene.

A couple of weeks there were about 60 or 70 all circling and swooping.

Tried to film but they're too, erm, swift

Quite a treat as we didn't get many in Bradford

They're back and about 20/30 have been circling the area for last 2 or 3 days.

Peaceful to watch