WTF (contemporary parlance) Happened?
Hell’s horses! What happened? Apologies for going “deep cover” for a few weeks, but once again,WTF (contemporary parlance)just happened? In late April I was dealing with ranunculus that was on the cusp...
View ArticleWhen the Moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars
Well what a weed cut that was. The June weed cut is historically the heaviest, but this was the heaviest I have experienced for a few years. In April we had weed, but because the weather and water were...
View ArticleMarvin Gaye and the Plug Pixies meet AI
To quote Marvin Gaye, What's going on (What's going on) Yeah, what's going on (What's going on) Tell me what's going on (What's going on) I'll tell you, what's going on (What's going on) Right on,...
View ArticleGenerla Consensus and his work with Lemmings
To quote the great Dolly Parton, Here we go again. I think you mean “Here you come again” – ed No matter, I’m confident Dolly would have uttered the missive at some point in her long life. Anyway,...
View ArticleStout Cortez and a Beard of Bees
HO! (After Plum) Back on the river and the trout fishing season is now begun. Nothing to do with me, but the river is in good shape. Pristine gravels, plenty of fish, a few good hatches of hawthorn and...
View ArticleProper Space and the Farce of Artemis
Remember this? Madam and myself back in the day, I’m the one on the left, sans instrument, the reason why will become clear later in the piece. The standard proclamation of this house to signify that...
View ArticleThe Lady of the Stream gets Jiggy and Monty Don's Gonads
Wehaaay! We have grayling spawning. No pictures available as yet but will persevere with idiot proof camera. I was showing another prospective rod and subsequently the latest addition to the waiting...
View ArticlePlague, Pike and an Imminent New Arrival
Apologies, not another hiatus but a brief period of the plague. Two and a bit weeks ago I started to go a bit funny, had a body temperature of thirty nine and a half degrees and briefly spoke in...
View ArticleWater Water, Celine Dion and a Boy with Heavy Bones
Erm, what to write? Apologies, did I say that out loud? Well you can see by the photos that it has been raining a lot, with the sun seemingly on a sabbatical. It’s quite remarkable (After David...
View ArticleELP, Samples and a Dog called Dougal
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends we’re so glad you could attend step inside, step inside. That’s right, Back! Back! Back! Well sort of, because we never really went away, just...
View ArticleMine Shafts, Floods and The Harwood Arms
Happy New Year everybody, Covid for Christmas, which is not what we asked for and resulted in a funny forty eight hours of sleep, sweating and unusual dreams, before the immune system kicked in and...
View ArticleBrain Fog, Risk Assessment and Brucie's GP
Crikes this one took a bit to get going, bit out of practise. Back in the day I could chuck this guff up in a matter of minutes (the clear evidence of rushed work is on here somewhere) follow it up...
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Still here, and as requests are being made for annual reports on the year just passed, I thought I should have a go at chucking up some guff by way of muscle memory and cranial stimulation. The river...
View ArticlePress on Regardless?
Hello, Hello, Apologies again for being away so long, not much has changed other than the demise of Dickie Davies, who we bumped into on many occasions, and a brief bought of covid 19 (Apparently it is...
View ArticleScientific Discovery, MOTs and Surveys
Hello and Happy New Year, Oh, we’ve done that one.No matter there is much to discuss, not least my latest condition. On me everyone, I have now attained a vintage that triggers a summons for both a...
View ArticleInternational Kidney, Fallow Deer and Brer Beaver
A belated Happy New Year everyone, sorry it’s taken so long but to quote Jack Lennon: Strange Days indeed, most peculiar mama. First morning of the year found Madam, Moss and myself once again bumbling...
View ArticleJohnny Cash in the Attic and Ally McCoist's Absolutely Bingo
Hello again, hello, Thank you Neil, It’s good to say hello. This corner of the internet seems to have been neglected of late so herewith is a brief resume of movements completed over the past few...
View ArticleWind, Conkers and a Triumph Dolomite
Hello, still here. Just been a bit busy that’s all, or should that read just been trying to keep myself a bit busy. A few things have happened, most of which I have already forgotten.Oh yes, the wind,...
View ArticleA Gentle Return to Guff and the Price of Pollock.
Right, I’ll have a go at guff. Still in a state of stasis to be honest, my prophetic powers are much diminished and the immediate future remains unclear. A position that many people have had to deal...
View ArticleSally Merison
Sally Merison, my employer and great friend for over thirty years has shuffled off and exited stage left. It was a swift demise, and at the end, very peaceful. Fading away peacefully on her bed looking...
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