A positive thread
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I saw a barn owl! It was dark, though, and I didn't get a picture.
“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Hardly right for "A Positive Thread", but following on from the last two posts, on my ride yesterday I stopped on a very quiet lane to attend to an injured wren flapping about in the middle of the tarmac. My guess is that it had been hit by the windscreen of a car that had passed me a couple of minutes earlier. Two possibilities. Firstly that it was just stunned and might recover. Second, and much more likely, curtains. Either way it was better off in the long grass at the base of a hedge so that is where I left it.
But, back to the positive, when I drew the curtains at 6.30 this morning I could see a hedgehog scurrying about in a neighbour's garden, looking busy and healthy.
But, back to the positive, when I drew the curtains at 6.30 this morning I could see a hedgehog scurrying about in a neighbour's garden, looking busy and healthy.
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I can top that, saw a fox crossing the road in broad daylight again
In my lunchbreak today I saw a small dark serpent, it slithered away before I could identify it
I bet a lot more snakes perceive us and scarper without being seen
Wild wolves are quite widespread in Germany, not seen one yet Wild pigs too, never seen one but one often sees where they have rotavated the ground
Plus One for wild nocturnal beasts that do not bother us
In my lunchbreak today I saw a small dark serpent, it slithered away before I could identify it
I bet a lot more snakes perceive us and scarper without being seen
Wild wolves are quite widespread in Germany, not seen one yet Wild pigs too, never seen one but one often sees where they have rotavated the ground
Plus One for wild nocturnal beasts that do not bother us
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We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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I had the day's watering and weeding done in the vegetable garden before breakfast. Later a 20-minute tandem ride into town with Mrs. M-k to meet a friend for mid-morning coffee before the day began to really heat up.
Stopped at the Co-op for groceries on the way home — Seniors' Day: 10% discount.
On the way home passed the local constabulary doing a roaring trade with a radar speed trap … in exactly the same location as yesterday. (Locals convinced that lightning never strikes twice? )
Stopped at the Co-op for groceries on the way home — Seniors' Day: 10% discount.
On the way home passed the local constabulary doing a roaring trade with a radar speed trap … in exactly the same location as yesterday. (Locals convinced that lightning never strikes twice? )
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23 miles around the back lanes of Essex today. We are visiting & I met up with an old friend and we went for a ride.
Perfect weather, good company, and a nice ride.
Perfect weather, good company, and a nice ride.
“In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
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Plus One for signatures on these fora, people do like to show how clever they are with smart sayings (I have noted some of them to show how smart I am) in colour, in foreign languages, or list their bikes n+1 or describe their stupid phones
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01. July I am sitting at home feeling miserable cos it is so hot out. Noted an open-air event for today (avoid), it was planned for 1.5 but cancelled because of liquid sunshine
Went cycling on 1.5, it was great, cool and damp, not many cyclists or motons about
It is great to be abnormal and dislike the heat, can't understand people who risk sunburn and spend lots on drinks and ice-cream and sit in the sun. The weather will get better soon, the days are getting shorter already
Went cycling on 1.5, it was great, cool and damp, not many cyclists or motons about
It is great to be abnormal and dislike the heat, can't understand people who risk sunburn and spend lots on drinks and ice-cream and sit in the sun. The weather will get better soon, the days are getting shorter already
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We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
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colin54 wrote:Spotted a Little Owl today whilst out on a ride.
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Great pic!
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colin54 wrote:Spotted a Little Owl today whilst out on a ride.
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He was quoting for repointing
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He doesn't look to happy about it either
Well spotted Colin,Little Owls turn up is some unexpected places.
Well spotted Colin,Little Owls turn up is some unexpected places.
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
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I really hate the hot weather but I am very lucky, I can stay home with my books
Might be cool enough to go cycling about 22oo, and still light
Might be cool enough to go cycling about 22oo, and still light
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Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies
Cycling-of course, but it is far better on a Gillott
We love safety cameras, we hate bullies