The first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The Day of Hope! You’ve lost no money at all and there is everything to play for with plenty of time to add to wins or recoup losses (or indeed to plunge further and further down a slippery losing hill to financial oblivion – but this is the…
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Brrrr – that is cold!
This morning I went out for a walk. I usually do on the Monday before the Cheltenham Festival to get some healthy exercise and to see whether I can see any spring migrants before I disappear to the far side of the Cotswolds for four days of escapism. But today was so cold. So very…
Fat balls, horses, 5th place, lucidity, bat faeces, neonics and cockroaches.
it seemed like spring for a few days last week and two sand martins were seen on Saturday in the Nene Valley, but on Sunday morning I awoke to find a layer of snow on my car. this is an interesting study which tells you that what you are doing with your fat balls may…
Voting day in the Falklands – but not for penguins or albatrosses.
The human population of the Falklands Islands is voting today (and tomorrow) on their future – whether to remain British or not. It’s a foregone conclusion that the c1800 adult population of these islands in the south Atlantic will vote to remain British. The Falkland Islands government website has a few pretty photographs of penguins…
Ralph Underhill cartoon