Category Archives: Science

1 to be ready… 2 to be steady….3 for the CHEESE!!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

For the first time EVER, no cheeses were bowled at the centuries-old cheese rolling ceremony at Brockworth this year. Instead, rounds of weighted foam were wrapped up in white plastic and sent bouncing down the 1 in 3 slope of … Continue reading →

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Lyme Surprise

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Lyme Regis was a surprise which turned into a delight.  Sounds a bit gushing, but it’s true. The town sits at the bottom of hills where the rushing River Lym flows into the sea.  I loved the beautifully preserved Georgian … Continue reading →

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Dog Training for Cats – the last update (perhaps)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

I wasn’t intending to write any more Dog Training for Cats blogs. I thought I’d taken the observations as far as I could go really, recognising finally that while cats are from Venus, dogs are from Mars. Two different species, … Continue reading →

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Otterly quacking

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

It’s always the same story at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire after I’ve flashed my membership card and I’m walking getting that first view of the patchwork of lakes designed by Sir Peter Scott. All at once, … Continue reading →

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Pictures at an exhibition

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

We went to the Natural History Museum on Saturday to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. It’s an annual competition and the exhibition’s been a regular thing on my calendar for about five years now  Sometimes I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to the Tube

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

Happy Birthday to the London Tube!  150 Years Old! If I was heading for a dessert island and I couldn’t take a book or an OS map or the Geographer’s Map of London, then the Map of the London Underground … Continue reading →

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Mainly fair with occasional rain blog – 2012 in review

Posted on January 3, 2013 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading →

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Withering Heights

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

I’ve mentioned before that they are not my forte. I mean, I have got better at them as I’ve grown up but I am still at risk of dissolving into a grovelling mess of a person; someone happier on all … Continue reading →

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Bad parenting

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

An article headed “Five hallmarks of bad parenting that are actually good for kids” caught my eye today. I never considered myself a particularly good parent but hey, maybe the boys had turned out ok because of the dodgy parenting! … Continue reading →

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Wet dream diary

Posted on January 30, 2012 by

Anse Chastanet. “We have to go there” I remember saying when I was reading about St Lucia and realised this place was a world-class dive site. Anse Chastanet. Say it softly and the sussuration slips off the tongue like a … Continue reading →

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