Stand still damn it!

 This is one of Wendy's pictures of Sam photographing wild kangaroos, unfortunately he didn't get that close, see below.

Thanks to a clever little bit of software called Image Resize Guide which allows you to mark the important bits in a picture then chose a different format, then it re-format's the picture in seconds.

Snug the Jack Russell has eight puppies.

Snug is next door's Jack Russell, she had 8 puppies two days ago.

The Real King's Speech.

Emptying the loft we came across a collection of papers and magazines from 1952 covering the death of King George and the Coronation. 

 

It was interesting to read the section on Lionel Louge and makes you wonder why it took so long to get around to making  the book and film.

Click the picture to enlarge.

Bath Dolphin Swimming Club

 My Mothers sister Doris was a champion swimmer, a 

Western Counties diving judge and President of the Bath Dolphins swimming club.

She was the first woman to swim from weir to weir in 1913 

And the family were not happy when she appeared in the paper in her swimming costume, 

 And this letter from the R.S.P.C.A. in 1936 shows her courage when she rescued a dog from a lock..

Pollution control

Is it a new pollution control device, or just the builders radio?

 The internal walls are down in preparation for Nicky and Andy's new 24 ft square kitchen/living room.

Global Warming.

 By the look of the roof of Nicky and Andy's 

extension, they're expecting global warming.

Shush there's a woodpecker in the garden.

Shush there's a woodpecker in the garden.

Wellington Bomber

Once a year David goes off to Tir-Y-Cwm in Wales for a walking weekend with his friends.
This year they walked to the wreckage of a Wellington Bomber that crashed on the 20^th of November in 1944.
It’s now a war memorial to the crew of 6 who died in the crash.

More details here
Davids Site 

A Hercules swoops low over a field of sunflowers.

With the final four Hercules leaving RAF Lyneham today it seemed appropriate to dig out this pictures from 2006.