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Just When I thought It Had Been A Boring Week…………

Posted on January 16, 2009

I was about to do a blog on just how boring a week it had been then three extraodianary things happpened in the world of politics, current affairs, and sport. We will start with the bid Manchester City have made for Brazilian superstar Kaka (pictured below). It is reported that the offer being considered by Italian giants AC Milan is a paltry £108m, with a weekly pay packet for Kaka a cool £500k, with his agent (who is his Dad) recieving £18m ...

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A Quiet Weekend At Last

Posted on January 13, 2009

After all the excess of Christmas it was nice to have a weekend that revolved around fresh air and just a little bit of alcohol. After the the bitterly cold fortnight, the temperature rose to +8c on Sunday evening, a staggering 20 degrees swing from last Tuesday night when it dipped to minus 12c. Pictures come from the rapidly thawing Kennet and Avon Canal at Woolhampton with John, Heidi and the kids.I must admit, as much as I like the cold ...

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More Freezing Fog Pics

Posted on January 10, 2009

Sorry to be a bore, but in my 41 years on this planet I have not seen many more spectacular pictures of our beautiful countryside than this, the pictures don't really do it justice, but are nice all the same. This is winter as it should be, even if it does finish off a few pensioners.

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Spectacular Freezing Fog As The Cold Spell Draws To a Close

Posted on January 9, 2009

Freezing fog turned Hampshire a spectacular white this morning as the cold winter held on for another day. Quite why the weathermen say that "thankfully" the cold weather will be pushed away by mild winds from Sunday. Next week will be warm, wet, cloudy and miserable, why should we be thankful for that? You wont be seeing pictures like this on next weeks blog, that's for sure.

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I Want My Kidney Back!!

Posted on January 9, 2009

sThis is a great story. Most people when they go through divorce or seperation split all the contents of the house down the middle, and argue over CD collections etc etc. This normally results in the bloke getting the beer fridge and the Plasma TV, and the woman getting the rest, as the bloke can't be arsed moving wardrobes, cookers, and fridges. Not the case with one Dr Batista (above). He wants his KIDNEY back!!! Batista married his wife in ...

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