They all overload scooters here but there really is a lot of traffic now and most of the drivers are city slickers and don't where they're going. Not a good combo
Life here
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This is the situation right now. 100 unmanned aircraft but loaded with
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they ar...
Drifting gently by and memories of 1973.
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The track that runs from the potato barns down to the doocot bordered with
geraniums. This year is clearly a bumper year for geraniums and for the
spr...
Today's moonrise
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The view from our guest bedroom window at 5:30 this morning. Photo taken
with my Samsung smartphone's camera.
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Journey completed.
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French roads are a real pleasure to drive on. The are comparatively quiet,
without potholes, and extremely well sign-posted. Our two day drive south
was...
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For the last week it’s been all about squares
I have four shabby looking cushions. I gave them a nice new outfit
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These stitcheri...
How To Train Your Dragon
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I’ve not seen the animated first version in full but the live action
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Nature Friday - Manuka
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Manuka floweringManuka - the honey from it seems to have taken the world by
storm in the last decade or two, requires you to take out a second mortgage ...
DVS
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*What's on today?*
*More odd jobs around the house in the morning.*
*Then after lunch we have the DVS installer coming. Yaaaa. No more
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New 🥔 Potatoes Blight.
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It's potato blight weather this week in the Emerald Isle.
My cheap Homeguard seed potatoes from the discount supermarket do not
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THE DRIVE 4
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Sunset is at 5.15 pm and last night they were working until 8 pm by
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Schooner Tambo
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It ...
I'm still alive!......
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I survived the loooong flight to Athens! It was terrible. I was stuck
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Knee Deep In June
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Tell you what I like the best --
'Long about knee-deep in June,
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I have spent the largest portion of my life healthy and unconcerned about
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Double Agent by Jack Mars
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Friday prayers
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Look at sales figures, origins, annual reports, statements from company
chairmen; become armchair investors and see what you would do yourself,
annual ...
Aoteaora's first Maori police woman
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a woman of resilience and character.
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Sunday, February 23,2025
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Here are some pictures taken today. I finally got out for a much needed
walk around the little village. There are now vertical snow walls sliced
o...
Farewell My Friends
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changed...
Japandi Bedroom Makeover
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Catching up!
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Oh dear, nearly six months since I last posted a blog. It is not that I
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absent ...
Professing !
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Actual professing.
There are times when every learned person has the duty of stepping up to
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Internal Garden Monologue
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over looking a front garden in Scotland, I would have laughed my socks
off. I...
A Note of Sadness
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One of the problems about getting so involved with these m/s recipe books
is that I feel as though I almost know the women who wrote them. I can see
how th...
He looks a very resourceful man. Reminds me of me when I use to ride my bike back from my allotment overloaded with shopping bags full of vegetables.
ReplyDeleteRiding with one hand in mid august traffic is not wise. But it happens all the the time.
DeleteWasn't Evel Knievel was it?
ReplyDeleteHis brother 'Stupie'!
DeleteNo helmet, and a loaded scooter. Hopefully, he makes it to his destination with no interference.
ReplyDeleteThey all overload scooters here but there really is a lot of traffic now and most of the drivers are city slickers and don't where they're going. Not a good combo
DeleteHe's not part Korean is he? They do nutty loads like that on small motorbikes.
ReplyDeleteThis one is from one of those countries up on the northern border. But they all overload here. Just wish I could get some decent photos of them
DeleteSafety. Who needs safety lol
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it never entered his head that he might be an accident in the making
DeleteIf he'd been in India he'd have managed another 20.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. I've seen those incredible photos
ReplyDeleteNot a good idea, but not as bad as you see in Vietnam and Cambodia!
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