Saturday, April 30, 2011

2 B or not ...

What's that over there in the bushes ... ?
Some bit of discarded rubbish littering the place up ...
Ooh is there something moving ... ?
Not 2 B or 20 B or 200 B, more like 2000 B ... !

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Royal Wedding ...

As the whole world stopped to watch, a small gathering in the church hall waved their miniature union flags as William and Kate were married


By the miracles of modern (text) communication, mother and daughter were discussing some of the finer points of etiquette.

The day that (Prince) William met Hazel ...

You can read more of the story here

This still frame is captured from a New Zealand News video clip which you can watch in full.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Boser

Well we thought we were going to Bolsover Castle to take advantage of our English Heritage membership, but according to the locals we went to Boser.
In days gone by one would arrive by carriage, climb the steps
and pause to take in the view
of the endless traffic on the M1
(sorry, the beautiful Derbyshire countryside - Scarsdale)
After it stopped being a fortress the castle was bought by the Cavendish family and part of it used for training horses - the dressage sort of thing - including a special jump called a Capriole
Although the Easter weekend was unusually warm, today was not
and so one might ask, "Does my bum look numb...?"