There’s a new (old) fuel-boat in town. Halsall is patrolling fresh waters, and nb BARGUS (also from Four Counties Fuels) … More
Month: November 2020
Winter Drawers On
Humorous Protagonist A: ‘I’m not going to answer the door in my longjohns.’ Humorous Protagonist B: ‘I didn’t know that … More
The Carp are having a Diem
Somewhere under there… Filthy beasts. Sunday eh? We’ve been promised some brightth today by the Metabiological Office, even some … … More
Gloom and Geese for International Men’s Day
When the morning sky looks like this (taken from the Cardinal’s side-hatch) how the hecky heck is anyone supposed to … More
Hunkering and Bunkering
This probably constitutes El Panic Buying, but it’s not. I didn’t realise that the Fuel Boat, nb BARGUS, would be … More
Ginger Season
a.k.a. ‘The Mighty Drear’. Or possibly auburn season. Is it open season on Auburn Hepburns? Do people still use the … More
Doing the ironying
I shall be attending a small Remembrance Event this morning, as I have always done whenever it has been possible, … More
Goose Stepping Backwards For Christmas
Or The Delights of a Deafening Avian Cacophany going on for hours from before first light. There’s a lonesome goose … More
Preparations for El Lockdown II
Up and at ’em, not early as such, but at near enough first light this morning. The new House Arrest (Boat … More
Apropos the rudeness of “modern” Prime Ministers
I am a mere youngling but even I can remember the era when if a Prime Minister made an appointment … More