A Letter to the Times

February 9, 2009

While I was reading today’s copy of the Times I spotted a letter sent in by Mike Borshell of Bishops Stortford. Sir,So local authorities are running out of salt and grit. You would have thought they would have a slush fund to avoid this happening. Well it made me chuckle……………………..

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Bird Watching

February 8, 2009

While I was cooking breakfast I couldn’t help but notice the amount of birds that were using the feeders. There were two Robins having a territory battle (the winner is in the picture above) but wouldn’t stay still long enough for me to photograph. I was also pleasantly supprised to get a picture of a Gold Finch [...]

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Stop Whingeing and buy snow chains !!!

February 7, 2009

“Stop Whingeing and buy snow chains” says Geoff Hoon the Secretary of State for Transport. ‘Why has nobody got snow chains and why are you all whingeing about what the Government hasn’t done? He suggested motorists who have not spent £54.50 on snow chains for their tyres could not grumble about disruption to their journeys. [...]

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Driving in to work

February 6, 2009

Woke up expecting snow ….nothing….even Jo decided that she would drive. I set off, just out of the village it started, not snow, but sleet thick and heavy. The back roads were ok with only three lightly flooded sections. The A10 was a different matter with the sleet now very heavy, I was passed by many [...]

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Snow….On Standby

February 5, 2009

I have been a member of the Hertfordshire 4X4 Response since its inception and we have really come into our own this week. We have been on standby to support the East of England Ambulance Service since last Sunday. But the phone really started to go off today with requests from Bedfordshire Ambulance service to help snow bound [...]

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So Far So Good

January 30, 2009

So far the blog rebuild is going well. The bit that takes the time is re installing the Gallery section, which due to it’s large size takes a long time to upload. Those of you who had links in the boat blogs section and don’t now, I’m slowly inputting them and will get there soon.

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A few problems

January 29, 2009

You have probably seen Alacritys blog messed up over the last few days this was because it had been Hacked……. I am well on the way to sorting it out and we will soon be back to normal so please keep reading.

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Credit Crunch………

January 24, 2009

As I was looking through the February edition of Waterways World the advert for Kingsground Narowboats caught my eye. Would you rather have your money floating around the rather ugly world of the banking system? OR Would it be safer floating round the beautiful canal system right here at home? With the interest rates paid out by [...]

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I am Not a Number…….Number Six

January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan (Number six) the creator and star of the cult 1960s series ” The Prisoner ” died yesterday aged 80 after a short illness. The series tells the story of a man who finds himself trapped with no past memory in a place called the Village. As he explores he finds other inhabitants who are only [...]

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