Villain Of The Hour

Image of the public statue of plasticine crook Feathers Mcgraw being unveiled in Preston. (Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park pictured with his back to the camera)

Nuts!

Dog friendly (and safe) peanut butter, and brilliant marketing. At only £2.50 for 340g, many would argue it's a fantastic deal.

Showtime!

Are you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin, this is gonna be good. Adults only, mind you.

Choc's Away!

Chococo's finest, all the way from the Isle of Purbeck. Multi-award winning and quite possibly the best handmade chocolates ever. Mmm!

Lock 'N' Load

Interesting the things you see whilst waiting inside the local chippy, The Tasty Plaice. 

It's not often you see several police cars zoom past on "Blues and Two's" (blue lights and two tone siren), with the final one stopping outside so the two officers can get their semi-automatic weapons from the lockbox in the boot/truck before continuing down the hill.

In the UK we don't routinely arm our police and those that do carry or use weapons are specially trained and licensed. Although they don't receive additional pay. Hardly seems fair but this is the norm in the UK, officers take on additional responsibilities or learn new skills so they are able to perform a better or different role. In the capital officers will often be seen on foot carrying guns but away from London and airports, police weapons are generally kept in locked boxes inside designated vehicles. These usually display a "*" symbol.

Obviously this unusual sight was- for a moment or two- quite exciting to see whilst we waiting for our takeaway.

Drips

This split in the lead flashing may well be responsible for all the water coming into my conservatory LOL.

Cheers

Cranberry Gin. What's not to like LOL?

101

Celebrating the life and works of Eric Blair, better known as George Orwell, the Royal Mint has issued this wonderful £2 coin. His perhaps most well known works Animal Farm and 1984 were published in 1945 and 1949 respectively. As a teen I loved both and read them many times over.

The inscription on the edge of the coin states "There was truth and there was untruth." In the age of "my truth" and "alternative facts" this seems so apt.

Sauce

Something to look forward to LOL.

Large Black

Americano. 

It's rude not to LOL.

Twenty-1

Hard to believe my son has a massive birthday today. No doubt at some point I'll review pictures and memories from when he was much younger. Promise I won't bore the Interweb by posting them here LOL.

Feathers

Apparently, according to their Socials, there's a new dodgy character working in my town.

Well done to The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL), the University of Reading and of course Aardman LOL.