Thursday, 20 February 2025

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)



Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Nuts!

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



Thursday, 13 February 2025

Showtime!

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




Tuesday, 11 February 2025

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!



Friday, 7 February 2025

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.





Thursday, 6 February 2025

Drips

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