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Morning all The dry of yesterday has gone. No surprise there then. I blame Higg's Bosuns. Have a good one.

Morning all Dry. At the moment. I wonder why the IT/ comms manufacturers jumped on the fruit bandwagon when naming their products.

What will Lily be doing?

For Dave's post there should be another button 'Like very much indeed'. On a more practical note; will the person who, on hearing of the hose pipe ban, said "I wish it would rain", please wish for it to stop now.

Hope to see you back before too long Don. Take care of yourself.

Has anyone ever tried suggesting to a female of the species that they might possibly have enough shoes and handbags. I did. Once.

Morning all Clear blue sky this morning. I wonder what that's all about. Have a good weekend, whatever and wherever.

The sand that fell didn't look Saharan. Perhaps it was one of your bunker shots.

Morning all Wasn't hit by the deluge as badly as some but it was still interesting. Have a good day.

Arnold Palmer's wife used to kiss his balls before each round. Just for luck.

He did it in Photochop.

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You mean you weren't invited?

Her Maj was at Henley today Gordon. A teacher from Newcastle called Natalie Westerman who chose @natwest as her twitter nickname (or whatever it is known as) has apparently been very unpopular over the weekend.

Yes, but to do that you need to be able to keep the ball ..... or pass the ball ...... or preferably both.

Dominik: I hope that things go well for you tomorrow, or at least as well as things can go under the circumstances. My thoughts will be with you and your family.

Morning all Pretty nasty across the whole region at the moment. Dave, if you are heading to Perth take care, it sounds as though travelling might be … erm.… interesting.

That shepherd still hasn't gone to specsavers then?

Here are some photos of the strange loco thing outside the hotel I mentioned earlier. Apologies for tke pretty grotty quality as it was persisting down (it did for much of the second half of the ride). An overall view What I assume to be the loco though I'm guessing it's far from complete. The maker's plate said BVE. Researching it hasn't come up with much although I haven't put that much effort into it yet. It was being used to advertise the hotel. A sad end but it may well have saved it from total destruction.

In the case of the lead mines quite literally 'finished'

We in ERs must be mellowing with age. We've resisted the temptation. The Upper Dales of the North Pennines are full of reminders of the mining industry. You can stumble across these in the most unexpected and remotest of places and even on a summer's day there is something quite eerie and chilling about them. It is as if they have their own memories and don't want to share them. On a cold and misty day they are ghostly, forbidding places. While I was out and about last week I cam across a similar set of wagons outside a hotel. At the head was an unusual 'loco'. I will try and post a photo later.

...after a night on the tiles? Yes.

For some reason RMweb is very slick tonight. Just like the old days.

Anything interesting happening tonight?

Many happy returns Gordon.