Compared to Malaysia, there are very, very few birds around the places we've visited so far, and also compared to my memories of the UK ten years ago. Of course, the season doesn't help, nor the fact that it gets dark in mid-afternoon, but still - the birdlessness is quite an unpleasant shock! One of the few birds that still visits my parents' bird feeder - a European Goldfinch. Even Robins, House...
Alerter All you ever wanted to know about being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk Mini Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Lowestoft Talk about omens... The sky turning black, the wind howling around the bungalow, the rain lashing down, hailstones rattling on the windows, a plague of locusts, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was bad but not quite up to the last two! All of this should have made me think...
The chairman of the Parole Board rightly states that the justice secretary should play no part in deciding whether terminally ill prisoners should be released on compassionate grounds ( Report , 18 November). Politicians are not involved in individual sentencing decisions and there should be no suggestion that political considerations might have influenced the release date of someone serving an indeterminate...
If anyone can identify that quotation (minus the zero) from a published book I will be mightily impressed. If it's the same book I'm thinking of, of course. I know, darlings, that you will miss me terribly while I'm away. So here are a few posts of Memories of Z's significant dates. Obviously, I have no memory of the day I was born. But I can tell you a little about it. To start with, I was a much...
Environment Agency warns of further rain on waterlogged ground and high rivers Weather gallery After the gale-force winds and heavy rain that battered much of southern England and Wales yesterday there was a brief respite , allowing the clean-up operation to begin. Conditionstoday were calmer, but forecasters and the Environment Agency warned of further heavy rain on the way, adding to the already...
Gale warning for Scotland as heavy rain heads north Gale-force winds of up to 100mph battered Britain yesterday as one of the worst storms of the year swept across the country. Wales, southern and eastern England bore the brunt of the weather. Winds reaching speeds of 70mph were recorded in parts of London and the home counties, strong enough to cause property damage and bring down trees and branches....
Alerter All you ever wanted to know about being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk Fury as retained crews miss out on jobs Just thought you might like to read an article from our local newspaper. It's all about retained firefighters applying for jobs as wholetime firefighters in Suffolk. Only 13 out of 47 retained firefighters that made an application got through the first round. Have a read and make...
Juvenile Sabine's Gull at North Shields Quay ( www.tomtamsnaturephotography.com ) This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Thursday 5 November 2009, issued at 2100 hours and published in association with the premier paging company 'Rare Bird Alert' whilst utilising additional information gleaned from Birdline (09068 700 222), the Regional Birdlines, BirdGuides and a diverse collection of local websites,...
November dates for Lowestoft, Norwich and Swaffham Edited by Jane Hill: The Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has organised three events for stakeholders, to discuss local mental health priorities for the provider for next year. The meetings are on Monday 23 November 2009, 6pm to 8pm, Victoria Hotel, Lowestoft; Tuesday 24 November, 6pm to 8pm, Music Room, Assembly House, Norwich;...
Alerter All you ever wanted to know about being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk End of an era... At 10am this morning Lowestoft South Fire Station became operational. It will seem strange for me not to see all the pumps and specials waiting behind the closed appliance bay doors as I pass the fire station. The existing Normanshurst Fire Station had been serving Lowestoft for 37 years and before that...
This is a photo I took of my shadow on the beach at Lowestoft, Suffolk this year. My Dad collects Chinese porcelain, and there's a place up in Norfolk that sells rare pieces, so one Sunday in May my Mum, Dad and I went on the long trip up there so he could check it out. On the way back down to Essex we had to drive through the county of Suffolk, so we took a de-tour to Lowestoft, which is one of my...
Alerter All you ever wanted to know about being a retained FireFighter in Suffolk Fire at Birds Eye, Lowestoft I had just managed to last the morning at work and was contemplating food and the afternoon when my plans were hurriedly altered by the strident calling of my alerter. click images to enlarge Traffic, for once, didn't hold me up getting to the new slim-line Normanshurst Fire Station and I...
Amanita muscaria toadstool in the woods at Walberswick Is it wrong to think that one of the benefits of living in Essex is that you can easily escape to the next county (or two) up? We went to Lowestoft to visit Rich’s mum, and spent much of Saturday in Norwich. I’ve always liked Norwich – particularly the [...] Related posts: The weekend Saturday was a day of work. Not in the office,...
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