Monthly Archives: February 2021

Todays trouble is enough for today

I saw an advert for a cover to put on your walking boots to keep bugs out. It took me back to Greenland. Some of the time I would just sleep under a canvas, no tent, so I had to … Continue reading

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Beast from East 2

Not again, another beast from the east. Where are they all coming from? A few years ago we had the Met Office look at “global warming” as it was called then. We wanted to know short term and long term … Continue reading

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Call me

As the song says: You may call me Terry, you may call me TimmyYou may call me Bobby, you may call me ZimmyYou may call me R.J., you may call me RayYou may call me anything Just in case you … Continue reading

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Coal mining

Big fuss about a new coal mine opening in Cumbria. Quite interesting seeing how much interest this is stirring up. The case for Scottish independence calls for maximising oil extraction – it makes the coal mine in Cumbria look like … Continue reading

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You are what you eat

Or other rubbish like that. Of course you are what you eat because it transforms into you through the gut. But there are some interesting new ideas being put forward that your brain function is in part determined by what … Continue reading

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Difficult

The big news is that Captain Sir Tom has died of COVID. Everybody is sad. Everybody is paying respects. But slipped in to one of those reports was the news that he had recently been on a bucket list holiday … Continue reading

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New year – new goals

It might be a month in to 2021, but I have only just got the final information to tot up my carbon footprint from last year. I had decided to offset some of the year (well I did have a … Continue reading

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