Hairy chaps, plastic pipes, etc.

What a night last night, Sparky and I helped John Rambo, in Rambo 2, safe a few troops MIA in Vietnam, bit hectic but we made it !!!!
However, different story this morning as I tried to recover - but the sun was shining so it wa out into the garden, etc.

Eventually took myself off to the Bush and with it ebing a nice day, I had a good wander around the place.
Up to the farm to have a look at the new cattle sheds - where I met this lovely beast, a three year old Limousin Bull, who, as commented seemed to think he was quite as handsome as my pal Chicken Lips.

There are drawings which look like Limousin cattle in the caves at Montignal, France dating back 20000 years. The Cattle which originate from the Central Massif area of France were first introduced into Scotland in 1971 at Leith Docks and there are now over 2000 breeders in the UK.

Our red headed friend was possibly thinking of having a day out with is pals , the Charolais cattle which were sunbathing in a field near to the site of the new water works and reservoir at Mauricewood.

Lots of work going on laying the new pipeline into Edinburgh, the pipes lying coiled like Cumberland sausages, are about three and a half feet in diameter, and are made of "plastic" so they flex and bend a little which is good. The big trench is heading overland for Hillend, so we will no doubt have some more total disruption on the main roads at Lothianburn in due course.

I see from the news that if they do not get a substantial amount of rain in India shortly, that major cities like Mumbi will have to turn off all mains supplies and ration water.

Talking of water, there was a story in the papers of a budgie who was rescued in the sea off the coast of Devon, near Brixham, Tor Bay - Mrs. B. still thinks that it might well be our Bluey, who went missing ages ago, thinking he might have walked to Devon and then been swinmming off to Spain to meet up with us !! Now in the safe hands of the RSPCA at the Little Valley Animal Shelter in Exeter.

Looks like our beautiful City is anything but - what with the tramworks and now the bin men threatening to go on strike - so we already have tons of rubbish piling up on the streets waiting to be lifted. Seems that the bin men were getting up to £7000 in bonuses, just for doing their jobs. Not only that, all the social workers have had letters stating that with changes to their contracts they will also be losing money, up to £700 per person !!! and the Council wonder why morale is at an all time low - fine for the "top brass" playing games but never at the "coal face".

Devastating news tonight with yet more troops killed in Afghanastan by the Taliban who had set a double bomb trap for them, very similar to the way the I R A used to operate in Northern Ireland. After eight years we are still doing better there than the Russians ever did, and they were there for years before us. Wonder what would happen if we were able to get the Russians and other NATO forces in to join us just blitz Hellman Province.

Fun and games over, back to work in the morning at The Mercat, but we will be back there at night for dinner with Grant and Yvonne ' Photogenix, working Sunday, and then , yet another nice wee run to Runcorn on Monday morning