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Hi, welcome to Sunday, . Unfortunately, I could not sleep again last night, so I ended up rising in the very early hours, in a very cold house. . After making myself a huge pot of Lapsang and a hot Warburton’s Potato Pancake, I snuggled up in the big chair and read an Alex Cross [...]

So, . Just in case you need cheering up today…. . ….because of the hangover!!!! . . Hee hee hee, . .

Hi, . Here is a quick, but sweet, little video for you. . . . . Ahhhhh! . . .

Hi, . I thought you might like to hear yet about the work carried out to rescue and re-house laboratory animals. This time it is shown on a video posted by the Freedom Beagle project. . These dogs were born especially to live such a restricted life, where they were kept in cages in the [...]

Hi Folks, . Greetings from the Far North. We are enjoying an unseasonably hot day today …. I am not wearing my furry boots …. it is toooo warm for them!!!! . I don’t know what is causing such unseasonably amazing weather, but if I can see people on the streets in their shirts today, [...]

Hi, . Welcome to the beginnings of winter. I just love the way that birds gather into flocks at this time in the dying year, and form into amazing squadrons which display in awesome patterns across the dusk and morning skies. . I often stand in the early dawn, cup of hot tea clasped in [...]

Hi Folks, . So we are back to Monday….why do there always seem to be more Mondays than there are Saturdays!!!!! . It sucks!!!! . Therefore, I shall attempt to cheer up your morning with a smile, and put you in a good mood for the day. I like animal stuff, as that always seems [...]

Hi, . Have you been perusing your TV guide diligently. Have you been lucky enough to have watched the beginning of the new BBC documentary series, narrated by our old favourite, Sir David Attenborough. That man is concentrated television, even at 85. He should be cloned! . This new series is about finding what effects [...]

Hey folks, . Strange things have been happening around our coastline, as previously quite rare creatures are being seen more and some of them are ending up beached on our shores. . Sei Whales are big and even the young ones can be about 3O’+. . Unfortunately, we have just experienced the autumn Equinox Tides, [...]

Hello, . Yesterday we went out for a long walk, as is thankfully quite the usual for us these days. . And the day before, while going out for exactly the same walk, I had spotted a smallish lump in the middle of the road, which appeared to be a squashed . For some reason [...]

Hello Folks, . I am saddened to have to write this post on what is unfortunately a sadly familiar subject. . I read in the press about this video, which was apparently taken at an Essex abattoir. . The film footage was taken secretly by animal welfare campaigners for Animal Aid, over a period of [...]

Hi, . Something a bit sad for you today. . In there is a beautiful lion, owned by Raquel Borges. He is called Ariel and he is a massive 140 kg in weight. He is also paralysed now and cannot use his legs at all. . Unfortunately he became ill last year, with a bad [...]

Hi to you all, . It is again here, for the moment at least. . Yesterday the temperature soared to 33, and everyone was too Hot,Hot,Hot! . Today we have awoken to more blue skies and heat. I think, from the comments people make to me, is that we damp and greeny-coloured people are so [...]

Hello fellow bi-peds of every kind, . In Calgary, Canada, you will find the Calgary Zoo, . This is the best place to put it, because it makes finding it very easy indeed. . It is there that you will find eight Western Lowland , who are actually native to Central . . They are [...]

Hi, . Happy Tuesday to yourself. . I have found a new and interesting video on YouTube which features a baby duckling and an orangutan. . The baby duck was struggling in a zoo pool, after seeming to being abandoned by it’s mother. . The , taking a rest beside the pool, suddenly sees the [...]