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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 21:17:53 GMT
Selling her Fanny on the Dublin streets.  I heard she was selling all kinds of everything. As with us all anno domiini shows its effect .....she was a pretty girl back in 1970 |
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Post by pretzel on May 8, 2016 8:08:30 GMT
I heard she was selling all kinds of everything. As with us all anno domiini shows its effect .....she was a pretty girl back in 1970 She can still carry off a string of pearls with aplomb though |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 8:45:34 GMT
As with us all anno domiini shows its effect .....she was a pretty girl back in 1970 She can still carry off a string of pearls with aplomb though Indeed she can . |
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Post by Northy on May 8, 2016 16:39:24 GMT
Can't wait for the smell of wild garlic down by the stream, won't be long now guaranteed to put me in a good mood. Anything out there that makes you feel happy lads and lasses?....anything?
Apart from that lasses barely covered bulging chest on the plane yesterday, I'd say a cracking run along the river weaver and canal on a sunny late spring morning when it's a vibrant green everywhere |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 8, 2016 18:56:48 GMT
Whitethroats, Hoopoe, Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler, Lapwing and such.
Nice day boozing and birding.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2016 19:56:43 GMT
Selling her Fanny on the Dublin streets. I heard she was selling all kinds of everything. Isn't it a pity |
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Post by felonious on May 9, 2016 18:25:44 GMT
Whitethroats, Hoopoe, Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler, Lapwing and such. Nice day boozing and birding. Do you spot the Hoopoes on the way to the pub or on the way back? 
There was a lovely pied blackbird down the lane a few years back.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 18:43:43 GMT
Whitethroats, Hoopoe, Red Kite, Reed Bunting, Grasshopper Warbler, Lapwing and such. Nice day boozing and birding. Do you spot the Hoopoes on the way to the pub or on the way back?
There was a lovely pied blackbird down the lane a few years back.
Found out mate. The hoopoe was a photo on a mates phone from N-u-L. The rest were spotted/heard in the St9 area as I wobbled from pub to boozer. Got a blackbird at me folks that looks like an Ouzel with it's vicars collar. Last year we had wrynecks and wheatears too. Not yet though. Grey wagtail today. |
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Post by felonious on May 9, 2016 18:58:44 GMT
Do you spot the Hoopoes on the way to the pub or on the way back?
There was a lovely pied blackbird down the lane a few years back.
Found out mate. The hoopoe was a photo on a mates phone from N-u-L. The rest were spotted/heard in the St9 area as I wobbled from pub to boozer. Got a blackbird at me folks that looks like an Ouzel with it's vicars collar. Last year we had wrynecks and wheatears too. Not yet though. Grey wagtail today. The blackbird down the lane was definitely a pied blackbird. I had to look it up I had no idea they existed. I don't think they last long though unfortunately.
I've seen a number of lapwings locally this year though nothing like the numbers I used to see in my youth. Guaranteed to put a smile on my face. A few years ago I was driving down the lane, therefore completely sober, and could have sworn a Golden Oriole flew across the path. It was the right time of year but not the right part of the country.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 19:13:10 GMT
Local increase in lapwings apparently because it's been too wet to do any ploughing/turning over etc.
Hopefully the conditions will bring a boom in ground nesting birds.
Skylarks etc.
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Post by harryburrows on May 9, 2016 19:17:16 GMT
Local increase in lapwings apparently because it's been too wet to do any ploughing/turning over etc. Hopefully the conditions will bring a boom in ground nesting birds. Skylarks etc. Get up park lane and along ladderidge lots going on |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 19:22:05 GMT
Local increase in lapwings apparently because it's been too wet to do any ploughing/turning over etc. Hopefully the conditions will bring a boom in ground nesting birds. Skylarks etc. Get up park lane and along ladderidge lots going on Yeah Harry I often do. And there is. Lovely neck of the woods. Been stalking the Mollatts Wood Heronry again. Terradactyls about to fledge. |
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Post by harryburrows on May 9, 2016 19:29:13 GMT
Get up park lane and along ladderidge lots going on Yeah Harry I often do. And there is. Lovely neck of the woods. Been stalking the Mollatts Wood Heronry again. Terradactyls about to fledge. My ex wives family lived up there I loved visiting from London . Walk down to longsdon for a few beers |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 19:37:13 GMT
Yeah Harry I often do. And there is. Lovely neck of the woods. Been stalking the Mollatts Wood Heronry again. Terradactyls about to fledge. My ex wives family lived up there I loved visiting from London . Walk down to longsdon for a few beers Nice. Hollybush Denford? |
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Post by harryburrows on May 9, 2016 19:39:37 GMT
My ex wives family lived up there I loved visiting from London . Walk down to longsdon for a few beers Nice. Hollybush Denford? And the wheel . Holly bush was nice back when there were flood tide marks on the bar . It's a bit corporate now |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 19:48:57 GMT
And the wheel . Holly bush was nice back when there were flood tide marks on the bar . It's a bit corporate now Anthea Turner? It's far from corporate H. It's probably the least organised boozer in Britain. Part of it's enduring charm. A cracking boating/fuck up community. My mates live there and I can canoe it from my gaff. The Wheel does a cracking pint of Bass and basic grub. |
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Post by harryburrows on May 9, 2016 19:53:03 GMT
And the wheel . Holly bush was nice back when there were flood tide marks on the bar . It's a bit corporate now Anthea Turner? It's far from corporate H. It's probably the least organised boozer in Britain. Part of it's enduring charm. A cracking boating/fuck up community. My mates live there and I can canoe it from my gaff. The Wheel does a cracking pint of Bass and basic grub. Maybe not corporate but I liked it when it was just a small boozer , 30 + years ago . Always floode back then |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 9, 2016 20:04:02 GMT
Anthea Turner? It's far from corporate H. It's probably the least organised boozer in Britain. Part of it's enduring charm. A cracking boating/fuck up community. My mates live there and I can canoe it from my gaff. The Wheel does a cracking pint of Bass and basic grub. Maybe not corporate but I liked it when it was just a small boozer , 30 + years ago . Always floode back then Pretty much the same now. Still vulnerable to a flash flood or beer festival. It's a wonderful location for a lazy afternoon. My favourite boozing location is/was Carey Arms, Torquay. |
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Post by felonious on May 10, 2016 5:41:35 GMT
Yeah Harry I often do. And there is. Lovely neck of the woods. Been stalking the Mollatts Wood Heronry again. Terradactyls about to fledge. My ex wives family lived up there I loved visiting from London . Walk down to longsdon for a few beers Bloody hell Harry how many ex-wives are there? |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2016 8:29:24 GMT
My ex wives family lived up there I loved visiting from London . Walk down to longsdon for a few beers Bloody hell Harry how many ex-wives are there? He should change his name to Henry |
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Post by felonious on May 10, 2016 11:35:05 GMT
And the wheel . Holly bush was nice back when there were flood tide marks on the bar . It's a bit corporate now It's far from corporate H. It's probably the least organised boozer in Britain. Part of it's enduring charm. A cracking boating/fuck up community. My mates live there and I can canoe it from my gaff. The Wheel does a cracking pint of Bass and basic grub. I went to her 21st at the Memorial Hall, Longsdon. Nice looking bird back in the day  |
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Post by felonious on May 10, 2016 11:36:25 GMT
The long tailed tits have fledged. Sweet little things down by the steam early this morning.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2016 15:21:41 GMT
The long tailed tits have fledged. Sweet little things down by the ***steam ***early this morning. These tits sagging over the kettle then?  |
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Post by felonious on May 10, 2016 17:30:14 GMT
The long tailed tits have fledged. Sweet little things down by the ***steam ***early this morning. These tits sagging over the kettle then? No I disturbed them having my early morning piss. |
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Post by cheeesfreeex on May 27, 2016 16:00:03 GMT
I think it's coming to the time to put a home brew on. As soon as Endon water has been blessed and the Elderflower flowers we're on.  Anyone had a go at tapping Silver Birch and fermenting it. Saw it on Countryfile recently, thinking of giving it a go. |
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Post by felonious on May 27, 2016 17:47:06 GMT
I think it's coming to the time to put a home brew on. As soon as Endon water has been blessed and the Elderflower flowers we're on. Anyone had a go at tapping Silver Birch and fermenting it. Saw it on Countryfile recently, thinking of giving it a go. I have used a watering hole by the name of The Silver Birch in the past |
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Post by Skankmonkey on May 27, 2016 18:03:42 GMT
I think it's coming to the time to put a home brew on. As soon as Endon water has been blessed and the Elderflower flowers we're on. Anyone had a go at tapping Silver Birch and fermenting it. Saw it on Countryfile recently, thinking of giving it a go. I have used a watering hole by the name of The Silver Birch in the past Me too. As well as the Globe, the Crown, the Halfway, the Vine and the 3 WMC's as were. Occasionally all in the one night. :-) |
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Post by felonious on May 27, 2016 18:04:50 GMT
Interesting week on the wildlife front. I rescued a collared dove on Tuesday I found it at the bottom of the drive looking bedraggled but with no obvious injury apart from a small cut on it's foot. I put it on the bird table and it part recovered after several hours and then hung around the garden for the next few days feeding and drinking. The day after I found it our friendly neighbourhood hawk came to take a look but the Spitfire squadron of swallows went into action and escorted it off the property. They make an incredible racket when the hawk is about.
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Post by felonious on May 27, 2016 18:14:28 GMT
I have used a watering hole by the name of The Silver Birch in the past Me too. As well as the Globe, the Crown, the Halfway, the Vine and the 3 WMC's as were. Occasionally all in the one night. :-) Are you not forgetting that place with the monkey tree?
I remember walking back to my grandmother's house with her one evening and she told me to get her a couple of bottles of Mackeson from the outdoor at the Halfway House. The landlord told me to go and do a runner when I said who it was for until the old dear popped her head round the door to see what was taking so long.
There used to be a decent jukebox at the Globe
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Post by Skankmonkey on May 27, 2016 18:24:28 GMT
Me too. As well as the Globe, the Crown, the Halfway, the Vine and the 3 WMC's as were. Occasionally all in the one night. :-) Are you not forgetting that place with the monkey tree?
I remember walking back to my grandmother's house with her one evening and she told me to get her a couple of bottles of Mackeson from the outdoor at the Halfway House. The landlord told me to go and do a runner when I said who it was for until the old dear popped her head round the door to see what was taking so long.
There used to be a decent jukebox at the Globe
I never went in there. Just past Park Site. I forgot the name anyway! What was it? Off an on I used to use the Globe when Freda ran it in the '70s. It was me supplied the Deep Purple, Hawkwind and AtomicRooster singles for the Juke. :-) |
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