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Monday, 11 March 2013

Make haste to the pumps! & snowing again

A story in the Telegraph shows up the fact that we don't have enough stored fuel to last more than 6 to 8 days in the UK.  The upsurge of supermarket petrol stations is one of the salient points in the closing of fuel sites.  I don't imagine the story might cause a stampede to the pumps but it could, it would be best to keep your tank full whenever possible so, make haste to the pumps!

Red wine is good for you, er - - well it might be.  A story again in the Telegraph says a pill is being developed that could let us live until we are 150! heaven forbid!  It seems that red wine contains a chemical called resveratrol, try saying that after 3 or 4 glasses! that has an anti ageing effect.  The boffins have been giving this stuff to "mice, bees and flies!"  I think I'll just keep glugging down the wine and hope i get enough resveratrol!

I normally love throwing stones at the headlines in the Daily Express but today they did have a couple that seemed to be going down the right road.  One said, words to the effect that to encourage the younger generation to invest in a pension they would guarantee that pension "pots" would be protected.  A smaller headline caught my eye though that speaks for itself and i admit to agreeing with it.  "The authorities never seem to be on the right side of those who pay their bills and do the right thing" !!!!!!!   

Our weather today has been a real mixture of sun and snow!  It has been bitterly cold and the wind has a real wintry edge to it.  We have had lots and lots of short sharp snow blizzards followed almost immediately by brilliant sunshine
  Here's a pic of one of the snow flurries just hitting the valley as the sun is going down in my across the river pic of the day. 

Finally a friend sent me this link showing a climber losing his grip while climbing a snow covered slope on Snowden at the weekend.  It just shows how easy it is to slip!
 
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