Dont mess with mushrooms! & The price of success!

Lots of press coverage today about "us" getting ripped of by Shell & BP the fuel giants.  They have been accused of fixing the price of fuel for at least 10 years - - - Makes me wonder if the "government" knew all about it but just enjoyed raking in all that tax money! 

I almost missed this one tucked away in the Telegraph gardening section there are some very nice pics of "The 10 most poisonous mushrooms that might be in your garden" according to the author - - - only trouble is the first pic is meant to be a "Death Cap" when in truth its an "Amanita Citrina"  Just go's to show that you "Don't mess with mushrooms"

The Russians are making a big noise about capturing a "undercover CIA agent" there are a number of pics of the unfortunate bloke in what can only be described as a "very bad wig" or at best its on at a "jaunty angle".  The Russians are in the process of kicking him out back to the USA.  Micheal McFaul the US Ambassador to Russia was taking part in a Q & A session on twitter and refused to answer the tweet about the detention of the alleged spy as the news broke.  I'll bet - - -

The weather is being unkind again although we didn't see the forcasted snow yesterday, in fact it was just a pretty dull day with the rain sweeping in in the evening and hammering away during the night.  I have a mate & his wife from Hereford coming for a 3 day visit today and it looks as if wellies and brollies will be the dress for the trip!

There's a fly past by a Lancaster bomber tomorrow between 1300-1315 at Ladybower reservoir to commemorate the Dam  Buster raid on the Ruhr Dams in World War 2.  We should also get a view of it here as its completing a fly past of Chatsworth House around 1320. 

Finally - - - Success always comes at a price, although some will never be able to afford it, will they?  I guess Dan Brown will think of this when he is counting the royalty monies from his latest book "Inferno"  The readers love it as the number of copies sold suggest, the critics are having a field day rubbishing the content.  The article in the link above by Tom Chivers highlights "the 8 worst sentences" and has the smack of just a few "sour grapes".  Come on Tom try getting out a little more or maybe getting a proper job? - - -

Enjoy the day

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