Here's another
spider story which looks quite nasty and ended in the "victim losing part of her ear!
The victim was bitten by a Mediterranean Recluse spider while she slept and ended up losing a fair proportion of her ear. Reconstruction surgery however managed to use some of her rib cartilage to effect a replacement - - - pics in article - - -
A surprisingly switched on
Microlight pilot a John Merriaman from Somerset managed to avert disaster in his microlight plane'3 engine cuts out at an altitude of just 300ft
Follow the link above to see the astonishing video looking over the blokes shoulder as he recovers from the emergency.
A strange story from the Metro has some good pics of
The Door To Hell Its a story from Turkmenistan, no not the one off the A38 the one bottom left bordering the Caspian Sea!
This "fire" has been burning for over 40 years, a spin off from an oil exploration project in 1971. It turned out that large amounts of methane gas were discovered and the idea was to "burn it off" to protect nearby villages - - - yeah! Its still burning today! I wonder why the heat produced has not been used somehow?
We completed our lake district "overnighter" and very nice it was too. Here are a few pics
5 star breakfast stop on the A591 just off the M6 J36!
Borrowdale end of Derwent Water - - - at least its not raining
Sally in her "all weather gear" by Cyril the van at the Honnister slate mine. We loaded him up with some nice pieces for the garden winter project! No snow at the mine but you could see it on the higher peaks
A very cold and windy view of the stepping stones near Ambleside, we always walk across from the free cricket club car park to see them. They were well under water at our last visit in Jan and are only just above the water in this pic.
Nice sunset down at the hotel
http://www.wateredgeinn.co.uk/ for the night - - - great place
The seagulls waiting for the sun to hit this side of Lake Windermere the following morning.
Part of the Helvellyn range with its covering of snow viewed from the remains of the old Roman Fort at Ambleside
We locked the cats in overnight and after a good feed they both had an explore outside. Here Sainsbury checks out the top of Boris in the sunshine.
Down at the Fun Factory (sainsbugs Matlock) today (a day off for me though) its time to say goodbye to my boss, "lets call her TracEy" she's off to pastures new so its a new broom for everyone in the bakery from tomorrow. Cant wait to get back on Thursday! - - - - All the best Dragon Lady!
Enjoy the day
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Or this one just to see the streaming birdfeeder cam
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