Corrie in the news again & decking project half finished

Apart from William Roache's (Ken Barlow) antics from Corrie being splashed all over the newspapers, the actual programme sparked a fierce debate with the suicide of its character Hayley in last nights episode.

I cant remember the last time I watched the programme although I have been an avid follower in the past.  Sally switched on the programme and we watched Hayley's demise, no doubt along with millions of others
The "Right to die" & "Assisted suicide" debates are already raging with the pros and cons of doing such a thing.  The house of Lords is set to have a "hearing" (?) on the issue in May. - - -

Junction 2 on the M40 Motorway, not the most likely place you would find a Wetherspoons  pub?

Here it is in all its glory.  The article trots out the results of "a survey" to prove that the idea is "at odds with public opinion".
To me the concept seems a little odd but i guess its only because its not been done before - - -



Foxes? cuddly brown thing running round an urban environment or chicken killer out herein the countryside.  Whatever you think about them here's a story about one with a satellite collar attached  recording that it walked 40 miles away from its home.

The BBC Nature article relates that "Fleet" was probably pushed off his dominant male perch in his group by one of his sons and this started his quest for another territory.
A TV programme is scheduled about tagged foxes BBC2 Tuesday 22 Jan 8pm.


Another Foxy story uncovers a picture of a suspected burglar ! The well known "springwatch" presenter has a webcam running to cover the activities of urban foxes.  The footage however caught a would be burglar skulking around, he was apparently disturbed trying to enter the house and fled .

The police are "Delighted" with the picture although I don't think the subject will agree! - - -





 There's coverage of the weather problems France are having  similar to our own recent flooding

Here's a pic of "The Grotto" at Lourdes  awash with water rather than pilgrims. This BBC story  has a video of people being rescued form local hotels in Lourdes as well as comments by locals of never seeing it like this ever before.  The shot at the end of the vid shows a river with the water speeding down it at an incredible speed. - - - global warming!

Closer to home
The sunny aspect of the previous shots from our decking project seemed a million miles away as we worked to complete the first half of the job.
Yesterday dawned very foggy and although we glimpsed the sun through the gloom, once or twice it never cleared all day and the temperature was only in single figures.
However after freezing fingers and toes we pronounced the job "Done" around 1600 and scurried inside to record the temp as 0.4c!

Here's Sally trying to warm up just before we finished.  Most of the wood was frozen having been soaking wet when it was delivered.  The spindles for the little fence bits had to be hit with a hammer to separate them!
The end result though we both agree is great and we are looking forward to lazing in the summer sun on it.
Today's job is to stack all the wood for the other half of the project so it might have a chance of drying out before we attempt to build the other decking!

Enjoy the day

Follow this link to see  our weather website

Or this one just to see  the streaming birdfeeder cam