Lonely bus stops & Alpaca's in the Peaks

Here's an amusing article about Lonely bus stops 

From this dull looking bus stop with its Shaun the sheep artwork to a stunning shelter on the Cumbrian coastline the article describes in detail the locations of The beauty of the UK's loneliest bus stops.






One in particular reminded me of my Army days

The pi shows a bus driving on a Salisbury Plain range road.  The area has been used for Army training going back into the early 1800's and is normally out of bounds because its used daily by The School of Artillery who pound the impact area with shells
The abandoned village of Imber who's name is on the front of the bus used to be visited by its former occupants once a year as they held a "memorial service" in the church which was the only building not used by the Army for urban warfare training.
The closing comment in the article is interesting as the writer suggests the loneliest bus stop must surely be in a big city where people ignore each other! - - -

A couple of parents are bringing up there child Max

as a boy and a girl "so he wont grow up aggressive" Mmmmm!
The mother says she hopes he wont be teased about it when he's older.

Unsurprisingly in the pic don't you think he looks a little "confused" about the whole thing? - - -







The Australians meanwhile are having an "obesity crisis" or at least they are being told they are.

This suntanned chap will soon be too fat to carry his board down to Bondi beach and when he gets there the board will probably sink under his enormous frame.
To counter this "crisis" a huge amount of money is funding a "Get Healthy" telephone service where "residents" can be put in touch with "nutritionists and trainers to create a customised healthy eating and exercise plan" - - - I tend to favour the last line of the article once again in rubbishing the idea/initiative, "I think that that's just the way its going to be and its getting worse" - - -

Closer to home
We decided to take advantage of the sunshine yesterday and walked around the "Nine Ladies" area which is the view we get looking west from the garden

We were rewarded with some stunning views but reminded of the storm damage as well

This huge tree had obviously been blown over recently

Here is the famous Nine Ladies stone circle  we were surprised at the amount of people walking but i guess like us they were taking advantage of the sunshine

On the way back home Sally spotted this and 3 other Alpaca's in an enclosure. With their curious looking faces which appear to be smiling also looked to be enjoying the sunshine.

Once back home we pottered around the garden for a while but the clouds obscuring the sun made the temperature drop considerably and we scurried inside.

Enjoy the day

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