In/Out vote still way off & Logging for El Nino

The Express this morning gives space to the part of HM's speech yesterday about the in/out vote regarding our EU participation.  After all the column inches about it though the deadline for the vote remains at the end of 2017 - - -

The aftermath of the Texas flooding is illustrated in this CNN news video - - -

while in India the South West monsoon has yet to arrive as the road surface in this pic melts - - -

A touching story from the  West Country as they prepare to hold a funeral for "Desmond Duck".  The duck apparently lived on the local pond for 25 years until recently a fox had him for breakfast! - - -




Closer to home yesterday we managed a bit of logging to reduce the pile of branches to firewood

here Sally keeps Napkin and Bertie out of the way as i drive Boris through the gate 

we soon have a decent addition to the existing pile as well as bringing some cut wood back home.  We have decided to increase the height of the woodpile in Boris's carport after hearing about the "El Nino" effect which has been reported widely in the news media which might or might not be bringing a severe winter 

After the tortuous time my mate John and I had on the 5.5 hour walk of Scafell the other week i'm itching to do the walk again.

in the pic John stands next to the snowy trig point.  I'm planning to give it a go early June, unfortunately John will be on hols with his wife then.  I have studied the googlemap aerial view of Scafell and believe we didnt stray too far off the main route and can only surmise that the weather conditions took their toll on our time.  I'm hoping the weather will be kinder on the next visit!

The data transfer from the birdfeeders and weathercam is for the time being "fixed", the transfer has run for 2 days now without a miss so its a case of watch and wait until it throws another wobbler - - - 

 not a bad Temp. stat this morning with a bit of a breeze showing at the moment 

 the weathercam shows us a cloudy aspect and we have already had a little rain.  The forecasters are edgeing their bets by suggesting it might rain anytime between "sunny periods" 

 the Squirrel gives a close up while looking for his breakfast, no doubt he will re-visit once i put out the birdfood 

Enjoy the day 

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