Start of a Holiday

I started my holiday yesterday. Just over 2 glorious weeks of no work and on this occasion a self imposed rule of no DIY.

Well that fell by the wayside on the first day. Unfortunately my GF broke our back gate or at least it came off in her hand! When I looked close I could see the gate was fine but the whole frame was rotten. So 2 days later lots of new wood, some screws and some nails later we have a new gate or at least gate frame, I reused the old gate.

So that's my DIY limit for this holiday. I hope!

Back to watching the birds in the garden and relaxing.

Pass another beer.

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Tweets for Today

• 22:28 Been out watching the stars or Orion and the dog star to be precise #

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• 18:35 @mariarocio At home for a bit and away in Cornwall for a bit, but no work at all for a bit :) #
• 06:58 Deerwatch: 6 deer this morning #
• 16:44 Deerwatch: 2 deer this evening #

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• 07:05 Deerwatch: 17 deer this morning #
• 13:20 Only one more day after today and I'm on holiday #

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• 06:58 Deerwatch: 2 deer this morning #

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• 14:05 Sitting in garden end enjoying sun whilst dealing with emails #
• 14:27 twitpic.com/1lvwh Dog in garden #
• 16:44 Watching a bumblebee inspecting the blossom on our cherry tree #

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• 17:23 Just seen a sparrowhawk fly over the garden at zero feet :) #

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• 06:58 Deerwatch: 3 deer this morning #

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I spent quite some time last night on the internet looking at maps. Or perhaps I should say trying to find the right maps to buy for our holiday next month. The problem is Amazon lists them by their title and not their number so despite knowing the reference numbers of the maps I wanted I had no idea what their titles were. Still at a saving of £2.00 a map it was worth the extra effort.

Why new maps? Well when I got my old ones out, to try and follow the directions we've been given to where we're staying I couldn't a couple of the roads described or some of the landmarks. Looking at the copyright dates on the maps they're nearly 20 years old. I would like to be able to find our holiday home on day one, it'll get the holiday off to a good start.
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Tweets for Today

• 17:06 Deerwatch: 4 deer this evening #

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• 06:44 Really chilly wind blowing this morning #

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• 16:29 Watching ducks swim on waterlogged fields #
• 16:42 Every little brook and stream are full to their banks and more rain is on the way better break out the wellies #
• 16:49 Deerwatch: 2 deer this evening #

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• 20:44 Been playing Tiger Woods golf #
• 11:07 Wondering if my sinuses will ever get back to normal #
• 12:19 Thinking of going to Homebase for gardening supplies #

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A Little Bit Of The Cold, White, Wet Stuff

I could easily be wrong because childhood memories are probably not that reliable, but when I was a child I remember us having a week or two of snow at time.

What I don't remember is my school ever shutting and the bus that took me there and back each day used to travel cross country, on narrow country roads and it never got stuck. This isn't what's worrying me though. What concerns me more is the future.

Snow and ice we know about but as our climate changes and things heat up more, what then? We've had a taster and we kinda didn't do too well then either. Remember summer 2003? Record high temperatures? Back then people died from heat exhaustion, trains couldn't run because of buckled tracks.

My point? Well we can't cope with snow, but that'll be less of an issue in the future. The temperatures of summer 2003 will be commonplace within about ten years or so and probably a mild summer by the middle of the century. So perhaps we should think a little more about that than the snow and make the most of the white stuff while we can?
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Fallout 3 (May Contain Spoilers)

I was given this game of a post apocalyptical Washington for Christmas and I've been playing it ever since. Well until last weekend when I completed it.

You don't win, depending on your path you might live or you might die. Along the way you meet mutations both human and animal, some friendly, most not. You choose your own path, good or evil. You explore the incredibly detailed world of this game like something out of a movie or science fiction novel.

If you like adventure games, then I can't recommend Fallout 3 strongly enough.
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Tweets for Today

• 16:43 Deerwatch: 3 deer this evening #

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• 09:11 5 Goldfinches in garden, feeding on niger seed, plus a pair of blue tits eyeing up one of the nest boxes - the benefits of being snowed in! #

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• 07:21 Why is it the tiniest amount of snow and all of our infrastructure grinds to a halt? We've known all week that it's been gonna snow #
• 07:46 At least someone has a sense of humour - sign on train been changed to "POLAR EXPRESS" #
• 12:16 Having a real snow day beater - a fried egg sandwich #

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