@vuelva, the story of the Appalachian Trail is that in mid January 2024 my friend Jenn said that her Fitbit (or equivalent) had congratulated her on completing a challenge walk of some description (can’t remember which) and that now she was beginning the Appalachian Trail, 2198 miles.  I said that Twiggy and I would race her to the end and that…[Read more]

Time to chill out on a rainy Sunday morning.

Need to get your daily dose of flugelhorn.

Funny thing @hunnybunny, Atticus Finch was a very famous mountaineering mini-Schnauzer in the States, about 15 years ago. Twiggy has some of the same characteristics, for example stands and stares at views.

Right, just for that I will have to unleash the full force of the great Boo Radleys onto you. This is just for starters.

Nah, didn’t work.

I guess this is what is required. Out of the incredible Stiff Records stable.

Not popular on the ABo scene. Remains a terrible tosser. We must be up to close to a month now.

I am getting a tad suspicious. There are 699 ABo levels out of 2934 that could possibly end up in the Challenge, i.e. 23.8%

On that basis we might expect an ABo level to come up every 4-5 days.

The chance of not getting any ABo levels for almost 4 weeks is less than 1 in 1000.

The obvious conclusion is that Rohit Sharma* is choosing the…[Read more]

Surely the twist is…he really was dead.

Went for our walk today, in the hinterland between coast and mountains. Passed a very distinctive church that was in the middle of nowhere. Got home, turned on Countryfile and the very same church was featured having its roof slates replaced.

Twiggy had her tea in the end and she also had some French Beans in recognition of the eventual winners.

BTW, tried cheering for Wales but it didn’t work at all. Not because they were losing but because fundamentally, I’m just not Welsh.

The last few minutes were just cruel. Twiggy didn’t get her win bonus. Sent to her crate without her tea.

Max Boyce – I’ve just added him to the list of people who I thought had died years ago. I thought he was ancient back in the 1970s. I was clearly wrong, but living in Wales ages you before your time, obviously.

Add to list: Giant inflatable leeks. Daffodil heads. The inflatable leeks are probably banned come to think of it. Real leeks…[Read more]