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That really made me well up @Tui34 . Thank you for posting it, it sums up the whole situation and the response. I have relatives in Oz, and visited Bondi many years ago.

I still say its a very different situation to the ordinary bloke in the street, if he wants to put up a Pakistani civil rights leader that is obviously his own business. I can think of causes closer to home.I suppose if you only work weekends, are a multi millionaire you have the spare time...

An amazing acacia dealbata in Richmond Some alpines at Kew alpine house Jamesbritennia Gorgeous cyclamen rohlfsianum foliage And outside, some little anemone

Not my weather, but a friend of a friend just popped over to visit her family in Alberta. Arrived in a blizzard and minus 30°C. As Michael Hordern said in that wonderful ghost story ‘Oh whistle and I’ll come to you, my lad’, upon seeing the bedclothes in his room writhing, “Oh no… No… No…”

If you like the Shipping Forecast on Radio Four, tune in to this morning’s version in the style of Jane Austen. 7.26 to 7.28, the time.

Got to the Allotments today, managed to cut back the Asparagus fronds and get them on a bonfire, unfortunately in spite of covering the the pile with heavy black plastic, most of the rest was too wet to burn properly. I cleared up under the fruit trees, and put some heavy cardboard down...

Studland, Poole Harbour. Red Breasted Mergansers.Sanderlings.Turnstone.

Goodness, @shiney, that's a big extra expense ... especially unwelcome at this time of yr. Still ... should all be ready for you in time for the spring rush.

A gift from Norway

Some things don't change @pete