Tuffle Bird back in the Oggin for the Summer

Helped by Alec.

Took Tuffle Bird from the pond out onto her summer time mooring in the estuary opposite the turn for Tichmarsh marina.

Pickup MABEL from Wisbech

Quite a long trip from Walton to Bob's in Wisbech.

No incidents out or back.

Delivered trailer with MABEL to Speedline Trailers at Brightlingsea for modifications.

Back to the beach

Weekend in Walton.

Rainy Saturday, glorious Sunday.

Planning to collect MABEL from Bob's on Monday.

Feeling a prat

Went to Cambridge yesterday - Lion Yard car park. Reversed (gently) into a barrier £1500 worth of damage. Yes - I feel a real prat. It's terrible to be hacked-off with yourself - much easier (and satisfying) to rant and rage against other incopetents.

Pensions (Fred the Shred)

A few days ago I received permission from the PM's office to publish an online petition. It was a bit rushed (probably drunk again) so there are some spelling mistakes (thanks for spotting them Lindz). I asked for a correction but the webmaster says that can't be done once it has gone live.

However, the proposal is as follows:-


We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Review the Income Tax arrangements for Executive Pensions.

We believe that any pension above £250,000 per annum paid to anyone (public sector or banking, whatever) is immoral and cannot be justified. We call on the PM and Chancellor of the
Exchequer to introduce a special tax of 80% on values between £50,000 and £100,000 and 95% on all values above £100,000 pa.

(Obviously, anyone NOT paying UK tax should not be allowed to collect any pension in excess of a state pension.)

Should you agree (even in part) then your signature would be much appreciated. The link is as follows:- http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Gross-Pensions/

Red Nose Day

Back to the coast.

This is Derreck (a guy from Walton) who was standing outside Barclays in Frinton.

Exercising is boring

It's been over a week since I started using the bike. I started with good intentions ("I'll just go and do half an hour") but found that I could only manage about 15 mins before I was knackered. I have since worked up to 30 mins but I found that this amount of time staring at a wall was V.BORING. Now fixed that. I log onto the BBC website at:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/

I plug the headphones into my laptop and listen to some good stuff. It rerally makes the time pass quickly and ensures that I don't try to do too much (each program seesm to last 30 mins exactly. )

A particularly good prog - Cabin Pressure.

John Finnemore (Dead Ringers & Mitchell & Webb) has written this brilliant new sitcom starring Stephanie Cole, Roger Allam & Benedict Cumberbatch.