I live in Richmond and my garden backs onto the thames, we have an outside aviary which is attracting a group of 7-10 large males every evening who seem hellbent into disrupting and scaring our...
I've been trying for sometime now to get a snap of this one, so I'm rather pleased with this effort and thought I'd share! http://i791.photobuck...97/D97x7/IMG_3262.jpg Not to bad for a point and...
Be honest here, when you all first passed your test, and got your very first car, how did you feel? I've recently passed my test and after learning in a diesel, I bought a petrol car, I stall all the...
Just had my very noisy local chaffinch tapping at the kitchen window again. I have a stained glass panel which sits on the window sill so maybe that's what attracts him. Every day I get this very loud...
Hi My father recently passed away and left no will. He was living with a woman for over ten years. He passed away at work and was entitled to 'death in service' money of 20,000 pounds. He had named...
there was a wasp in my bedroom earlier, it was the biggest wasp ive ever seen in my life, it was massive! I was crapping myself it would sting me as i tried to get it out the window cos i could see...
We have awful probs with cats where I live. We feed the birds all the time, we even buy meat for the rooks, crows etc. Sadly lots of folk forget about them. But... we have terrible problems with...
I seem to have been suffering from a constant "hay fever" type thingy, for the past month or so. My nose is constantly running, and I'm sneazing, though I do not have itchy eyes. I have a...
Jay fly over my garden. Landed in a tree about two gardens away. Got quite excited, they are quite a rarity where I live. I live in a rural village but there is no woodland close by. I thought they...
I have decided to take the kids camping this year. We've never been before and I'd like to know what I need to take with me. I have a tent, 3 sleeping bags, 2 double airbeds and a stove (with pots and...
Just spotted my first ever lapwing here in Hants, and as I was watching it two
more appeared giving a wonderful flying and calling display. I feel quite privaliged, and very happy!!...
The runners are given a souvenir torch, and they seem to be on Ebay for loadsa money. If this cash isn't going to charity, there's something very wrong. Are the organisers so stupidly naive, or what?...