Lord C's horror stories almost make me glad that gout in my large toe joints prevents me from eating shellfish (they are purine rich, the source of uric acid which crystallises in joints). It's an ill wind..... :D Drink large quantities of water to dilute your internal fluids, and have a large peri...

Lord C's horror stories almost make me glad that gout in my large toe joints prevents me from eating shellfish (they are purine rich, the source of uric acid which crystallises in joints). It's an ill wind.....

Interesting discussion. I have been driving a petrol/electric hybrid since October 2019 and wouldn't go back to petrol only. Almost all my journeys are less than 20 miles and use the battery only. Full charge range in summer is 23 miles and in winter 19 miles. Aircon and heating do drain the battery...

Here's one from a less exotic location, over my garden.

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:

CharlesT wrote:More northerly than the last one. AW notes the source of the river in his Howgills book.

Looks like a place I know well - Crook o' Lune?

Tim

Correct, your go. I can retire back to my hole now. 👋

More northerly than the last one. AW notes the source of the river in his Howgills book.

Bit too easy, as this probably is for you.

Oh! go on then, Clare College Bridge.

CharlesT wrote:Think these are the Eastern Tent Caterpillars, there are several varieties so I will have to look further for a positive id.

Until someone with greater knowledge corrects me I will posit Malacosoma neustria.

Think these are the Eastern Tent Caterpillars, there are several varieties so I will have to look further for a positive id.

Not as exciting as a Ring Ouzel, but I came across this monster today. It's already six feet tall and not yet flowering, but close.

Never seen one, so any shot would be good enough for me. Well captured.

Tinto63 wrote:Compleat / compleation / compleatist / compleating : all pretentious and antediluvian.

Do I detect a hint of irony in your use of antediluvian or are you just being provocatively pretentious or maybe pretentiously provocative?

Wild garlic en-masse in Sturt Copse, West Oxfordshire today.