Recent content by bobnewboy

Our visiting Mallards have been successful in breeding again: There are 10 ducklings in this group, not all of them visible.

Get yerself along to a few rallies along with the rest of us greybeards! A few pints, camping out, and talking a load of bolleaux for a weekend is a very liberating and cathartic exercise ! :)

Absolutely! Petrol was quite cheap and the roads were deserted, so lots of two wheeled adventures and explorations for me :)

All stations to the west of Taunton seem to be ok. A few people filling approved containers, including me. Ten litres of SUL will keep our garden tools happy for a good few months!

Does nobody make an inflatable frame for a tarp? Light weight, collapsible, simple to operate. Not the toughest or stiffest, but quite possible…..?

Oh, and 20x 30litre tubs of potatoes, around the outside of the fruit cage. They’ve sprouted and will need a first earthing-up in a couple of weeks.

Hmmm, let me think.. In the fruit cage: raspberries, blackberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries, borage for the pollinators, broad beans, dwarf beans, mangetout, peas (various), lots of onions, strawberries in tubs (will get moved into the greenhouse so we get some, rather than the mice!), wild...

I’m not saying that none occur, just that the fact is that Government doesn’t find it necessary to record them in official statistics. The only non official figures I’ve seen are fewer than 10 people were killed in that way in the 10 years to 2021, or that 43 people were killed or seriously...

Neither the Police nor the wider Home Office record any data regarding death or injury by crossbow. See FOI request: https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/injuriesanddeathscausedbycrossbows If there was a significant number of injuries or deaths...

I don’t have one or access to one, but in the Government’s summary of responses at the top of this thread the overwhelming response from interested parties was to not introduce further legislation. But Government being Government they will probably push it through so they can ‘be seen to be...

Yes, but you’ve made my point for me. It’s not the item, it’s the person and their ill intent. Licensed, insured, qualified, restricted or even banned, people can and do use those items for harm. I don’t have or use a crossbow, but I do know many people who use and enjoy them as a shooting...

How about last night? A car rather than a lorry, but similar qualifications, safety checks etc required: https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-friar-gate-car-incident-10891643 These incidents happen several times a year, and many more people are injured in each one compared to...

Errr, nope. People who ignore the law already in place will not change their approach. If law enforcement could in any way pre-empt injury, then why are people being injured already, when they should be covered by existing law?

As I’ve posted before, it’s not sporting items or tools which kill or injure, it’s people with ill intent. Licensing, restricting, or banning such articles by law makes absolutely no difference to the end effect. That is because those who would use them for illegal effect take no notice of the...

We like to grow pea sprouts in a tray on the kitchen windowsill. It works well and provides a constant supply of salad greens to add to meals. We just use dry packs of marrow fat peas from the supermarket at about 60p. Soak in water overnight and then overplant into a shallow seed tray of clean...