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A Happy Spring Equinox to all the denizens of this neighbourhood. And I hope that a little more brightness will come to all the inhabitants of this, our planet.

A 60-year-old millionaire has just married a 20-year-old model. "You crafty old devil," says his friend. "How did you manage to get a lovely young wife like that?" "Easy," replied the millionaire. "I told her I was 95."

Why is the time of day when traffic moves slowest called Rush Hour?

The Secret Lives of Trebitsch Lincoln, by Bernard Wasserstein. If it was a novel one would not believe it! The true story of an adventurer, thief, fraudster, MP, con-man, etc., etc. from his birth in the late 19th to his death in the mid-20th century. What a dude!

I have found that it is good to start off a night in a sleeping bag with warm feet. To this end I have a pair of Rab Down Booties. They're lightweight and and fairly easy to kick off during the night if you get too warm. They have removeable soles so you can use around camp / bothy too. A nice...

I'm anticipating a nice vid of your activities from the 2024 Winter Moot, as in previous years. Is there one under development somewhere?

I use a slipped Sheet Bend, a Sheet Bend or a Double Sheet Bend, according to whim / need.

Odette: World War Two's Darling Spy by Penny Starns. True inspiring story about a French lady, Odette Brailly, who joined SOE and worked undercover in France with the Resistance during WW2. Amazing woman: captured, tortured, Concentration Camp; never gave anything away. Survived to testify at...

Ta for that one. Have ordered it from the Library.

Hah! Very Good! (Took a moment to sink in, though.)

The website seems to have been down some time. I wanted to get some bits from them and ended importing them from the US instead, back at the end of January.

Did you hear about the Giant who threw up? It's all over town...

Saw my first Frogspawn of the year this morning, at around 570 metres (1,870 feet) in the Black Mountains (Brecon Beacons National Park). Obviously Valentine's Day was a great success for some of our more amphibious relatives!

Can one pay on the day, Broch?

A nice evolutionary "laugh"! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/11/crows-and-magpies-show-their-metal-by-using-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-nests

10" Firebox Ultra Cook Kit, with extra Pizza / Baking Stone, Shallow Camp Plate and Chopping Board. I ordered it last Wednesday evening from Utah and it was delivered to me in mid-Wales Monday morning! I've seasoned the pans but, due to the less-than-clement weather here in Wales, I've been...

Definitely worth a Groaan...

Fatal Passage looks an interesting tale, too. Ta for the heads-up.

The Mapmaker's Eye - David Thompson on the Columbia Plateau (by Jack Nisbet) An account of David Thompson's explorations of western North America in the late 1700s / early 1800s under the umbrella of the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company. He was mapping the Columbia Plateau and the...

If "I am" is the shortest sentence in the English language, what is the longest sentence? "I do."