Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Cats, Bats & Ass Kidnaps

More stories from the wonderful eastern counties of England.


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'BONKERS! More than 20 Suffolk firefighters rescue cat from tree' says the EDP today, which is difficult to disagree with. After reporting the stuck cat, Teresa Saunders from Leiston was amazed that amongst the other fire fighters called was a turntable ladder from Bury St Edmunds some 60 miles away. Day out for the under used piece of high tech kit? No, health and safety. Apparently our fire crews are too clumsy to climb a ladder over a one storey height. Good job that it wasn't needed for a real emergency as the Ipswich rig was out of action. In fact a local retained firefighter shot up a normal ladder and freed the moggy.

Chris Bishop reports in the EDP that bats can be spotted on organised walks in, er, The Walks and around the Red Mount Chapel in King's Lynn


Donkeys at the Little Tinkers Donkey Sanctuary in Norwich are at a loss after their space hoppers were stolen, reports BBC Norfolk. Unfortunately they don't bounce on them, which as every child knows is impossible anyway, but pick them up by the rubbery horns and kick them around in impromptu games of footie.

Friday, 1 April 2011

Garden update

No fooling ...








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... taken this afternoon.

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Charity Chicken Contribution

Matthew Usher / EDP

Maxwell, local bird man Fabian Eagle's oldest, has donated two chickens to the spring ball associated with the Wayland Show to be held at Lynford Hall in Munford on Saturday. They will be auctioned off in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance.


Kyle Bean / Rex Features

Sure one of the Eagle clan would know the perennial question of which came first...






Friday, 4 March 2011

Searching Signs of Spring


Catkins bask in early March rays but super sunshine and waning winds promised signs of spring today, pertaining proof proved hard to produce. The lichens live long lives on lost logs.



The cultivated flora has begun to flourish though, daffs are sprouting and roses shooting. Also...

Flowering Blackcurrant

Photinia 'Red Robin'

Viburnum Tinus

Forsythia 

All photos © J Reed

Sunday, 20 February 2011

Seeing red, rubber bands that is

The Royal Mail uses over 13 red rubber bands for every man, woman and child each year. 



Statistictastic.

Black & Decker, Bike Danger and Bin Disaster

Three Norfolk related stories to catch up on.




The death in Jersey, at the age of 78, of inventor and designer Ron Hickman was announced this week. Famed for inventing the Workmate, which has sold 30 million units since its invention in 1961, he is also credited with designing the original 1960's Lotus Elan and Europa cars in Hethel near Wymondham.




A kidnapped bike was saved from a suicidal drop off the Midland Bank roof in the Georgian Market Place, Swaffham on a busy Saturday morning. The bike was safely brought down with no injury to the velocipede or any passer by beneath.



A thunderbolt in Holt may have not have caused a bin blaze in the picturesque North Norfolk Coast town, the fire was put out by the local crew before the Sherringham tender could arrive as back up.



Nothing rubbish about that kind of service, damping down the danger of the fire flash in the trash.

Farming Opportunity

Local land in the Wissey Valley is up for grabs on a 5 year lease for a young farmer to get their first foot on the farming ladder. David Bolton Partners, in association with Norfolk Federation of Young Farmers’ Club , has organised it with, I assume, the help of South Pickenham Estates. 


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Beautiful office of work.