Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Bridge watch update.

Was out a drive & stopped at Drumlanrig bridge again. I was a bit later and it was getting dark, so no feeding goosanders, but the heron was there. and I was lucky enough to stand on the bridge watching bats hunting insects along the river below. They swoop and dart below the bridge just like swallows and sand martins do in daylight. Being in my 40's with a liking for rock concerts I've no chance of hearing the bats like I used to, but they must have been making a racket the amount of them whizzing about.

Something disturbed the oystercatchers & a pair of sandpipers on their shingle bar, cause they kicked up an almighty racket - it was too dark to tell what it was but I saw something swim away - hope it was an otter, hope it wasn't a mink, both are known to live along the Nith.

Bats are amazing. I never could hear them, even when I was young, but I once knocked a pipistrelle out of the sky with the tip of my rod as I cast my line while night fishing on the Trent at Kellham Hall.

I picked it up off the ground and held it in my hand for a while until it regained it's senses, and then it flew away.

[Rod Paradise]

Bridge watch update.

Was out a drive & stopped at Drumlanrig bridge again. I was a bit later and it was getting dark, so no feeding goosanders, but the heron was there. and I was lucky enough to stand on the bridge watching bats hunting insects along the river below. They swoop and dart below the bridge just like swallows and sand martins do in daylight. Being in my 40's with a liking for rock concerts I've no chance of hearing the bats like I used to, but they must have been making a racket the amount of them whizzing about.

Something disturbed the oystercatchers & a pair of sandpipers on their shingle bar, cause they kicked up an almighty racket - it was too dark to tell what it was but I saw something swim away - hope it was an otter, hope it wasn't a mink, both are known to live along the Nith.

Bats are amazing. I never could hear them, even when I was young, but I once knocked a pipistrelle out of the sky with the tip of my rod as I cast my line while night fishing on the Trent at Kellham Hall.

I picked it up off the ground and held it in my hand for a while until it regained it's senses, and then it flew away.

Initial thoughts were risky move - they're the only mammal to still carry a kind of rabies in the UK - was a researcher died after being bitten by one in 2002.Googling led me to the Bat Conservation Trust who say the antibodies have only been found in Daubenton's bats so your pipistrelle probably couldn't have killed you.....

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Bridge watch update.

Was out a drive & stopped at Drumlanrig bridge again. I was a bit later and it was getting dark, so no feeding goosanders, but the heron was there. and I was lucky enough to stand on the bridge watching bats hunting insects along the river below. They swoop and dart below the bridge just like swallows and sand martins do in daylight. Being in my 40's with a liking for rock concerts I've no chance of hearing the bats like I used to, but they must have been making a racket the amount of them whizzing about.

Something disturbed the oystercatchers & a pair of sandpipers on their shingle bar, cause they kicked up an almighty racket - it was too dark to tell what it was but I saw something swim away - hope it was an otter, hope it wasn't a mink, both are known to live along the Nith.

Bats are amazing. I never could hear them, even when I was young, but I once knocked a pipistrelle out of the sky with the tip of my rod as I cast my line while night fishing on the Trent at Kellham Hall.

I picked it up off the ground and held it in my hand for a while until it regained it's senses, and then it flew away.

Initial thoughts were risky move - they're the only mammal to still carry a kind of rabies in the UK - was a researcher died after being bitten by one in 2002.Googling led me to the Bat Conservation Trust who say the antibodies have only been found in Daubenton's bats so your pipistrelle probably couldn't have killed you.....

Meh!

I was young. I didn't worry about a teensy weensy little bat that was no bigger than a butterfly.

I used to pick ferrets up FFS.

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This is a good book.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1845296443


That is all.

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Today, I will mostly be going to Dorset.

[bobAlike]

This is a good book.


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/1845296443


That is all.

Truly is a great book, riveting read. Pitty it's authenticity was questioned.

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Tom I don't know whether its still relevant to you err your friend, but I have now found a link that explains how difficult it is to hide your location from a poker site.  A lot of people assume that because they can easily arrange to watch BBC Iplayer etc from abroad, the same arrangement will work for poker.  A lot of people got caught by stars playing in the US last wsop and reverse freerolled themselves.

If you read the comments in the article it shows how difficult the whole thing is.

http://cranthetrader.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/dont-allow-non-vpn-traffic.html

[Kev B]

Today, I will mostly be going to Dorset.

Durdle door, I have a photo of me and my son's there when they were very young.

[kinboshi]

Tom I don't know whether its still relevant to you err your friend, but I have now found a link that explains how difficult it is to hide your location from a poker site.  A lot of people assume that because they can easily arrange to watch BBC Iplayer etc from abroad, the same arrangement will work for poker.  A lot of people got caught by stars playing in the US last wsop and reverse freerolled themselves.

If you read the comments in the article it shows how difficult the whole thing is.

http://cranthetrader.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/dont-allow-non-vpn-traffic.html

A safe way is to remotely control a PC in the UK using a remote desktop connection. That way all the traffic to and from the site is UK-based. Of course, this method has its drawbacks.

[The Camel]

Today, I will mostly be going to Dorset.

Durdle door, I have a photo of me and my son's there when they were very young.

Went there when I was a kid on a school trip.

Do I remember correctly that the top bit on the door fell into the sea a couple of years ago?

[MelissaChloe]

Today, I will mostly be going to Dorset.

I love Dorset. My Grandma lives there

Is this picture old harry? May be wrong on that...

How are you doing Tom? Haven't had a chinwag with you at DTD for a short while! Hope it is all going well 

[Karabiner]

How were the figures for April in the cash-game stakes?

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Today, I will mostly be going to Dorset.

I love Dorset. My Grandma lives there

Is this picture old harry? May be wrong on that...

How are you doing Tom? Haven't had a chinwag with you at DTD for a short while! Hope it is all going well 

Apparently it's called Durdle-Door.

I don't know anything about Old Harry, I went to buy a car from Middle aged Colin.

What a day it turned out to be, Set out at 09:30 didn't get home until 23:00 and almost had a punch up with Colin when he got upset because I wouldn't take his word for everything.

I'm glad he decided against hitting me. (I think Mrs Red talked him round) He was about 6ft 4in and built like a brick outhouse.

We had a plenty of time to spare while we waited for Colin to finish farting about, so we went to see a delightful little Church in Portland.

Click to see full-size image.

I was also pleased to some of God's creatures taking advantage of the fact that I'm a bit cracked.

Click to see full-size image.

More church pics & waffle later.


BTW- There was loads of open-cast stone quarries in Portland I wonder if that's where the cement comes from?






   

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How were the figures for April in the cash-game stakes?

I've already posted them somewhere Ralph. I made a profit.

I would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pesky expenses.


Back to the church.

In case you're interested, I have pictures of some of the tombstones as well. They cover a period of ~ 300 years.

Most of the departed were from the same three families, and all of the menfolk seemed to be stone-workers, or stone quarry owners.

I also have pics from inside the church, it has two pulpits and it's the only church in existence where some of the pews face backward.

The pews are numbered, each bought, paid for, and exclusive to the owners.


   

[Karabiner]

That bell-tower looks rather ornate and quite old too, 18thC perhaps?