Thurrock must run Birmingham close on the pollution front especially near the Dartford crossing, on warm days the smell of fumes and the grey cloud of pollution is something else

They are forecasting snow in our part of the world for Tues, no doubt it will be a light dusting which will send everyone into panic mode. It is getting colder though. I always have a sneaky peek at the headlines on the Express as they are obsessed with the weather, always good for a laugh. For week...

How did you end up in a haliborange advert, Were you in any more adverts? The best bit about looking through old pics are the fashions and hairstyles. We have a photo of my sister with a curly perm holding up a poodle to her face, luckily my sister had glasses on as they morphed into one otherwise. ...

Love them, the first one is a usual day at Ensign.. The right shade of blue for our ties and epaulets.
Second one amused me on several levels. On a plane theme. We have just come back from a week in Norfolk and we saw one of the "Osprey" military helicopters, what a weird thing to see fly towards you.

My nan used cleavers as an astringent and for skin inflammation. She also brewed it up as a tea for urinary problems as it is a natural diuretic. The hens love it as well, and it's free and grows abundantly in our garden Incidentally nan called it "Robin run in the grass", guess it has lots of names...

My father in law bought M in law a camellia as she loved them. She tended it lovingly but never a flower. Then the year he died it flowered like there was no tomorrow, and has done ever since. As you have eaten them Hen-Gen have you seen a Woodcock close up feathered as they have the most amazing co...

Well I bet the home made cherry liqueur was lethal, home made things tend to pack a punch. Good job I didn't make a resolution to be nice and more tolerant to my work mates, as I got in to find, the traffic office day person instead of starting at 4.30 showed up at 5.20am, two people who had begged ...

You could always shoot the twitchers Hen-Gen, you would be a public service, so says OH who is a keen birdwatcher, but doesn't feel the need to go haring after some poor little waif and stray and get ever closer with a great big photographic lens. Our soil is thick heavy clay which floods in winter ...

OH took the Christmas decorations down today, as she dislikes them up in the New Year, like you Hen-Gen we had roast beef a joint from our neighbours Dexter. Spending a quiet evening with some cider and cheese and biscuits then it's early to bed,up at 3 30am to start work at 4.30. OH starts at 7am.

My dad always used to say, " it's as cold as Eskimo Nell" but that's all we ever got. Don't know a rude version of Whilst Shepherds Watched that must have passed me by. I do remember "We Three Beatles from Liverpool are", and "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" from my youth. Anyway Happy New Year to one ...