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Did anyone else manage to see the Northern lights Thursday, we managed quite good views before it got cloudy. We haven't been lucky with the comet yet

I have never bred chickens, Hen-Gen is your man for this

Did you manage to resize your pics Icemaiden from the info? It's not all sailing ships, the other day the Greenpeace boat Arctic Sunrise paid London a visit. Nice and cheerful on a grey day.

Yes, I had noticed that. be nice to hear from some new people

Yes, we are very lucky being able to get to the Thames fairly quickly, and the Port of London Authority publish a list of arrivals and departures, so we can plan ahead. Although sometimes their times and ships times ETA vary wildly. Marine Tracker is handy to. It takes a ship on average a couple...

Here is Galeon Andalucia 🇪🇸 sailing past Gravesend. a replica 17C trading Galleon. She now sails the seas as an education vessel. She was certainly an impressive sight entering St Katherines Marina, she literally just fitted into the dock, only casualty a piece of wood from her starboard side...

Round here it is trying to turn all the farmland into solar farms, and battery storage areas. That is the argument they use for all this. All food can be imported is the answer we get. We also pointed out about Skylarks, Corn Buntings, Grey Partridge. But we need not worry they will put up nest...

Neighbour is at home, she had carers for a while but can now look after herself reasonably well, cook meals, but there is no way she will get down to the animals. She can cope with letting the geese in and out. She is somewhat pig headed about things, takes after her dad We are lucky with the...

A friend took that pic in the Pyrenees. My mum has dementia so looking after her is a daily must, so no holidays. So OH is is still looking after animals, although she did get felled by a ewe the other day and has a badly bruised shoulder and a nice hoof print on it which the Dr said would make...

Seen in the Pyrenees

I am lucky enough to have the room to keep older healthier hens, but it must be a quandary for people who are not keen on dispatching a healthy hen.

They certainly look lovely birds, hope you get what you want

Vincent Van Trump

Not sure having never done it, and not being techno minded either

Juan Sebastian De Elcano flagship of the Spanish navy approaching Tilbury yesterday en route to London. Third largest tall ship afloat she is 97 years old and holds the record for circumnavigating the globe 12 times, currently on her 13th trip She was treated to a traditional maritime welcome...

It is handy, but it can confuse American birds with English ones, I yelled out a bird was in the garden and OH replied no it's the Nuthatch

Seen along a street