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Never mind the Red Wine Marge, When you are in Aldi look on the Ale Racks, "Medusa Ruby Red Ale 5% abv, very simular to My favourite "Hobgoblin" is on sale at £1-09p a pint whereas "Hobgoblin in Tesco or Asda is "2-25p a pint. (luvely jubely). Stay Happy,Stay Safe, Stay Inebriated, Your's the Luddite.

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Hello Taddy, I am sure that Aldi also sell your favourite Hobgoblin.....because each time I see it I think of you.

I am not a fan of beer or lager(except on the hottest of days with a raging thirst.....then it goes down like a fat boy on a see-saw).
In fact my favourite tipple is a good strong sweet brew of builders tea....made with leaves(Never bags) and made in the very large China cup.
Builders tea in a large Floral china cup seems a bit odd, but it is number one for me.

If I have to have alcohol....give me a glass of chilled White Zinfandel(and I like Cold Water Creek Brand the best).

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Zinfandel ?, sounds like something that you fasten your trousers with.

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Or something out of Harry Potter! Apparently it's a type of Grape & I was quite surprised to hear that the Zinfandel Wine is a big thing from the "States". With a name like that I thought it was Germanic .... Aye well, you live & learn. :)

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Yes, I think it is a Californian wine.
I also like the Gallo Winery White Grenache......both the Zinfandel and the Grenache are not white wines, they are Rose....

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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington;1239959]what I really would like to see is Light at the end of the tunnel...

at the moment the country is like our disused GNR line. all the tunnels have been bricked up at the ends.

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Not really a Wine person, but have heard "Dornfelder lieblich" is a sweetish red?

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Me neither Dave, I only whine when the price of my Hobgoblin goes up.;);)
Your's, the Luddite.

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany;1240106]Not really a Wine person,

even when i did drink i was certainly in that club. something that resembled what you,d put on your chips for me. used to be a dark mild lover but that got rarer in pubs than a friedly copper in north yorkshire.

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Where is Ryewolf....I hope he is alright.
He has been a regular poster to this thread....and he has not posted for a few days now.
Come back Ryewolf.....all is forgiven...you can post as many bugs as you like...they can be ugly bugs too....I,promise I won't complain again.

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Day 46: Cinnabar Moth, one of several I spotted in my yard.

Last year I had hundreds of cinnabar moth caterpillars chomping on the dozen or so Ragwort plants that suddenly popped up. Ragwort is poisonous as are the caterpillars and moths. In fact there were so many caterpillars that I collected 4 lots of around 100 caterpillars in a tub and moved them to places I'd seen lots of Ragwort growing.

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Day 47: Heron on Platts Lodge

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Day 48: A Walk in the park, Oak Hill Park Accrington, it was owned by Thomas Hargreaves, head of the Broad Oak Print Works in 1815. In 1889 the estate belonged Reginald Gervis Hargreaves, who was married to Alice Liddell, the model for Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was opened as a park in 1893...

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Day 49: Poppy

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Day 50: A selection of bugs

1. A fly but not sure what variety... apparently it's possibly a St Marks Fly. Latin name is Bibio marci.
2. Crane Fly
3. Young Shield Bug. Not sure if that's it's dinner or just shed it's skin?

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Day 51: A Fluffy Bunny spotted near Christchurch Church - obviously a domesticated one and not a wild one

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Thwaites or Sam Smiths, still produce a pleasant enough pint of Dark Mild.
Used to get Sam Smiths in the "Greyhound" on Whalley drive down the road from the Stanley ground, last time I was over unfortunately the place had closed up.

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I'm still here and okay, just been a tad busy with stuff and then the clutch went on my car, almost caught up again, just todays bugs to look at and process....

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The Greyhound is still closed up. My Dad was the steward at the Top Club across the junction around 1988-89

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I am SO glad to hear that you are ok....and it was just life getting in the way...and as promised I won't complain about the bugs :)

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I like the cinnabar moth(yes I know it is a crawly thing....but I still like it)
I love the picture of Oakhill park....and the history bit as well. (My grandpa worked at Broad oak printworks)......I love, love, love the poppy....brilliant shot would look lovely blown up. Printed on canvas and hung on a lounge room wall.....or framed in black and on a wall.

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Binz, Rügen Mecklenburg Vorpommern, had to deliver some kit on Friday so set off thursday night, parked up then in the morning about 7ish had a walk on the beach before heading off to my first drop ........ I'm being paid for this!!! :)

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Took me a minute or two to identify picture number one,but once I had identified it I realised what a quacker it is.(any idea of the species)?
Your's as ever, The Luddite.

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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany parked up then in the morning about 7ish had a walk on the beach before heading off to my first drop ........ I'm being paid for this!!! :)[/QUOTE]

you can keep the seas dave. its water and its wet.

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A study in comfort.
Ruby and Rufus....just half an hour ago they were tearing lumps out of each othe, but then that is the essence of a brother and sister relationship isn't it?

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You lucky josser you!
Would just love a blast of ozone....the smell of the sea....the feel of sand between my toes......and chips wrapped in paper......hot and drenched in vinegar and sprinkled with salt.
That would be perfect!

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Day 52: Just for you Margaret some ugly bugs from yesterday



1: A Fly
2: A Myriad Bug
3: Solider Beetle
4: I think these are Weevils
5: Another Solider Beetle

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Sorry no, it was a quick pic with the handy through the windscreen as I was holding up the traffic (actually the ducks were as they crossed the street). What was noticeable was the mum duck had a longish tuft/tail on her head.:)

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I'm bored, I bet you are bored as well, my boredom led me to searching the web and guess what? According to the wise and wonderful followers of Nostradamus and those other must be followed know it alls that claim they understand the Bible backwards, forwards and sideways,
Claim that Nostradamus predicted Covid 19 and it was mentioned in Revelations...



...Why in that case didn't these smart arses tell us last year as a Christmas present, with a little heads up from these people maybe some of the suffering could have been avoided?


Sorry, I'm being just as bad as they are, using hindsight in an attempt to correct what can't be predicted.

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they didn't tell you because...er...you already sussed it out Less.
Go to the top of the class...you can be ink monitor and have a shiny badge(but take care of it we want it back next week for the new recipient).

The prophesies of Nostradamus are so loose they could mean anything...now it would be really interesting if in among that lot were the numbers to the Lotto rollover...i would be more impressed by that.

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You don’t need to go back to the Bible or Nostradamus, Less.
Dr. Fauci, the ‘head of health’ in the USA, said a few years back that he could “guarantee a surprise pandemic in 2019/20”, or something to that effect.
Some doctor who can guarantee a surprise.

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I wish I were as relaxed as my tabby cat 'big lad'