Make it up as you go along

Here is a return to an old bug bear of mine .Statistics . The Retail Federation is saying UK sales over the festive period " may " have been higher than last Christmas . So the word" may " has been used to promote an image of better results without the need for stats over the Christmas season . The truth will out no doubt soon with proper figures but nothing will be lost for now as a temporary positve picture has been portrayed ( and this is all thats needed for now ) and can always be back tracked on , but heh spending for now is " up " and this is " good " Of course another method of spinning the stats is measuring in very small tenths of a percent such as 0.2 or something stupid . This can show a movement from your last figure easily in whatever direction you like and can turn a NEGATIVE in to a POSITIVE for inflation or economic " growth " and the more often you measure in a year the more movements however small you can show and this appears impressive . Now our economy has stopped growing for the long term future you will see this method used to show slight " growth " Much better than saying its in decline slightly . Government must love it... Now imagine if we could live like this ?

The Woman in Black

Watching THE WOMAN IN BLACK at the moment . This film scares me . Its been a long while since a film has done this to me . Very unsettling in a way i have yet to realise and shocks are amplified big time . This was not helped by the wind whistling round my house and a tap dripping in the kitchen . My reflection even had me on edge in the window panes . Went to bed nervous....

Just fuck off....

Once again I was flabbergasted ( who knows how its spelt ? ) while out shopping . I went too Lancaster too an M&S sale . Found some jeans I wanted to try on only to find all the changing rooms were closed " to avoid disruption ! " Well it certainly disrupted me as i went home empty handed . What a stupid way to run a sale . Here's a line of discounted stock for you but you cant try it on . FUCK OFF !!!! JUST FUCK OFF.... Nevermind I had only made a 60 mile round trip.....

What a difference a day makes....

What a year

Im sat here at 2am hungry ? Is that possible on Boxing day ? Post Christmas gluttony is fading . Chocolate cake has run out... A wind is whistling round our windows and somewhere a near full moon is lighting up a night of heavy showers.... Listening to some music as i drifted off to sleep i looked back as you do over the past year and I suddenly realised all the events that had happened to me in one brief moment as if in a collage , and what a picture it was . So amazing. I AM TRULY BLESSED ! only i cant see it everyday all the time . In fact its been so mind blowing i think im blocking it out to cope with the everyday .I said the year before was unexpected but this one has been like a roller coaster . Good magical holidays at strange places experiencing mind blowing things , the birth of Evie , a family wedding , unexpected drama of friends experiences as i watch unbelieving ! What of next year then ? More of the same ? Lets hope so...

Football mate !

Football Champions League . Since when is soaring emotional classical angelic sounding music needed to promote this grubby sport . It is hardly the hieght of human evolution , in fact greed , arrogance , violence and the do anything antics displayed on the pitch are a disgrace . I think some 90,s metal music might be more fitting ( and there aint anything wrong with that either ) It just takes its self far too seriously ! I can hear that damned music soaring now .....

Monopoly new style

My nephew has recieved a " new style " updated Monoply game . Oh dear , gone are the traditional streets like PALL MALL ect as they have been replaced by shopping centers and liesure complexs with " bling " . The emphasis is now on the bling money can buy , not the earning power brought in by owning a prestigous property and the excitement of making your friends pay to the point of bankrupting them ! Ha ! All soul has been lost in a silly me , me , me concept . Pathetic . OH YEAH MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

" We are all on a sliding scale of mental health , we can go up or down that scale at any time ! "

Seasonal disorder

If i sound like a tosser its the time of year talking . Tired , sore mouth , no energy , foul mouthed and cant be bothered..... I arent worth much till the days lenghten , but i am " entertaining " I use that word loosely .

A special Christmas message

Our troops Christmas message... " Were gonna fuckin kill ya ! " Nah you werent hear it said among the cuddlies singing festive ear candy.... Definitely tongue in cheek but i do have a point ! Ambiguity , the final frontier .

CBBC

Dear CBBC , Could we please have some white fully physicaly formed children on occasionaly . At least make them not the minority on every program because this is distorting young minds. I would expect this kind of social conditioning from a dictator or tyrant....

Do you read this blog , no... oh !

It always amuses me that i havent found a friend yet that admits to reading my blog ! Its always " Well i havent looked for ages " But several do a week on a regular basis. A guilty pleasure i guess .

VW

Here is a rant that ive had on hold for quite a while . People who drive VW Transporters . What are they transporting ? FUCK ALL ! Thats what . All polished up with chrome wheels riding round Kendal on a winters afternoon . Get a car for gods sake !

QUOTE OF THE WEEK ( and this time its personal )

" Your really very feminim in your looks and facebook and stuff.... " Why thankyou young man !!!!!

A bleak December morning

This morning as i drove to work the light has changed so much in the Dale that the tree's were silouetted black against grey winter sky as they only are in the month of December . Frost was still on the ground though the sky had clouded up for the coming rain . A bitter damp wind was blowing over the frozen fields as the tree's began to sway , the wind in thier tops . A sense of bleak excitement was abound if that makes sense...

A damp one

I hate weather men/women who call a wet day " a damp one " . No a wet winters day is not mearly damp its fucking WET believe me !

Sharing

Sharing a good book with a friend or family ( they can co-exist ) is a higher part of life and is the pinacle of good will . If its a little off the beaten path all the better .

A baby of colour !

Since having a baby daughter i have been exposed to baby tv and lots of baby books . It amazes me the majority of children portrayed are of colour to the point its ridiculas ! Even insulting your intelligence.... Does it matter ? That will depend if you care about how your race ( oh thats a taboo ) is portrayed .Its out of proportion thats all . The next generation doesnt see colour anyway so my views are probably worthless . I can see Evie shouting at me in the future like i did at my Grandad's out dated , bigoted views . I must be getting older....

Wheels within wheels

The suicide nurse story doesnt sit right does it ? It stinks of an over reaction to an embaressing security blunder . Its not the first time youve felt like this on a royal story is it ? But lets not go there....

Not playing this game

Public mood is a fucker . It can turn on a sixpence violently . Hence the suicide of the nurse who answered the prank phone call enquiring about Kate Middletons condition . How we all laughed at a ridiculas accent that was really taken to be the queen at the hospital reception . Said receptionist commits suicide next day and all moral hell breaks loose against the Australian radio hosts . Real venom . Real hatred. A child like swing of mood . Just dont expect me to play along with this shit! I dont play this game as someone once said to me....

An odd December day

This morning is an oddity . Snow is still on the hill tops but has thawed in the bottom of the valley . Its a bright winters day with patches of light cloud and an atomosphere of spring is somehow in the air . Jackdaws are fighting over nesting sights pretending its spring too . So its not all just " in my head " . A hint of Christmas spirit has sprung up too . Somewhere people will be franticaly converting this nice atomoshere in to the need to shop . No not on you nelly !!! Going to service my car now . Oil change ect as its light , dry and all is reasonably clean now its been a frosty week . A halfway day when anything could happen . The moon is fading too half gone too, and pretty it has been in a wintery way .

Kate the rake ?

Much as i admire Kate,s stunning figure i must admit when illness strikes she doesnt have many body reserves to call on ....

I wash my hands.....

When someone close to you trys to fuck over and destroy what is dear to you how you respond defines who you are . Until that moment you know little . The second time it hits you by surprise you,ll be cold as ice and instinctively react as necessary with no mercy . Well they get all they deserve those types ! Fuck them and fuck them again . The world is full of small people who measure things ...

American Dad / houses

" I used to sell real estate... " " What , houses ? " " yeah !" " Are you gay ? " " I was back then , but my sodomy cleared up altogether when i changed jobs ... "

Spotlights

I suspect if a media spotlight was turned on ANYONE I know they would appear as a monster . My self included .

The big question

Are you " insufficiently capitolaized ? "

Is this government ?

The governments long term back to work scheme has a 3.85% sucess rate . Ok you might think thats fair but 5 % of people were expected to find work normaly without any scheme so its actualy holding people back ! Oh dear... Next please !

So so

Ive not posted much this week . Its been another trying week again ! Nothing majour just constant annoying little things going wrong for weeks . This morning was a bit better and ive got some jobs done after weeks of hassle . Sorted out some fb shit too . Eventualy it brings you annoyance . I have alaways expected this as im no different to anyone else ... Well its a nice winters day in Dent and the church bells are chiming away and im doing a few jobs in the house ( man jobs ) dont worry . Been hot and rash like with allergy type stuff this week which was getting me down on top of all the other stuff but think im making progress there hopefuly . Feeling a bit morose at the moment , seasonal by products i expect .

Lets hammer this out

Today i ordered a new SDS dewalt hammer drill . I am going to drill holes in stone. Not maybe . Everyone reaches a point when summat has to be done . Ive took action at last .

Funny afternoon

Went for a short walk today by our river . Its a very mellow atomosphere a river has on a winters afternoon at this time of year . The leaves have all gone and the water seems dead . In fact some of the biggest fish will now be migrating up to Dent so all is not as it appeared . Fading light leaves me feeling melancholy thinking back over the past year . Wow ( and i say it every year i know !) what an eventful year its been . And as usual its turned out better than i thought but i couldnt sum it up in a single mood or word ah well maybe volatile !!! Always contradicting my self . Nothings changed there .

Quote of the week

" IM QUITE HAPPY WITH MY LOOKS... " Confident eh ?

Merry Christ-mas

It must be Christmas ! Jews are preparing to attack Palastine ! Merry Christmas Holy Land . Show us all the way to go, crucible of our Western Christian heritage... Soon burning phosphourus will fill the air with the cries of childrens lungs burning...

Smash it to fuck , the shitting b********

Yesterday as today has been a bastard of a day . A burst pipe at a busy time cocked everything up . Trying to mend it my angle grinder wouldnt let me change the cutting disc , I got so frustrated i threw the angle grinder across the yard and revved off in my car to Littlefairs and bought a big fuck off one in a big fuck off box . Its new . It even has a diamond disc . I'll cut what i want to now and when ! Also bought some eye protection goggles . The old fashioned geeky ones . Not bloody designer " safety glasses " with silly tints . No the type we used at school in the eighties . The type that no spark can get anywhere near your eyes . Funnily enough i heard another close family member had lost her temper that day and thrown her printer against a door . Well it runs in the family... But how much better do you feel after an act of violence ? Let it out i tell ya !

Good night

So tired after a long day . Water pipe burst messing up a busy day . Skin hurts . Eyes sore . Leg hurts ... you get the picture . Going to bed ...

Couldnt put it any better !!!

" Just dance , gonna be O.K !!! " LADY GA GA

Feeling uneasy again

Feeling very uneasy at the moment but I havent a clue why ? Its so tangible I could cut it with a knife . Why is the million dollar question . Is it winter uncompromisingly shutting the land down ? Maybe its the start of a new idea or jaunt ? Damned if I know .

Sedbergh health centre

While in Sedbergh's new health centre I noticed the consulting rooms are named after the surrounding dales: Dent , Garsdale ect. So up pops my name on the tv screen in the waiting room . DAVID  , GARSDALE to DOCTOR LUMB . Really irratating cos im from Dent not Garsdale . OK i know its only refereing to the consulting room " Garsdale " but it is bloody annoying and throws you cos these are names of local places you have known for like 40 odd years so when this stupid tv screen makes it sound like you live somewhere you dont you wanna throw a brick at it . Why not call the rooms something less confusing ? Anything in fact ... Strange how when you visit your local computer key board tapping G.P you rehearse what your gonna say ( am i the only one ? ) as if your making a sales pitch and must convince them you need a result here . Why ? I dont ever remember doing this years ago . Maybe I'm the one I'm trying to convince... oooh my head hurts lets not go here . Worst of all did on exiting both the main enterence and each consulting room your given a right or left hand door to choose from ! Confusing , and embaressing if you get it wrong . Especialy the main exit pair near the waitng room cos if you get it wrong you must turn back on yourself with everyone in the waiting room watching . All in all designed by an idiot or maybe the same person who designed Exetor service station ( another rant another time !) A trivial rant today but one that needed airing none the less . P.S One good point there is a new Spar shop next door... result ! Why are my paragraphs been edited out ? Aaaaarh

Spot the difference

So Mr Cameron what is the difference between a full investigation into all facts and a witch hunt ? Probaly your sexuality i would think .....

Wiggy

Bradley Wiggins .... what a fucking arse hole . Side burned idiot .

Allergy

Yeah I was expecting it . On visiting my allocated GP on a mission to procure an allergy test I was told i needed to know what I was allergic too before a targeted test could take place ! Useful ? Fuck it I have an idea what to avoid so shall go my own way on this...

The Duke of Wellingtons

Entering an annoying phase when the lack of mundane objects is increasing my work . I have been waiting weeks for my new SEAL wellingtons . How can something become such an ordeal . Shop assistants tap on computer key boards looking like death while telling me they are on back order . Are they hunting a bloody seal to manufacture them from ? And why cant they have sizes like 10 or 11 ? Nope its 52 , 54 ect . No wonder i get confused ! Secondly am i getting old ? The stuff some people put on fb . Im not the latest generation but surely there is a line ? Not my problem , though it does give me a laugh . Having fun on the old social network at the moment . I swing from hate to love about it often . At the moment i love it... .

Too true

" A mans face is his autograph , a womans is a work of fiction ! " OSCAR WILDE

Looking to the weekend

Its a grey day in Dent and the wind is howling round the farm house as heavy rain is forecast . Not many leaves are left on the trees and its very muddy as it has been all summer. Not much change there then ! Its due to turn colder by bonfire night . Again its come around fast and a lot has changed in my life in a year . Its a huge fire this time due to hedging waste . Hoping for a dry night as teens of people needing food can lead to a quagmire around the house ! A family ritual indeed .

Halloween 2012

Had a really good time at my cousins halloween party he put on for our familys kids, only the adults took it over , costumes and all . Laughed and DANCED !!! Well it was a full moon . Good to let off some steam . Not bad for a shed party !!!

Quote of the week

" Well there's halloween and there's halloween ! " Really ... i didnt realise my soul was in peril .

Feeling self righteous again

Drugs in cycling , peadophiles in showbiz , racism in football , arrogance in the government , corruption in the police force , phone tapping in the press ... Oh lordy lord where are we going ? What a fucking mess and they look down thier noses at us trying to get by ....

NOT NORMAL ?

It is only a matter of time before we all must publicly admit that all forms of sexual taste are NORMAL . You may not agree with them and some may repulse you ( choose carefuly which due to political correctness ) and some maybe moraly worrying but throw your morality out the window cos if its so common in our land you cant say its not normal . Still disagree ? How common does something need to be before no one bats an eye lid ? An interesting dilema... Over time fashions change . Demons become angels on pedalstools held high and untouchable by anyone . History makes a mockery of our " morals "

Bring back tiger stripes.....

Bang , bang ,bang

This country is in a wild way , maybe its the after effects of us all pulling together for the Olympics and now were all letting our true sides out with a bang !!!

Mad news ( and its gonna get madder.... )

Police have taserd a blind man thinking his white stick was a samuri sword !!! Ronnie Corbets son has been jailed for indicent child porn . Goerge Osborne in 1st class rail carriage with 2nd class ticket pays £160 surcharge to keep his seat !

Water wizard

Creepy around The Manor grounds today like Heathcliffe on water based sortees . A mad man keeps running our water to waste and only i can stop him ! A big bar in my hand and a plan . Sounds far fetched . Naaaaaaaaaaaaa fuck it , its real... !!!!! As my filthy bath reveals .... Im a water vigilante !!!

Economical with the truth ?

Well economic growth is up 0.6 % this quarter due to the sunny weather , the Olympics and by christ the saviour of our industrial heart land... school uniform sales !Well there was me thinking our 12 billion a month deficiet was a problem . When i was at school in the eighties this country built trains , cars and ships . Now we are relying on women using credit cards to boost our economy . What a fucking mess ....

HOWS YOUR PUBLIC IMAGE ?

Recently Evie scratched me on my face . I shouted out as it quite hurt and took me by suprise . People nearby predictably whipped thier heads round to look . People like nothing better than to see your public mask of composure slip to reveal a hint of aggresion , passion or even better anger !!! I am no different ,but why are these honest public displays of real emotion so rare ? We act like zombies in the street most of the time . This is bullshit.... why do we hide so much from the world ?

Hollyoaks

Teresa on Hollyoaks has blossomed into a sassy , potty mouthed blond . Ohh that mouth.... Bang tidy

A shitter

What a convulted weekend ! Generaly missed most good stuff due to been out of step with the rythmn of everyone else . When i got somewhere it was time to come home or said people were out . When i returned home they were in !! That kinda thing . One to forget..... Several other people had transport upsets strangely as well buggering up thier plans as well . So i wasnt the only one which makes me feel better !

Bleached out day

Its a bleached out sunny October afternoon . Its one of THOSE ! Will wander around vaguely doing small jobs ruminating on the plans for the rest of the weekend .... may have a blow . Will put a name plate on Evie's door and thats as far as i will go . Had a very busy 2 weeks and have been a bit too tired but seem to have recovered well today . Felt all allergyish this week and stuffed up and no energy at all . Home is calling .

Bully in fell top bog horror !

Imagine my suprise when i returned to a remote fell top location to retrieve a bogged ATV bike to find it was already in the process of being dug out by the game keeper ; none other than my old school bully of 25 years ago ! He made my days misery every morning making me feel like shit with his friends . Now he was digging shit on my behalf . Fuck life can be good sometimes .....

Hardware

How hard can it be to join a plastic pipe ? Twice ive been to a hardware store who have given me 20mm connectors for a apparently 20 mm pipe . Niether sealed it . When i asked why a young man said well these are 20mm ones and looked blankly at me . Know it was obvious that they fit wrong , but why ? He made no effort to advance the situation and was totaly lost . He could only see what the packet said so it must be alright ! You stupid c**** i thought . Typical next generatiion . Probaly never fixed a thing in his life ! Clueless . Am i getting old here ??? You can smell the fear in that store . Nervous tension as no one knows what there fucking doing . Earlier on in the week i ordered roofing material . EVERYTHING THAT WAS DELIVERED WAS WRONG . Christ cant any one get anything right !!!!!!! Very tired and pissed off tonight .

Jimmy Saville

Jimmy Saville back in my day was a hero , DJ , TV presenter and the maker of dreams come true on his " Jim'll fix it " TV show. He was a millionaire who apparently did tireless charity work and lived in his Leeds council flat a lot from what i remember . All in all a good man until today .... What was his crime ? Well the crime that dare not speak its name . I wonder how many of us would not do anything dodgy if we knew we could get away with it ? I expect we would all have our " offs " especially if it was all covered up and we were a super star . How many pop stars have done the same ? Elvis , Jerry Lee Lewis ... for sure . Remember he was the equivilent of Simon Cowell today on TV . Explains why he kept his shit secret for so long . Unfortunately this is now all he will be remebered for and all his 50 odd years of giving happiness and heart warming entertainment will be forgotten . Now thats a shame . The media cant do ambiguity at all . Just black and white . Probably black.....

Sitting in the dark

Yes its finally happening . The Department for energy has admitted we are to only have 4% spare energy supplys soon instead of 14% . This is due to enviromentalists and Europe telling us to shut down our coal and gas powered electric stations . In fact today the electric company spokesman said not to worry as precautions could be taken such as turning down voltages in times of peak demand meaning house lights would go dull for example ! Imagine paying £ 1200 a year for that shit ! paying for something and not getting it is as bad as it fucking can get . What the hell is wrong with this country ? 20 years of fuckwits listening to greens mean we are gonna be sitting literaly in the gloom at night . What a mess ! It gets worse too as there is only just enough fuel getting to our forecourts and food to our shops . EVERYTHING is on a knife edge . I said this years ago . Oh and the country is 20 billion a month short of making ends meet and we have a govrnment to concerned with been relected to sort it out . They will continue thier old dance as long as they can to the end . WE ARE IN CRISES - WE NEED A HERO WITH A NEW , NEW BOLD WAY OF THINKING . THIS WILL HAPPEN SOON......

QUOTE OT THE WEEK

" No youre not going to try and gauge my eyes out !!! " Babies can be very rough....

Smile and the whole world smiles with you.....

In repose Veronica was a preety doll ;in animation she was a preety child , but her smile was the smile of the Mona Lisa , and in that she was the eternal woman , world-old but unageing , revealing the hint of lifes essential forces lying dormant and unfired , only awaiting the touch that should arouse them ; and no man who saw that smile could with hold his hand from the attempt to bestow that touch and see the fire blaze up at his command. DION FORTUNE

Water ,bloody water again

Getting stressed .... water is dripping through the farm electric fuse box because a very high gutter is blocked . This will trip off the electric soon if i cant get someone out to it . Ive watched this coming for WEEKS ! I get very angry when this sort of thing happens ...

A good wedding !

Well , well i would never have thought it . I really enjoyed the wedding after all . Company was very good if i dont mind saying so, but with the friends and family i have that was gonna be a given . The service was quick as was time spent taking photos . This is good . The bride was glowing and the bridesmaids were looking very glamorous. Even the weather stopped raining during the event and turned torrential once the couple closed thier door for the night . Amazingly lucky id say.....

Hedging you bets

Oil companys are funding windmill expansion !

The wedding

No im not a big fan of weddings , socialising , drinking or dancing ! Christ that sounds awful now ive written it . So my weekend will be tenuos to say the least . I will enjoy seeing people though as it wil be a happy occassion but not really my cup of tea ( cliche alert ) And as for suits , they feel like a wet suit to me ( ie: uncomfortable i expect ) and to cap it all ive lost my new tie already before ive tried it on ! The moon will be full , the Church bells will chime , and women will vibe oh yes they will vibe !!! Archetypes will shine and i will just shut the fuck up and have to watch . Where do i go from here.... Oh yeah there is a rubber duck race on in Dent at 3 oclock , the exact time of the wedding . Down the river they wil go and what number will win i wonder.... ha ha ha . Dent a strange place.

Jerry , Jerry , Jerry

" Back to the lands of the warm steel and the cold flesh.... " Jerry Cornelious - Sea Wolves

Water again . Damn

Grrrrr the roof has sprung a small leak wetting my wood pile that has drying out over the past summer . Un acceptable and totaly taking the piss.

I just wanna say hello.....

" Take me where i see the light , keep searching for the world gone by ... " Gi gi dagostino

New realitys /old realitys / back to the future ? Ohhhh did i really say that ?!

NO FB 4 A WEEK ! NO DESIRE FOR IT , AN OLD REALITY EXPIRED ." LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH" (VIDEODROME)

Feeling confident.... i think ? Well.......

Its been a very long hard week and im so tired and my sinuses are swollen in my head affecting the passages to my ears . My eyes are sore and im still stuffed up . Feeling in a odd mood tonight , all over the place and uneasy . A half moon is visable sometimes tonight and as it grows fuller next week so will things start to hot up considerably . Im ready now so bring it on . Three years in the making , three years i hope ive learnt something in . Yep my reality is true and so is my dream in its own sphere .No need to stress , but i will cos its the way of my clan !!!! A full circle reveals the truth , but i knew the truth from the start . Maybe that was the trouble . Now have fun David for goodness sake !!!!! Its time to rock n rolll a little . Have i the enrgy ?????

A little bit of what i fancy

Its a fact i never joke on here . If its written i MEAN IT !!!! Even if you think its sentimental , sarcastic or attention seeking its just me . Aaaaah now its all a little clearer . 99% of people writing this stuff would be taking the piss though .... learn too love yourself is the first step to getting by acceptably..... cheesy but so true . Has fatherhood mellowed me ? You joking ? Polar realitys more like....

Belphagor

Ive got a sickening , dizzy , pressure , sinus headache and im truly knackerd .

Time is the filter

I remember when the show Wheeler Dealers was about buying and mending ( mechanicaly ) cars . Now they just make cosmetic repairs and visual improvements . Eventualy all your favourite shows dumb down and go for the easiest , most obvious route . Also the least interesting . I can hear the latest producer saying " Its been a popular show but now it needs a new direction... " A sure sign were all about to switch off for sure.... And no that Eddie Stobbard trucking program is a joke come paired to Ice Road Truckers .

SO COOL IT HURTS

Still sounds good today http://youtu.be/jh0iihjANPc Well the song is HIGHWAYSTAR by DEEP PURPLE if the fucking link would work...piece of shit .....

Its no laughing matter

I have just been watching Comedy Gold . Old comedys i havent watched since the eighties or even the seventies . PORRIDGE , OPEN ALL HOURS and YES PRIMEMINISTER are the best . Properly written . They dont have to be obscene too get a laugh or vulgar and there are no twenty something cunts trying to be funny with too much hair and too tight funny coloured jeans. No, real men who were really funny back in the day before every tv show had to have a fit woman appearing in it to get peoples attention . Comedy for comedys sake . I mean NOT GOING OUT or TWO PACKETS... Come on i mean they dont compare......

September upheaval

Well its September . The begining of the end of summer , and its been a wet one and its been a odd one and a none event one too . Just treading water you might say ( no pun intended ) An uneasy time as change is bound as the landscape changes colour as all dies . Dark nights are welcome as are moonlight nights and cold starry ones . Cool days are welcome though . Messing about transporting wood down to our fire from the farm is a pain and irratates me more each year . ( well i would have it )  All the rage though.... Once all the leaves have fallen and the tree's will est the true atomosphere of winter . It will be an absolute and i like absolutes . Absolutes i can do . Uncertainty i hate . Long periods of uncertainty are unbearable as i like to make a plan in life and have a general picture of where im going as i expect we all do . 
   Watching a dvd tonight ( why are they souless ? videos never were , maybe modern films have nothing new to say ?)  and i shall light a fire ( probaly wont LOL but i like the idea )  . A quiet night for me as Rachel is out on a hen night . I will also mow the lawn ( probaly wont at all )  Tis the time of year for squaring up personal , home and work issues as winter in all aspects approaches .....
   Right !!! A wedding approaches too soon in my local church . One im suprised to see and would not have put money on . Watching them walking down the isle will be quite an event . Quite an event indeed !!!!! Ha ha ha well life is never dull . I wonder what the next turn of events is . Hopefully a full circle is achieved . Yes a full circle would be good by me . LOL
  

Return to Hillsborough

Oh dear ive been expecting this . Some people dont stop till they are told what they wanna hear . Its been a while coming . Well toaday a report blaming the police for the tragidy has been published . Reports saying this... other reports saying otherwise in the past . A lot of unruly fans pushing thier way into a football match crush 96 people to death and the police seem to have the blame focused on them by the media . Left wing anti establishment , socialist Liverpudlian bull shit . Eventualy the Police have to be blamed cos you cant blame those who have suffered can you ? It sits so much neater this way !!! Phew.... 

Dancing with the fb devil

FOUR DAYS WITHOUT FACEBOOK AND I FEEL FREE . HOW COULD THIS HAVE BEEN AFFECTING  ME SO MUCH ?  CANT STRESS HOW DIFFERENT I FEEL . IM IN CONTROL NOW OF MY PERCEPTIONS . FB IS HAS A DANGEROUS SIDE AND IT WILL TAKE FROM YOU  ! USE SPARINGLY OR MAYBE A LITTLE GOES TOO FAR IN MY HANDS !!!

Bloody facebook !?

Facebook is increasingly causing me grief . People post humourus , life affirming , sentimental posts about  stories they have heard that do the rounds on the net . Often they include disability , death and ill children . Nope this doesnt add anything to my day , nor does it make me feel better . In fact its very irrelivant and boring .
  Others post impossibily nice comments on charm offencives . I know what youre up to and so does everyone else !  Not reality is it ???? Others rarely reply to messages unless pushed . This does my ego no good at all despite seeing said people and getting on with them face to face fantasticaly . Irratating cos again fb is not giving me reality and with some friendships this is unacceptable to be arssing around with like this with !!!
  Also when was the last time someone commented on my posts ?????  Months ago . This sucks and is a waste of my time . I'd rather put my views on here and people can come here to check my shit out and i bet they prefer this blog to my fb content . It takes awhile for it to sink in that fb has taken from me as well as given . I have mixed feelings about it.... mmmmmmmm

Water , water

Today i had three water related problems on the farm . In each case water would not stop where i wanted it and its leaking everywhere i dont want it . Due to two horrendous wet summers the damage is great to the land , roofs and even my focus is now rusting because of the weather . God it would be nice to have dry month like in America . Its come so much rain all is a quagmire .

Fucked up

Oooooooh yeaaaah !   I almost forgot . Whats really annoying me is the stupidity of the following situations . And im fascinated to hear what you think are the explanations for these in crediblily CRASS  fuck ups.

1) While up in Scotland on holiday is saw a news paper front page carrying the story of a tragedy of awful events at Gairloch . Three young children and thier father drowned when thier small rowing boat over turned . What photo was there immediately below accompanying an unrelated story ? Only a photo of a class of school kids all wearing pirate hats with skull and cross bones!!!. Fuck me but even i found that in bad taste  . I mean why ? Did someone not think or say something  to the editor ? Words escape me . You just wouldn't would you ?!  

2) More baffeling is the advert promoting the awareness of bowel cancer on t.v at the moment . A consultant talks about this adding validity and kudos to the cause . O.K  what is the consultant called ? MR BOWLEY !!!!    Come on !  Was this name made up ? If so its totally crass and a piss take on a not very funny subject . If this happens to be the real guys name then its so silly it makes a joke of the advert losing its serious message along the way , so you would change it surely ? Either way I'm baffled what the fuck is going on there . A logical explanation for both events might be some people are just thick as shit and notice nothing....

Retro cool ?!

Here's something that ive been meaning to write for awhile  but have never been in the mood too .  Why do  children  wear retro music t-shirts !!!  Today it was a t-shirt of  70's rock band KISS , another day it was an old AC/DC  album cover  which a child under 10 was wearing .  This music was not of thier generation and they wear them as a fashion item and have probaly never listened to these bands but they know thier cool . Annoying cos at that age i would have had no concept of what was cool for my parents generation ! Sophisticated at such a young age and aware of retro cool . Makes me sick ! Today they are so aware of what they should be seen to be aligning themselves with too as if they are loooking for a knowing nod from the next generation .....and they pull it off too.....

Lifes a puddle !!!

Arrrrgh today someone filled in " the puddle " in our farm yard in the name of " improvement " .  I have known that puddle for 40 years !  I have washed my wellingtons in in for nearly as long . Sounds silly but i have a lot of fond memories of it .
  In winter i used it to see how hard it was freezing by prodding the surfice  . Went i was little it was exciting when it froze solid and we used it as a slide . Sometimes when it rained a layer of ice was under the water which gave you a nasty shock when you walked through it !!! We rode our bikes through it too spraying water about .  It was always there . In hot summers it dried up and it was akward not having it to wash our wellies off ( we now have a tap ) but it aint the same LOL If i know anything a bout water ( and i do ) i expect it will reform washing out the gravel and re-appearing . Water is bad to control and does as it will .
  Mmmm this has me thinking about Dent green rounabout that was there for all my life till the council scrapped it for a new style play ground . Fucking sacrilage . That roundabout was the green . It was Dent . It had history . Tossers.....

Holidays

Soooooo  how was my all male holiday  ? F******    fantastic is how it was ! How did we all get away with it ? Looking back it amazes me we all got away from other halves and kids ....  i guess we all needed the holiday after the catastrophic disaster of the previous years holiday ( i use the term holiday loosely ) Anyway all bad memories were erased and replaced with new better ones !!!
  The fishing was very good . I caught two huge pollock and quite a few nice sized mackeral . I spent a particularly good evening fishing a wild mountain stream with a friend catching wild trout , small but truly wild and beautiful to look at even more so than  Cumbrian trout .
     The weather was dramatic with stormy nights shacking the caravan and a maelstorm blowing outside . In fact my bedroom wall was flexing the wind was so strong and rain lashed on my window all night just like  the special effects in a horror film which amused me some what . Some nights were still and moon light and the sea shone silver and a high tide only added to the beauty . Truly special and not a sight ive seen up there before despite 20 years of yearly visits !

  I ate a lot of chocalate rolls , muffins ect apparently .  Returning home was hard as a culture shock awaited and worse shocks awaited others !  Too be expected after a wild time away as a price must be seen to be paid ....and some will take great pleasure in collecting !!!!

Sweating like a ***** in church !

Today i reluctantly went to a christening for someones child ( i have no idea who they were... ) and upon walking in to the church was amazed at what some females of that  age so pleasing to the eye were wearing... all short dresses , high heals and hair sexed up to the MAX !!! Thought i had walked into a night club . Poor vicar , i bet he had a job to keep his eyes on the job . Not that i was complaining ..... and do tattoo's really look good in church ? Errr no , not even on a young sexy blonde ....

The true path ?

" By living in sqalor i never need to work again ! "

When can YOU kill ?

When can you kill ? Ohhhh its a nasty question isn't it ? Sounds way over the top ?  Well our country can kill for furthering democracy abroad , thats o.k .... yeah ....  and we can aid the deportation of Julian Assange of wikileaks to eventually face  a death sentence in the USA , that's o.k too . And you can terminate a unborn but thats a grey area still too for some but i'll place it with the above as questionable but probable .

The big lie

Affordable housing is not particularly affordable to start with . By the time its changed hands a few times , each owner   taking their cut , its soon way out of reach unless you are a retired civil servant , teacher or ex- government worker.... Welcome to Dent......

Lynx

Sex has been the main selling motive behined the Lynx deodrant adverts all my life . Please change the record its deafeningly boring.....

One year on

So its nearly one year on since " that holiday !" and considering the fall out that occurred its not been the hellish year i forecast for myself  . I cant speak for others though as ive only had enough energy for my own " situations "  No i think ive weathered the storm  quite well and things have turned out OK . Only one loose end to tie up now or will it tie me up ummmmm, i shall see but its gonna be tricky......
   OMG ive made another human being ! Its taken 6 months to sink in... and sometimes , no lets be honest here it is quite disturbing or should i say rather alarming seeing a pair of eyes , real eyes summing you up in a solid little human . Of course some of you will remember my rather apprehensive attitude before hand and that still has its residues when you weren't to happy about being sent down that road , but yeah its worked out well cos I know it might not have done cos i know what i want or don't want . Luckly i swung the right way in the end !
  Its very wet again and humid tonight  . Work is uncomfortable . Waiting to see what comes next .... the end or the beginning , i hope the beginning. Its been a strange wet summer of slow burnings . New things are coming and the old cling on still but everything needs refreshing and now is the time , it really is ... so raise to the occasion !!! The time is near.....

Fuckin Idiots !!!

Fuckin Lib Dems ! I hear today they want to lower the speed limit of 30mph  in towns to 20mph . No careful consideration and varying these  zones or enquiring where this  is  needed at  most  , no  just a blanket 20 mph limit  , full stop.  Thick , stupid retired teacher , anti -car , windmill building , anti nuclear , clueless , wolly thinking  nice cuddly wuddly bastards  !!!  And dont get me started on the House of Lord reform.......

Bloody idealist

What would i spend 148 million on . Nothing . What i desire money can not buy !  ( bloody idealistic  sentimentalist ) 

Looking back at THE GOLDEN BLOG

WOW !   I have been looking back over my old posts on The Golden Blog . Its amusing remebering what inspired me to write back then . My descriptions of moonlight winter stormy nights reminds me how much i love winter , the cold winds and wild nights  . I think i was in my element . Reading old posts back to back is a heady experience ,especialy when you poured your heart and soul into the writing . I am very proud of the content and if you care yes that is the real me . You wont find anything else that comes close . So if you could be bothered to follow i hope youve enjoyed it as much as i have . Onwards it goes as life changes , my blogs will reflect this .
    Everything ive told you did happen as far as i know but your perceptions may differ occasionaly which is only healthy . Does anyone even read that blog ? I dont know as its counter doesnt register UK  views ( dont know why )   So its a mystery . Maybe thats the best way ha ha !

This belongs to GOLDEN i think

Running on empty considering the follys of life , do i expect too much , have i got you all wrong ? Am i just in too big a rush , jumping the gun ? Relax and let sweet time run over me washing away the now and bringing equilibrium to a racing mind thats only natural in the neurotic ..... A huff is a hurricane , a rain drop a tidal wave  , a promise a prophecy.... time does not measure but the time must be NEAR !!!

Quote of the week

" When did you get a hairy belly ?! "           Really , you can not make this stuff up.....

Typical August !

Well its a hazy , warm , muggy Sunday morning and the atmosphere in Dent is very still after all the previous nights frantic activity of haytime . It forecasts rain today.....   Today feels totally different to yesterday , a summer holiday type atmosphere . The type of day we woulds build dens back in our childhood . A breeze is getting up and what to  do  this afternoon i have no idea . A pork dinner is for sure though !
  A friend told me if you want to succeed at something you have to be indifferent too it . This may be true...

Batman

" You fight like a young man , you leave nothing in reserve ! "

Rob the rich ,give too the poor ?

Remember the riots last year ? I was genuinely scared and rattled despite living in Cumbria to see town centres breaking down in what can only be described as anarchy and the police did not or could not stop it . Very scary . But there was something very simple about people just taking what they wanted cos they could . They always could have done this at any time in the past . All it took was confidence and the spirit of the moment and a little bit of courage  ! A mob just casually walked into an expensive restaurant and calmly robbed those having a meal of what possessions they had on them . Very simple indeed and un complicated for our modern complex  age .... you have it ... i want it !!!!  I have of course left out the moral side which interests me less unless innocents were hurt which is never acceptable....
    Im surprised this hasn't happened sooner and the police will have too do better next time....  but i suspect plans to cut their numbers by the government slowed down their enthusiasm in responding to a frightening , overwhelming  challenge....

Quote of the week....sort of or maybe I mis- heard , but we wont let that spoil it !

" You wanna get one of those ladyboys.... er lazyboys !!!! " 

Lock down

Went to Semewater this afternoon , a small lake near Hawes . This used to be a haunt of my childhood and was a family tradition in high summer . Quite poignant now i took Evie for the first time . Its my turn now.... Anyway on packing up i threw the keys on the drivers seat and shut the door while turning to Evie and the Fiesta promptly shut the central locking... Oh dear . Phone on the inside , Evie on the outside and a thunder storm brewing . Luckly the window was down just enough to hook the keys with a stick amazingly . Did my parents have stuff like this happen , probably , highly probably....

EXACTLY

Ladies and Gentlemen , I am now locked up in a handcuff that has taken a British mechanic five years to make . I do not know whether i am going to be able to get out of it or not , but i can assure you i am going to do my best......  Harry Houdini

A many faced beast

Yes there are many faces too facebook . Some use it as a public P.R exorcise promoting their wholesome life and gently balance life style . Some try for attention baring their soul ( me )  and some try baring their own brand of outrageous lifestyle choices ! But it does show courage  of a sort .... Some promote the image of their relationship status . This is the most worrying to me . And there are a few who have a page so nice its actually a sophisticated precise weapon , a bayonet in a bunch of flowers for their specific victim . Dont worry cos their target will be singular .

Quote of the week

" WELL YOU DONT HAVE A PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION TO UP HOLD   !!! "           I guess thats one excuse for my fb content.....

Yes that performance !

Oh man ! Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony . What a dream like performance . This man took so many risks producing this spectacular . I mean if you were a film producer of his British calibre wouldn't you have just played safe ? I think i would have done unfortunately but he let his heart rule his head and for that i salute him . The teenagers messaging and the NHS scene with the  dark huge figures was a risk but it did sum up Britain today weather you love or loave what this country has become . Well coloured people cant complain it was too white or main stream , and as for the music choice FANTASTIC . Wish i could have seen the Queens face when the Sex Pistols  " Pretty Vacant " came on . I would have put that on a pay to view....
 

Another uncomfortable truth....

" Im running away i am lost in the wilderness....  "

David considers the blond...

Yes the preety young blond has always been at the top of the pile of a mans attractions from the beginings of a teenager visiting a shop  just to get near the check out girl for a moment of banter ( remember doing that ?  )  to a family man having a crafty sideways glance in the street ... Yep they come and go out of fashion but always return after so long . They are iconic . They are re-invented with a sexy twist by each new generation . Dont believe me ? Look to the sixtys and every decade since . Today i might not get the styles but someone will !!!!!

Cars and football , mate !

Had a good night washing my car with clean mains water down at Dent . Now this sounds silly if you always wash your car this way but it dont half shine afterwards compared to using a peaty , dirty farm water supply .So much so people comment on it . The difference is the equivilent of a waxing  easily.... So thats why town cars shine in Kendal . Going to invest in a roll up hose pipe to connect to the kitchen sink ( when Rachels at work ha ha ) to wash my car with in future .
     Tonight i could hear people shouting on the football field franticaly during a match . Probaly the same people who shouted franticaly at primary school . Big heads and all egos and always the ball should be about to be passed to them .... bla bla bla   But tonight the church bells were being run and was drowning out there stupid racket.... ah bliss , there is a " God " Thank goodness primary school is long gone as you first get pigeon holed there and then a little less at secondary school cos less people knew youre past there ....
 

Speachless -what the f****

What a night . Evie has a cold and is screaming . She walk up at 5am and am sweating and knackered now tonight . Nursery rymes are playing . Switched on newsnight for some sanity and its on about Britian been the European center for female genitalia mutilation operations ... turn to BBC 1 and a horribley mashed up faced man is jabbering about  .  summat . Well fuck that for viewing after a long hard day....

Work trouble.....

http://youtu.be/FTHQHV5FXH0     Love it

Dont like what your seeing ?!

http://youtu.be/tFCh57Ol6C4      Where do i get this house conversion ?

Quick rant

When i see John Terry now i think racist shagger !
When i see William Hague i think egotistical , self righteous , simplistic blood lust....

....went to mow the meadow or higher ground !

What a strange summer it is turning out to be . The weather is dull and cool ( no complaints from me ) when at its best and torrential rain anyother time . Today is a windy warm weary day in Dent and rain is due again tonight . The summer holidays have begun and god knows what kids do today... i dont think they build dens nowadays ! Am i sounding old ? Yeah things are certainly different than in my day . Anything seems to go and there is no shame .
  A mower we bought to cut the jungle of rushes we have broke twice last week . Now its fixed at last and im going for it on the high ground . Feels good clearing ground for the sheep to graze again . If you dont fight nature it will bury you in undergrowth and choas . At the same time you gotta work with it and her seasons or you will come to a halt !!! A delicate balancing act ive watched all my life....

I have proqured a child and shall tutor her in the ways of rightousness...

All the things you said

http://youtu.be/afRiyOX1VMw       All the things you said...

Hair cut

Went to Kendal this morning to get my hair cut by a surly girl who could barely speak . She started by not been able to fit the cutting combe . As she was learning i said that this isnt filling me with confidence . She replied she was qualified at college but they didnt cut mens hair there and no training was offered for it . This reassured me and worried me at the same time ! Any way it turned out fine.....

A mental beating

Its funny what we get into our heads sometimes . Ideas take hold and coast like a train taking us far down the line often into a lot of worry and stress .  We   jump to our own conclusions too soon often based on fear or insecurity  before we could  find out the true facts . A lot of energy is wasted doing this . A lot . Its a sad feeling when you realise the stress youve gone through caused by a stupid false idea you recklessly couldnt help giving yourself a mental beating with . The upside is the sudden realisation your worry was a crock of shit ! If only you had given yourself the chance of a level headed view point at the start...oh well all is well that ends well.

Face grip

This is my weekend challenge ! To keep off facebook till Sunday night or Monday morning . Oh God im blurring the goal already . My ramblings on their are getting the better of me  and maybe here is their true home , also denying yourself something you want tests one too the limits!  Self control never was my forte . I will probably fail but that will be a sad indictment on me .

Something in the air ?????

Is it just me or can you sense something is terribely wrong  in the air . I hate this ,its so reall i can feel it physicaly .  A general stench of trouble and loss of what makes us feel alright . Worst of all it spreads over everyone i know at the moment like a dark cloud . This scares me . Not happy at all . Kind of like a dark front fucking up or taking what we value . Im scared where it gonna end , i really am .When it started is hard to tell but i hope it goes away soon but thats a bit childish cos i dont think its gonna work this way . Cant get a grasp on the mind set of this summer it all seems so alien to a few months ago . Ive changed as much as i can and cant change any more . I think we all feel this way at the moment . Tough times so hold tight.....

Do i need therapy ???

http://youtu.be/oC5SbQhW89s

Can the people calling my Dad grandad Bry please stop it . Its like finger nails scraping down a black board . The rain continues to pour .
  Only a couple of days till our land line is fitted so i will have a laptop at home down in Dent at night . This is good cos i can update my blog anytime or keep in touch on facebook when i want too at a time at my convience

My first lap top post from " home "

Is it me or have things changed with a crashing unsophisticated dull thud . Life is O.K but O.K doesnt get the fires burning now though does it ? Just getting what you need barely is not the fun  excess is and mad times of indulgence .... plod on , plod on with hope in your heart and a worthy distraction but always be true to your true passions .

Doing the science on my laptop....

Only a few days to go and we will have a land line and broadband at my house in Dent . This will mean i can update my blog when i feel like or go on fb anytime of night making it easier to chat to people...  Its been a while coming but returning home from holiday really made me decide i was gonna go ahead with it . My only concern is Rachel may hogg the lap top all night ! Or will i ?

David has bought a diesel !

Yes my long running car saga has finally ended ( i hope )  Due to being totally sickened by garage bills and running costs i have bought an 08 fiesta diesel  a   1.4 so only £30  a year too tax then  . It is a five door so no leaning over the front seats putting Evie in anymore . I hope no one remembers my anti-deisel rants of the past, but i am bracing my self for a pasting on facebook ! I admit those who take pleasure in the piss tacking that will surely come will be totally justified because  after all ive done the very thing i said i wouldnt . ( buy a diesel ! ) But remember the saying " A full circle reveals the truth "  Round and round ive gone.....Plus i will still be driving my focus so i havent totally sold out... yet .

Whale on

Those evil Chinese have scuppered a special non whaling zone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean . Bhaaaa  ! Funnily enough even the anti -whaling organizations admit there has been no history or any plans of ever hunting whales in this area ! Mmmm everyone resorting to type in a pointless dance .

FB comes of age

God bless FB there are times it saves lives im sure  !   How did i keep in touch without it ?

Loss and gain ?

What an emotional time its been , never known a week like it ! All change for sure and im hoping i will somehow have a chance to regain what ive lost recently . I can only hope.....

Wimbledon

Last night saw the roof being drawn over the court till Andy Murray neatly finished his match nearly bang on the closing time of 11 pm . The tension built up as the night went on but why could they not have started the match in the morning in decent time thus avoiding up setting everyones  plans for the day , plus stressing out the players in the process . I dont know why but i guess there will be a reason.... probaly a really stupid one !

Time to get focused

Oh well the Meriva is to be taken away to be fixed on the cheap in " good time "   Mmmm i dont think i have much faith in this though so im looking at a Focus today at Kendal . Blew my top this morning messing on with a pipe . I am too old for this shit !!!  The Focus car has helped me out at the worst times in my motoring life , so to it i will return....

Fucked off big time !

Ive had enough , i really have . What a shit week . Oh its only Wenesday yet too so its not even over yet... The Meriva head gasket has blown so im scrapping it !   Money down the drain and a garage bill yet to pay . Im so sick of this shit , hundreds of pounds pissing away on shit and nothing to show for it either.
  The next day reveals i may not be seeing as much of a good friend in the future either unless something changes and this is the final straw . Money is just money at the end of the day , however infuriating its waste is . Not at all happy . Really not . Im sick of hassle and complications its all a waste of time and something is gonna give big time cos im so fucked off . This is when things get done in my world !!!! 
  My mobile is lost too . I know have a lap top though but no land line till the 9th . I have a new credit card now to as the old cancelled one was used in " fraudulant activity " apparently . So not everything is at a halt yet . I go through phases when everything needs replacing at once with bigger and better i expect .

Uneasy

Today is wet and stormy in Dent . Its warm but there is an atomosphere of winter . I dont think ive seen such bad weather in June . At least my hay fever is dampened down . Its a boring inbetween day . Cant be bothered to trail any where but bored all the same . Dent is swamped with visiters and no doubt it will be very muddy ...
  We have made a start on silaging for a couple of days but gave over due to weather . Waiting for finer weather now . ( my Dad and Sister are discussing the pro's and cons of assisted suicide on the phone ) Oh god , you couldnt make it up ......

SUN

Sick of immigrants ????

http://youtu.be/768h3Tz4Qik

Walk like an Egytian or Islamic or Dictator

So the Egyptians are not happy . They are not happy that the two main parties running for election are The Islamic Brotherhood and the old regimes military party . Well thats democracy folks you has to take what ya gets ! Dont like it ? Have another revoloution . The same forces will recour but maybe under different guises . Oh i feel old and cynical . Oh thats cos i am !!!!!

And to think i hesitated.....

Well , well , well . It seems like ages since ive been on here but its been less than two weeks in reality , but what a two weeks its been ! Feels more like two years.....
  I came back off holiday last weekend from Tintagel and have been on another planet since . With no lap top or internet connection i have been very stressed , probaly more than i should be or is healthy to be . So what does that say about me ? Doing a lot of soul searching on that and being honest to myself . Its a while since i did that . Feeling tense , but im not sure why . Or am i ? Can reasons be so obvious that we dare not admit them cos they are so obvious ? Do we build in complications to relieve our selves from uncomfortable truths . Are we trying to re live the past this time blazing in the glory now we are all older ? I think we all do and having children is the first step to rewriting OUR past or maybe friendships are used for this purpose . I dont know but i have the feeling summer will bring the answers ....
  Tintagel was as ever magical , mysterious and incredibly tacky . But beneath the tacky gift shops and castle ruins lies Merlins cave ! Ok i can hear you laughing from here.... stunning coasts and wild seas , black rocks and quartz make the long journey worth while. The week ended with a storm but started with brilliant sunshine . ( DO NOT ANALYSE ) I explored the caves and the cliffs on my own at night once the sun had gone down . My first family holiday was strange and i felt it was the end of an era .Had tears in my eyes as i left Boscastle as ive had some very strange , good experiences here , and insperation for writing ! Glad of sometime on my own to think , but oddly i had nothing to think about this time as all had come which was to come and was sitting well with me !

PORT ISSIAC

                                                            Boscastle

                                                              Somewhere i got to.....

 

Random sea cave

 Today im feeling more " at home " at home LOL   and its time to move forward and to bigger and better things , and hey just cos im all family at the mo doesnt mean im any different or have changed what make me tick , my life or my loves !!!

Well it is funny

http://youtu.be/zkcNLtn2gtk

Oh what a week .....

Ever get the feeling you shouldnt be where you are ? I do . I think i should be on holiday now . Disasters are trying to happen . Serious ones actually . I get the feeling i should be down in Cornwall .
  A couple of days ago i was loading a forage harvester ( an old one ) on to a wagon down in Dent when the lifting chain snapped at the last minute . The machine crashed off the wagon onto the ground at the last minute when i thought all was safe . A big shock i should have seen coming !
  Today a neighbour using a leaf blower wandered in front of me when i was towing a heavy load . If i had been going a few miles faster i would have knocked him down scary . So today I'm jumpy......

Green , hazy ,uneasy night

What a strange night it is in Dent . The wind is howling but the dale is in full summer colours now . All the tree's are out and a fine haze is hanging over the hills giving the dale a look of 200 years ago funnily !!!  A very uneasy night indeed . Don't know what I'm doing tonight yet at all . Maybe everything... maybe nothing at all . Summer is finally here but is in a funny mood it seems . Time to get away and recoup

All life is here..

" The expression of beauty , and the pull towards depravity... "

Happy jubilee !

The " symphony of destruction " is starting already in Syria . Bring in chorus from the UN  , then America and finally a crescendo from Russia ! William Hague isn't looking so clever as he did in Libya though . No quick fuck over here..... ONE THING IS FOR SURE I CAN FEEL A MORALISTIC BLOOD LUST BUILDING ! and it has to be fed.
  No one is sure who is responsible for the massacres . the government regime , the rebels or just ethnic tension taking advantage of the times but you can guess who will get the blame so it matters little now . Perception is everything . No doubt the Syrian regime is brutal but once again as in Libya they are fighting for their survival . Something we forget . If we started an armed attack on our government what would the out come be ???

One week to go

Only a little over a week to go now and I'm all out of energy and enthusiasm for anything . I have never felt like this as bad before . I long for the stupid , crass and shallow side of life and if its kitch it has my attention . A ll in all in holiday immanent mode . Hoping for a smooth week ahead with no nasty surprises that can spoil that holiday spirit.... Fb is banned on this holiday . If i hear one word , just one word ot whats going on at home  i will grab the phone , walk straight down to the sea cliffs and throw it to its peril ( the phone ) . Probably into a sea cave !
  Sharing a caravan with a baby .Mmmmmm this will be a learning curve . Maybe i should buy a tent as a back up plan ! I could camp on the cliff tops and probably roll into the sea from a great height during the night and that will be the end of me.

FUCKIN HELL .... FUCKIN HELL !!!!!

Doctors are to go on " strike " for a day cos their pensions are to be " cut " to £70,000 a year in the future . Yes thats right £70,000 fucking pounds...  a year !!!!!!  I dont care how good a job they do they have been rolling in money since Labour came to power . Fucking unbelievable i think thier is a parallel universe.....What world are they in ?

Its all in faith you know....

Grrrrrrr  .... faith schools get David all hot and bothered !  " farmers are causing global warming "  Grrrrrrr     What are they teaching those pesky kids !!!!!

FRASIER -Gold as always

" Explain away ,  but be warned , I have a finely tuned crapometer  "

A shared moment

This week Ive been indulging in my favourite past time ( well one i can mention here !) sitting on my back door step watching the sun go down and the moon come up . The night wind is blowing through the leafy tree tops and the hills are silhouetted against the pink blue sky as dusk falls . My sandstone door step remains warm long after the sun has gone down ,absorbing the suns heat i suppose .
   Funnily enough i had a strange feeling and glancing across saw my neighbour doing the same thing , deep in thought . Suddenly realising we were sharing the same moment we both smiled and went inside . A bit awkward actually , but funny really . How the people we often smear do the same things as us .....

So offensive !

I turned on the T.V last night and unfortunately i caught the most messed up , offencive , sick program on the schedule ,  Great Ormand  Street  Hospital  . Why would anyone choose to watch a program for entertainment about seriously ill children ?  Maybe ist factual , maybe .... you know what i cant think of any other excuses . Its entertainment at the end of the day and that SUCKS !   Probably watched by those Daily Mirror readers in need of a self righteous fix the **********  !

Good news / Bad news

GOOD NEWS :    A government think tank has suggested raising the ratio of children to child carers in nursery's thus easing the child care place shortage by increasing the amount of children that can be looked after by the people working there . What a common sense idea ! Is the tide turning ? Hoorah for common sense !!!!

BAD NEWS : The Sun has reported that one of our submarines has been sent to the Falklands thus the headline     England  V  Argentina as if it were a football match . Fuckin retarded paper read by imbiciles !!!   If you read The Mirror with its vicious attacks on those its values as less than human and its overly sickly sentimental pieces about our " boys in the forces " then i will compare you to something i would scrape off my shoe after i had stood in it !!!!

Quote of the week

" You know me , too far isn't far enough ! "       Wow a real live wire here !

Bangers !!!

It seems there is no substitute for a good " poke " on fb  . Suggesting i was about too was  interesting . I wont beat around the bush !!!! Anyway i'm in a very good mood today and the sun is shining . Not even the entire contents of a pepper corn pot emptying on to my beans on toast can dampen my mood today !
  I am going to Warton Stockcar rally today on my own if everyone is too busy ( and thats very likely ) .Will take photos too for blog . Several years since ive been so it should be good ..... ( forgot my camera )
   It was good on my own and i arrived late so avoided the now £9 entry charge which Rachel later tried to take off me ( unsucessfuly i may add ) for " petrol "  Mmmmmmm  marriage !
  Saturday saw me helping a friend fix his van which i really enjoyed , then had a chinese at night and  a roast beef  Sunday dinner next day . A very manly weekend with a little emotion thrown in along the way !   YA WHAT MATE ? !      Oh and i nearly forgot BRAQUO is on fx tonight !!! Oh joy.....

Everybody is missing what they are missing....

Well i give up ! I guess a one day things will turn . Probaly next summer .

Had enough of all of this......

Well im feeling weary and out of season . Everything seems to have slowed down and come to a stop . Now im just waiting for the tide to change and a return to what makes me me !!!! Hurry up......

Sunday morning 13th May

So lambing time is over in a flash . The fields are bare and empty and a cold North wind blows . So now the final job of muck spreading and cleaning up the debris from all the fields begins in preparation for silage time . Now is always a time for reflection . Branches need cutting off and holes filling , stones need picking up , hedging waste needs moving  and a bit of rolling is needed and none of it does itself .
  I'm tired of feeding the animals inside but a late turn out is likely as its so cold up here ( as always )   .Im weary and looking forward to a change of scene at Cornwall . Going for a fish this afternoon as its a little warmer now . Sunday dinner is roast pork ! Mmmmm it smells goooood !
 Evie can sit up know and her expressions are funny as she obviously is developing fast . She is showing the first signs of trying to crawl and her legs are so strong she can stand if i help her balance !!!

Its all been done before...

http://youtu.be/m50p-XScreM

Stop it , stop it , please ,please stop it !!!!!

ARRRRRGH !    I'm fed up of talking to people wearing sun glasses . Take them off . Its rude . I cant focus on you if i cant see your eyes !  I think the subcontious human brain picks up a lot of messages when we talk to people from eye contact cos  im lost without it i'm  afraid......

Wray scarecrow festival

Yes i go every year ! It marks the start of summer approaching......

Kendal at its best !?

Today i got my hair cut in Kendal . Now is the only time i like Kendal , all the blossom out and the summery big spots of warm rain . The trees are all nearly out and it smells fresh . Yeah its a nice sight if only once a year . A walk down the riverside was heaven ,even if i did get wet !!!

Forcing a crises

Oh dear " The full moon forces a crisis " has rung true this weekend on so many counts . Saturday afternoon a cow nearly fell in the slurry store . Three calves got into next doors garden but caused no damage but a shrieking , hysterical couple didn't see it that way . A  complaint about the noisy pet lambs ensued so that led to them having to be moved too . Having finally left the farm a sheep nearly landed on my bonnet as it flew up the road hysterically . I spun off in despair . My night then took many bizarre turns to which i will spare the details !
  Sunday was marred by a body being removed in the middle of Wray scarecrow festival . Community support officers were stood out side the house before hand and i told them they were very realistic scarecrows . Not even a  glimmer of a smile ! Humourless buggers .

Quote of the week

"  Ive broken my banana ."

My big mouth

Heres a top tip . If you think your baby is wearing some odd clothes and looks like a little gypsy dont say it out loud as the person sat next to you may have a partner who has given you said clothes . Embarrassing or what...

Its the Sun wots lost it !

Ok i'm gonna have a rant about something i know nothing about . Football !!! The new England manager has been chosen . Apparently he is the only person considered for the job because of his experience in international football . I guess this must be a very important advantage .... But what does The Sun focus on ? His ordinary appearance and a slight speech impediment ! For Gods sake how childish to miss out on promoting his strong points so they can poke fun at trivial , pathetic observations that appeal to the lowest denominator .
   This happened to William Hague during an election when he was trying to prevent us from being forced in the future to join the Euro . This was right up The Suns street but what did they focus on ? His bold head , picturing him against a photo of a baby . Fucking retarded paper or what ????

Never trust a man .....

" Never stray from the path , never eat a wind fallen apple and never trust a man who's eyebrows meet in the middle !"         From the film  THE COMPANY OF WOLVES . ( no not the westeren starring the dullest actor in world Kevin Costener of the same name..ha ha ha ....  )

I wish i'd put this on golden !

The hardest part of life isnt the struggle to succeed cos that's do able . I find its the long spells of time between enjoying the fruits of the success that kill me .Waiting then more waiting punctuating the rhythms of life . Too relax between these events is now my key goal . This is where we all will find contentment .....

Kermit

Today Evie has gone to a fancy dress party as Kermit the frog . A year ago this thought would have been laughable

Time is the filter ?

Wow i saw a very old picture of our farm from the 1700 's   . There were no modern buildings only the big barn and the farm house . The barn funnily enough has no round windows . They must have been put in later . But that would be a huge expensive act of vanity ..... Where the yard was was just a field. So strange it made me feel queezy . A few gateways were  in a different place but apart from that the fields were recognisable . Whernside Manor must have been hidden behined the trees but you could just make out Smithy Fold . There was no Syke Fold back then !                
   So much has gone on before you live in an area . Its hard to grasp we are only the here and now and maybe the future for a short while ! Everyone leaves their own mark though on the land and some will change that again no doubt in the future . Most unsettling.

Its the weekend

Well its the time of the week when i start thinking what to do at the weekend .So many factors to factor in nowadays .When did it all become so complicated ? Who is ill ? Who is likely to be in ? How does Evie fit in ?  How far do i want to trail ?  My heart will rule my head as always so who am i kidding ?

When do you stop ?

When dismantling an oppressive regime ( as you do in unsure times to give you a feel good factor ) the leader is often a fair target for death by an ugly manor . How far up or down the family tree should we go ? Bin Ladens family is wealthy and influential and he was a" black sheep " so are his children a target ? A worrying question which we all do not wanna know the answer too.

So tired , so tired.....

Im so tired in so many ways . Spring is dragging on slowly . Hayfever is dragging on slowly too . Why do the forecasters never state the pollen count when i find it worst . As soon as they start putting the figures on the maps i feel better as if the count is dropping . It must be tree pollen i think .Im sure they think if theres no flowers were not gonna put figures on the map . Annoying.
  Holiday is ages away yet .I just wanna go now and have a rest , sit down and do nothing .Im weary . Last night was the first visible start of a new moon and Venus was still very bright . A beautiful sight as i drove to Sedbergh .Everything has been emotional recently and i long for simplicity again but i guess its part of life . I am so tired .

Spring clean

Im busy at the moment so quality is slipping but will pick up in a month i expect ! Spring is a hard time for some .The new burst of life is unsettling and change bares down on you and theres no stopping the change of season . Mind sets change . Expectations change . People plan and fret , dig and decorate .

Women sports presenters

Female sports presenters . Where do they find them ? T o find a woman who is interested in sport  would be hard enough . To find an attractive one who has sufficient knowledge to pull off the job convincingly must be nigh on impossible . I cant see the queue stretching round the block for the job interview ,can you ?

Cruise

Well ive had a great time at the Kendal cruise . Call it sad if you want but a lot of modified cars gathered together always puts me in a good mood . Yes everyone is younger and seems to have more money than me nowadays but that was me once too so i cant complain ! Even the rain couldnt spoil the night . Relaxing and refreshing change from the norm.....

Waiting for darkness ? ( OZZY OSBOURNE )

God its bleak in Dent tonight ! There's a blasting North wind and cold drizzle . Its light and the trees are budding .Its harsh . A real no mans landscape . Half way to Spring and yet so uncomfortably cold and damp . April is the worst month of the year . I hate it , i always have . Feeling out of sorts and have the very strong feeling im waiting for something again and i have absolutely no clue what so ever what for !!! Sounds daft i know .

Arrrrrrrgh !

Banking HSBC style ! What a nightmare in my world .Got an automated message on my mobile to ring  them .So i got to work .Got my phone out to listen to answer message .Or rather i couldnt cos there is no signal in the house .So out to the road end i go to get a signal but couldnt hear the message properly for noisy cows . Due to a pakistani on a badly recorded recording i did this several times in a freezing wind .Having got through quickly came to a halt because my bank details were now down at Dent !I rang back with them only to be left on hold . God knows what they want as i m not overdrawn . Probaly some marketing thing.Oh and they shut my "local branch"  down as well . Way to go  ...

The answer is......

Done reflecting . YES ITS GOLD !!!  HA HA HA .........    :  )

I need a rest.....

Its nice here .Peacful and safe . No unpredictablity and coarse comments to read . Safe and secluded. My zone and after recent times a welcome retreat . Facebook is a double edged sword but here its a one way street and its what i need at the moment .

  Reading a lot at the moment .Soon it will be warm enough to sit on my back doorstep at night which will be nice ! I now know why i bought the leather sofa as Evie projectile vomited on it but it wiped clean ! Random but true . No idea what this summer holds as events unfold bringing un-expected crap ! In a funny way needing some time to reflect whether all that glitters is really gold . Cant say i am settled .Feel like crawling into a cave......

Bloggers nightmare ?

" Captain Mackenzie had suggested a contraceptive on a fountain pen as a suitable remedy . That way they could scribble away all day and do no harm to anyone...  "      THE DODGEM DECISION  - Jerry Cornelious

Quote of the week

"  Is that question even answerable ? "

Mickey Mouse

http://youtu.be/TF4_4g1B2Ug        .....from the best episode of South Park

An inconvienient fact

Apparently there are twice as many Emporer penguins in the North Pole than conservationists first thought

God Save The Queen

Oh joy !  The Sex Pistols are re-releasing their 70s God Save the Queen at the end of May to compete against Take That's official Silver Jubilee record. Let the fight begin......

One trick pony

Its one of those afternoons . Mid spring , mid afternoon and mid life in fact !!! Oh dear ive nothing much to say today . Had a big Chinese last night and have been scratching and sweating all night and still  feeling hot and uneasy and too full . Back to the drudge again after an unusual weekend .

  Helped one friend and shed another . I guess thats balanced an equation somewhere in the cosmos of my life . Yeah im everything i say i am .Fortunately and unfortunately . Who am i kidding im a one trick pony and always was ,but i do it well .

Most stupid thing ive heard in ALL my life

Last week i heard the most full of shit statement i have heard in ALL my life . A female security expert involved in the Olympics said an disruptive protester such as the Oxford boat race man who swam at the boats could be just as dangerous as an Alquida terrorist ! F******G  bullshit and bullshit again . Her stupid tensed up ,hyped up, tight arsed attitude was bristling with aggression , painting such a dark dangerous picture that should make us all soooo  worried . Absolute shit !

Todays bullshit

More CO2  bullshit today . The Lib Dems are wanting you to insulate your loft and have cavity wall insulation fitted if you are to be granted planning permission for your home improvements . Thats the deal as apparently home improvements cause more CO2 emmisions so must be off set !!! What a lot of rot .

CO2

April

Typical April . A blasting North wind and freezing rain /sleat . Temperatures have dropped 20 degrees in a few days . Wasnt long ago i was complaining i was too hot . Spring is so unpredictable . I find it the coldest time of year . The wind is blasting outside making a racket . After so much upheaval these last few weeks im beging to feel myself again . Listening to some old music helped last night and my old mind set just might re-surface

Titanic pile of shite !

I hated the film Titanic starring Di Caprio  when it came out years ago so i wont be going to see the 3D version brought out to dupe a new generation  ( the back door latch has just cracked its self sharpely again )  . Thanks to this overly emotional film i nearly went of Di Caprio hence i would have missed such ace films as INCEPTION ,THE BEACH , GANGS OF NEW YORK , THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY .... need i go on ?
   The sound track of emotional Irish music does my head in . And Kate Winslet is all that hot either as everyone reckoned back in the day . Maybe Kiera Knightly would have been more up my street but she was probaly about 5 years old back then !!!
  Yeah its special effects are great but it drags on , and on and on.....  A cinema full of sobbing girls didnt help my overall mood either . I wonder if they'll cry today still or are they a different breed now  ?  I think they are .....
We all know the ship will sink so just get on with it !!!!!!!!!

Its a while since i bore my heart !!!

So where do i begin ? Its time for a round up of the right here and know . Well lambing time has begun again and the weather is hot but not for long . So hot Ive taken to wearing a sun hat which is amusing some . I should cut some wood but have neither the energy or enthusiasm . It will save money but not enough to make a difference against bills i pay , electric for example . Its a quaint idea though and if a romantic whim takes hold of me for a second i might cut some in a bleary eyed idealistic moment .
  Im left holding the baby literally tonight but shall return the favour on Saturday ! Ive been looking back at sky photos i took last June and have used one for my new fb profile pic . It looks bat like and i love it to bits . Its very cool and original .  . If only i knew what was ahead back then . it was a very emotional summer in all departments . Some tried to destroy me while others loved me ! ( very Jerry Cornelious ) sounds daft but it was true . Again as i said last Summer i wonder if i can top it again this year . Yeah the potential is there but i always seem to kill a good thing . All things in moderation then !

Mr Cameron

David Cameron ; first he taxes our pasties then he makes us run low on fuel - the shitter !

Grass mate....

Evie is starting to focus on me . She is beginning to recognise me which is making her more human . This is a big step . A night feed is gonna be on my routine now as I'm feeling better after a  very ill week indeed . How pleasurable is it to simply eat and feel good . Being chained to a toilet or wishing you were is no fun at all . I didn't eat much for two days and Ive put on weight somehow ! How does that work ? Probably the same way as i get older my hair gets thicker ????
  Its been hot today . Too hot and guess what i never mowed the lawn last night thanks to an unexpected face book surprise !!! It will take my soul if i let it......A second attempt will be planned for tonight( mowing that is ) . I pity our neighbours if i run out of wire . I pity them all the time since Evie came !
  Sunday morning our neighbour was in a new Range rover reg 777    !   Is it a work car ? This is my new obsession.....

Why i hate the Sun (US DONT LIKE THE SUN )

1)  It makes manual work harder
2) It burns my face easily
3) It tires me at night after a day in it
4) It makes me sweat a lot
5)Take aways get long queues
6)Everyone starts making plans and rushing around
7)Weather forecasters wont stop saying how warm its gonna be .Arrrrgh !
8) You are suddenly expected to be in a fantastic mood
9)Nights are no longer cosy and its harder to settle down
10) The bloody lawn grows

Spring un-sprung

The start of Spring has been confirmed by 2 events . Firstly a bumble bee bumbled through my bed room window this morning first thing as the Sun warmed up the East side of our house and secondly i am about to attempt to mow our lawn . I have 2 spare pieces of wire only . Will i get caught out or will i get it finished before they snap . Place your bets.......
  Actually there is a third sign come to think of it !  A big queue at the Chinese last night . Why should the sun make people wanna get a take away ???? Come to think of it why does the sun wanna make you do anything ? I don't like it and never will .