Category Archives: Education

Hazardous Waste On Welsh Beaches

By Lesley | Published: January 21, 2008

Perhaps it is just as well that we have had sustained heavy rain and gale force winds for many days now.

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Free Range Shopper

By Lesley | Published: January 13, 2008

Last week I felt inundated to saturation point both by chicken welfare and by healthy eating.

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Beautiful grey & white cat found in Mountain Ash

By Lesley | Published: November 29, 2007

Regular visitors to my little blog will know that on a couple of days a week, we drive the ambulance for the RSPCA in Swansea. Today we had to take a beautiful grey and white cat, aged possibly about two years, to the vet for a check-up, after she arrived at the Centre. She had [...]

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Two capsized boats

By Lesley | Published: November 24, 2007

Firstly……the TV news and the newspapers have been filled with the reports of the cruise ship MV Explorer which emulated the Titanic in the Southern Ocean, hitting an iceberg and sinking.

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Home made bread again!

By Lesley | Published: November 15, 2007

My hitherto trusty bread making machine went sadly wrong a few weeks ago.

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Dogs & Cats Are Different!

By Lesley | Published: November 11, 2007

Yesterday, I caught a snatch of something interesting on Breakfast TV. Apparently, hundreds of people are at risk of killing their pet cats by mistake.

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East Coast Flood Warning Tonight

By Lesley | Published: November 8, 2007

I was thirteen when the Great flood of Canvey Island happened.

Also posted in Coastal erosion, Sad things, Sailing, Uncategorized, weather | 2 Comments

Sputnik

By Lesley | Published: October 5, 2007

Just before this magic day fades into antiquity…. I wish to raise a glass to Sputnik

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Ex-pat Brits help children from Guatamala

By Lesley | Published: September 29, 2007

This morning, I came upon some old friends via the internet. When I am feeling a bit nostalgic, I occasionally turn to the ‘Costa Blanca News’, an English language newspaper published on Fridays in Spain. It was from this week’s paper that the names of Peter & Teresa Cunliffe leapt from the screen at me. [...]

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“Dangerous Dogs”

By Lesley | Published: August 18, 2007

Hardly had Dublin City Council had time to let the ink from its ancient quill pen dry, than somebody with perhaps an eye for publicity saw fit to jump on the bandwagon.

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