By Lesley | Published:
December 26, 2009
Exactly ten years ago….. We knew a storm was in the offing. We were living aboard ‘Bolero’ a Moody 376 sailing yacht, in the marina at Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France But our minds were full of two other things as we approached the “New Millenium”. One was the much advertised [...]
By Lesley | Published:
November 8, 2009
Yesterday saw the last ever greyhound race meeting at the Swansea Greyhound Stadium. Fears had been expressed about the welfare of some of the greyhounds whose owners might not wish to continue to care for them. All the animal welfare charities agreed to combine forces to ensure that temporary shelter could be found for any [...]
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By Lesley | Published:
August 31, 2009
The following article appeared in this week’s “Costa Blanca News”. If anyone knows a Diane Levy, possibly in Malaga, but also possibly now in the UK, please draw her attention to this……… “‘Angel’ falls off a lorry Málaga dog found in Somerset is being nursed back to health By Dave Jamieson It’s not everyday that [...]
By Lesley | Published:
April 6, 2009
High Definition television?….Having Difficulties?…or Highly Dubious tactics more like!
By Lesley | Published:
March 27, 2009
Despite the fact that the Government in Westminster has seen fit to allow English badgers to continue to live in their natural settings (or should I say sets?) , the Welsh Assembly has decided that the culling of badgers in Wales is to go ahead.
By Lesley | Published:
October 18, 2008
At a time when just about everyone in the country is fitting energy saving bulbs in their homes, tightening their belts against the economic crunch we are facing, having cavity wall insulation installed, closing curtains at dusk, turning down the thermostat and wearing extra clothes, switching off pilot lights and lights that are not strictly [...]
By Lesley | Published:
September 4, 2008
I don’t believe it!!! Following the shameful behaviour of the people in Ashstead in Surrey last year, today there has emerged a disgraceful episode in Woking, again in Surrey, where an injured soldier, sent home for treatment to a war wound, was kicked out of a hotel which he had booked into earlier in the [...]
By Lesley | Published:
September 1, 2008
£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ In this age where money appears to be the master, rather than the slave, I find myself confused by the dramatically emerging tragedy of arson, death and intrigue which is unfolding by the minute on the TV this week. The family involved are constantly referred to as having millionaire status, yet reading the story, [...]
By Lesley | Published:
July 30, 2008
The South Wales Evening Post today reported a ‘shock’ increase in animal cruelty in the last year. The BBC ran a similar story this morning. However, whilst the figures are distressing and the number of badly treated animals is disgracefully high, the fact is that the 2007 Animal [...]
By Lesley | Published:
April 25, 2008
Sadly, the cockle beds in the Bury Inlet and the Three Rivers area of Carmarthen Bay have had to be closed today because an outbreak of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) has been detected.