A great opportunity

Blue skies and fluffy white clouds were beckoning me this afternoon. Must go for a walk, a proper walk. No litter picking stick, no looking down at the ground. Look up, taking in the views all around me. Fields of poppies and daisies. 

Coming back along the turf fields I see that Robbi the Robot has finished work for the day. Or is he just having a snooze. 

I recorded a video this morning. I post it here for your perusal, if you so wish. 

8 Jun 2026 Meanqueen Superscrimper

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Not all opportunities are obvious. You may have to look beyond what you see before your eyes. I found an opportunity which gets me outdoors more often. I get to breath fresh air. I get the exercise my body needs. And I see the fruits of my labour.

 There are four hedgehogs out in the garden tonight. 

Thanks for popping in. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona

Wheelie good fun

What a fun afternoon I've had. 😁😆😏 Luckily the weather was ok for a litter pick. Only one shower which quickly passed over. I went back to Flixborough Industrial Estate where I knew it would be easy to fill a couple of bags of rubbish. 

There is a wheelie bin on the side of the first road where drivers deposit their litter upon arrival or before they leave. I spotted this last time I was here, so I gave myself the challenge of filling it. No bag needed, just chuck all the grot in. 

Not much in, now get to work and fill it.

Oh lord, look at this bag of filth I just pulled out of the ground. It was half buried and was home to millions of ants. Sorry, you've gotta go in the bin. 

And here's another one. Not buried but hidden in the bushes. I can see a bottle of pee in there. Straight into the bin. 

This is the entrance to Bellwin House Business Centre. There should be a gate but that's been knocked down many years ago. The whole site is littered with fly tipping. It's private property, so I'll just get some photo's. 

Lots of electric cables stripped for the metal. Lots of household rubbish. 

This is the view of the front from the roadside. Every window is smashed. 

I've found a bit of info about it, from this video. 

2 storey office block built in the 1980s with a private car park for over 45 cars. The site was used as separate offices. The office complex was used as a grow farm for cannabis back in 2008. MOD and police were involved for the disposal of the plants. The grow was a 4 million pound find. It took Humberside police several days to clear it all out - this was a major drug operation. In 2016 it was renovated and put up for sale and was withdrawn in Sept 2016. However it sold in Feb 2022 for £125,000.

Apparently it went to auction in 2013. Here is the photo of it at that time.

They really should be doing something with it now. Sorry, I digress. The wheelie bin is now full.

I decided I still had time to fill a red bag, there is plenty more litter to pick. 

And so it was time to go home . As I was packing my trolley away a car pulled up next to the bin. I watched a man get a couple of boxes out of his boot and put them in. After he drove off I was curious to see what he had thrown away, so I took a photo. Rubbish from home. He should have put those cans into his recycling bin. 

That's me almost done. 

I dropped them at my usual spot at the Pond. The smaller bags are full of glass bottles. 

A job well done I would say. This post is probably not of interest to a lot of people, but it is a record for me to keep, and look back on in later years. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Nothing on the telly?

If there is nothing on the telly, do not despair. Here is your Saturday night viewing. Recorded yesterday at the pond, uploaded today onto yooootooob. 

I've put the food out for the hedgies. A pigeon was helping himself. The hedgehog came out to eat, and the pigeon scarpered. 

Toodle pip.   ilona

Cancelled.

 Isle of Man Today 

3h .

The rest of TT 2026 has been abandoned because of the weather.

Read more at the link in the comments below.

TT organisers have confirmed that the rest of this year’s festival has been cancelled because of the weather. It had been hoped to re-run Friday night’s red-flagged Senior race and a Sportbike race on Saturday, but it has now been confirmed that this won’t be now possible with conditions not improving. Sunday’s contingency day had already been ruled out because of the weather forecast for it.

 ‘Following consultation between the Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson MBE and the Isle of Man Met Office, it has been determined that the forecast weather conditions around the Course are not looking to sufficiently improve within the required time, and the remaining available operational windows do not provide a suitable opportunity for any further racing to be completed safely.

Read the story here. Isle of Man Today. 

I wonder what is causing this crazy weather we are having. 

Enjoy your Sunday.    ilona

Fifteen long months

It is six months since Henry died, and his killer has just been sentenced to prison. It took six months to bring this case to court. In the aftermath of the stabbing the police were shown to be what you might call complicit in his death. They failed to act on their human instincts, preferring to follow the prescribed guidelines of their training. Immobilise the victim, cuff him and ask questions later. By this time it was too late. It might be that poor Henry was already dead by this time. 

Charles Veitch talks about his murder, and the aftermath of the trial and subsequent protests in Southampton. Charlie is a citizens journalist. He doesn't hold back, and in this video his anger is palpable. His emotions are raw, you have to be tuned into his thought processes to experience the sheer frustrations he feels. 18 minutes. 

There are still a lot of questions to be answered, which should come out at Henry's inquest. A date has been set for that. A report from the BBC. 

Resuming a hearing, Hampshire coroner Jason Pegg said the full circumstances surrounding the death on 3 December had not been fully scrutinised. He said a full inquest with a jury would be held on 20 September 2027

The Guardian has done a hatchet job on the story. 

Here is History Debunked talking about why the date of the inquest is so far away. 

 I think most of us know why. They want us to forget about the whole sorry mess. It's a good day for burying bad news, who said that? What a tragic shame that a young man was robbed of his life. There will be many more casualties of the Global push for open borders, one government, one currency, one religion. We are not all the same. 

Have a good weekend. ilona

Tidying my patch.

Good evening.

There is still a lot more to do on this wall hanging. A little bit of stitching on the last two circles. Then they all need a back cutting out and stitching on. Then they need to be stitched onto the actual macrame frame. Looking good so far. 

I did some hedge trimming in the garden this morning. Then after lunch I went to the Blue Lagoon Pond to tidy up the litter. I was a bit downhearted on Wednesday when I saw that the Council had not been. My bags were all still there, along with a lot more rubbish dumped by the litter bins. 

Pleased to say that it was all gone today. I took my trolley around the pond to find any litter that might have been missed. And I did. Some of it was in the water, I managed to reach it with my stick. Lots of dirty glass bottles. The lifebelt thingy should be in a red plastic box on a pole, but I couldn't put it back because it was on the other side of the water. 

You need to have sharp eyesight to find all the hidden bottles and cans. I leaned in to pick up this one.

Then found another bottle and three cans close by. 

The Council have emptied their bins and put in fresh bags. I had a look inside one of them next to a layby on the Industrial Estate. Five empty whiskey bottles. Why would somebody dump them here. Are they trying to hide something. 

It was a lovely day for a longer circular walk. A good opportunity to fill my red sack. I had to tie the top of it because I kept piling the rubbish in and it kept falling out. As you can see my trolley is overflowing. 

It is all nice and tidy again. How dare anyone mess up my patch 😎😁😝

Thanks for popping in. Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Today is the day. 5th June 2026

 It pains me to post this. Did you know that today is World Environment Day. I will post some of the text from the web site here. Copy and paste. I am not going to sit any longer than I need to tapping away on this keyboard. You may explore it at your leisure if you so wish. 

There is a video of the conference on the web site. It is two and a half hours long. The introduction starts at 40 minutes. 

The planet doesn’t argue. It doesn’t negotiate. It sends signals—rising seas, raging wildfires, heatwaves, melting glaciers.

#WorldEnvironmentDay 2026 focuses on climate change—on the urgent signals the Earth is sending and the signals we choose to send back. UNEP’s global campaign calls on all of us to step in #NowForClimate, and steer a world already in motion. See how you can get involved. Mark 5 June 2026 for one of the world’s largest international days for the environment.

The world is in a climate emergency. Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century 

Unless greenhouse gas emissions fall dramatically, warming could pass 2.9°C this century, which would have catastrophic consequences for life on this planet. UNEP takes a four-pronged approach to addressing the climate crisis and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. 

As global demand for protein continues to rise, aquaculture has become a vital sector, producing more than half of all aquatic animals consumed worldwide. This growth is essential for ensuring food security, improving nutrition, and supporting livelihoods. However, it also presents a significant challenge: how to scale production sustainably while minimising environmental impacts and restoring ecosystems. 

unblocking private finance. 

Global public debt reached over US$100 trillion in 2024. This means that public finance is constrained. That is precisely why blended finance matters: small, strategic amounts of public capital can de-risk and crowd in far larger flows of private investment.

These people are going full steam ahead to change our lives, and we need to know about it. It's no good saying it won't affect me, because it will. Now I shall get my lunch, and go and do some litter picking. A mundane task, but it helps me to switch off from this madness. 

Toodle pip.   ilona

Stop, you can't do that!

 

Catherine McBride OBE

@CeeMacBee

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Jun 2

Green Tape Stops Work •All applications for central government contracts worth more than £5 million per year, including VAT, must meet climate-related conditions set out in Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 06/21.

Nonstop, never ending, bullcrap coming our way. 

They steal our taxes to pay for nonsensical new rules which they dream up to justify their farcical Government fake positions. 

In all my retirement years (17) my state pension income, plus a small top up, has been below the threshold for income tax. Now with a bit of jiggerypokery of the numbers, I have to pay £300 a year. 

But then to balance it out, I have saved a heck of a lot more money by not paying for a television licence for the last 25 years. Swings and roundabouts I suppose. 

Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

First it's open, then it's closed.

 It's been very windy today. Not good for litter picking, not good for crossing the bridge, if you are in a lorry. I haven't been out. A day for sewing. The new project is nearing completion. Pictures to come. 

Ooooops, open again.

Humber Bridge 

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Traffic Update: We are currently open to all traffic.

The Bridge Status can be checked 24/7 at: www.humberbridge.co.uk.

Toodle pip.   ilona

Spinning a story.

 As a follow on from the previous post about white and brown eggs, I make no excuses for posting this Twitter X post in full. Thank you Jason. 

Jason | 

Let me categorically Debunk this utter rot.

@sainsburys

. I am a poultry Breeder. The hens that lay white eggs (Amberline/White Star) DO NOT have a lower carbon footprint. Yes they eat a bit less and produce roughly the same amount of eggs as the Brown egg layers (Bovan/Lowman/ISA Brown) but they live shorter lives, are prone to dying suddenly when startled, a flighty and nervous and because they live shorter productive lives (12 -18mnths) vs brown 18/24mnths (both commercial farmed), you have to incubate more which is increased (Electricity/gas costs) and their eggs are not the same quality. I breed and keep 20+ different breeds, including: ISA Brown hens and White Stars. All my hens are 100% free range, Not a single barn kept bird, I have ISA browns that are 5yrs old and still laying beautiful Brown eggs, I have not seen a White star live beyond 3yrs and certainly none have laid eggs past 18-24mnths. White stars Lay themselves to death. They are slender birds and because they dont eat a lot, it drains their personal vitality to keep up laying the eggs you want to sell because of the nonsensical lie that they are "More Carbon Neutral" You want to know about eggs, come talk to someone like me, Don't rely on some hairbrained imagination of a buyer who's trying to squeeze the profit margin for a few extra pennies at our expense and to the poor hens detriment.

Carbon neutral - zero emissions, and so the fear machine trundles on. They won't stop until we are gibbering idiots. Open your eyes. So much for mainstream media spinning a story, they are slaves of the establishment. Get rid of the vultures who's only aim is to work for their masters. We need citizen journalists more than ever. People at ground level, experts who know about things.

Get rid of that telly box. Stop paying the BBC. Toodle pip. ilona