Happy news.

 Celine arrives in Paris. Her adoring fans are there to greet her. 

Enjoy your Sunday.

Toodle pip.   ilona

Get out of jail free.

Echo chamber report. 

 Listen to Daniel, the Black Belt Barrister. Take heed of his warning. They are releasing offenders from prison because they don't have room to contain them all. This one is back in prison. They deemed him to be a danger to the public. He has convictions for trading in weapons, and was caught again, carrying a knife. So they can't be vetting them thoroughly before releasing them. 

This is not fearmongering. Just take sensible precautions, do not put yourself in a vulnerable situation. Scan your surrounding area. Eyes and ears. Cross the road, turn around, walk in a different direction if you feel something is not right. Stay alert, don't dawdle, walk with a purpose. Run away from conflict. 

What did I do today.

Shopping at The Range, and Home Bargains. Then picked two bags of litter around the back door of Tesco. Emptied numerous bottles of pee, and left the bottles, plastic and glass, in a trolley next to the recycling bins. Shopping at the big Aldi store next to Tesco. Two bags of grot dropped off in my usual spot on the way home. That corner looked a whole lot better after I finished tidying up. And I treated myself to a new litter picking stick, from B & Q, £11. 

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

Droning on and on and on.

 Saturday morning and all is well .

The Titanic is brought back to life and returns to Belfast. 

This is what drones should be used for. 

I see sunshine from my window, yipppeeeee.

Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona 

Clutter

 Will they keep pushing ahead to build more solar farms? At which point will they declare that we now produce enough electricity for the needs of the whole of the UK, through solar and wind power, and we can now stop ripping up the countryside. With never ending wars it might mean that the availability of gas and oil from other countries will eventually dry up and come to a halt altogether. So perhaps it might be a good idea that we learn to live with all the hardware cluttering up the place we call home.  

Councillor Ian Carrington

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The Government is trumpeting that Ed Milliband has said 'yes' to Britain's largest solar farm - right here in North Kesteven. What it's not saying is that they've ignored the wishes of local people, and that more than 4,000 acres of beautiful, productive Lincolnshire agricultural land will now be come industrial glass.

At North Kesteven District Council we'll press to make sure the community benefits promised by the developer actually materialise. And that the technology chosen for the scheme's battery banks will be the safest, not just the cheapest.

We need secure, renewable energy. We also need secure, home-produced food and a countryside to grow it in. I'm really not sure this decision gets the balance right

Is Ed Milli losing the plot? Is he on a mission to replace our food growing pastures with miles upon miles of plastic hardware, and industrial size battery storage facilities. It's going to be one huge and ugly  blot on the landscape, that's if we have any landscape left.

Toodle pip.   ilona

A Godfrey rant.

 Another one from Godfrey. 

Not hidden.

Not accidental.

Not incompetence. 

All planned.

Steady Godfrey. 

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Discussion on Asylum Centres. 

Katie Lam raised a point of order, stating that the Home Office planned to announce the opening of 12 new asylum seeker centres across the UK without providing prior notification to Parliament. She argued that MPs should be informed first to properly represent their constituents.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle strongly condemned the government's actions, calling them "totally unacceptable." He emphasized that MPs must be consulted on decisions affecting their local areas before such news is released publicly.

The Speaker reiterated his stance that the government must change how it communicates these decisions, urging ministers to ensure Parliament is informed correctly and in a timely manner.

The speaker answers the question.

Toodle pip.   ilona

Big boys toys.

A quick rifle through the drafts folder this morning. The size of this load takes a lot of planning. Street furniture has to be temporarily removed to allow it to pass through built up areas. Always the same questions, why don't they take it on the motorway, and why don't they do the job at night.  It would take twice as long to complete the job in the dark.  

 WOW Collets are the bees knees where heavy haulage is concerned. Four tractor units, three pulling, one pushing. Truck photography by Lee Elliott.

A question in the comments. 

Jonathan Jones 550 tonnes. It’s the second load to come this way this year. Pretty impressive up close

Why can’t they just go up the motorway from Avonmouth to Leigh Delamere services. ??

Darren Shortman

The bridge on M4 between j19 to j18 has max load of 120 tons so they came off on to M32 up the old road then back on M4 at j19 to continue to services.

Toodle pip.   ilona

Another letter.

My penfriend Scott has written to me again. More broken promises. Says I will get a visitor, but nobody ever turns up. So I drink my coffee alone. 

I went back to Flixborough Industrial Estate this afternoon, to empty all the bottles of pee and bag them up. One black bag filled with all kinds of grot. There is still a lot of work to do in that one spot. I will be back to do another tidy up when I have time. Today it was very windy and very cold, so I didn't linger. Did this job and came home. 

Pleased to say that all my other 7 bags, plus the 69 glass bottles have been collected. And so it starts again, when I have time. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Insanity

 Stefan from Sanity 4 Sweden reports. Long time yoootoober. 73.3k subscribers. 39k views on this video. He is so ahead of the game. A wide awake guy. 

Some comments on this video. 

This is happening in all free countries. Exactly the same story in US & Canada

Same in Canada.🇨🇦

Same in London

Same old story. It happened recently with Poland.

Australia is the same..Comm/Green...importing migrant voters

This is the Left playbook. The West is screwed.

Talking of sanity, two funny comments came in here overnight. Someone is checking their computer in the early hours, or they are firing them across the pond from the US. Same person of course. Male, female, she, him, them, they, who cares. 

More evidence of insanity
And aligning yourself with Trump
- utter madness
Miriam

I’m with you Sue
I only read this blog as it proves to me that I remain sane
Miriam

Amusing. I'll get my admin staff to check them out. 😄

Toodle pip.   ilona

What I did today.

 Here is a brief rundown of what I did today. 

Went to the Coffee Morning and took some sewing with me. I wanted to get this finished. Another small hoop. 

After lunch I put Billy in the car and we went to Normanby Park for a walk. Somewhere a bit different for him to sniff around. 

At 4pm I did some litter picking on the Industrial Estate. Another bag filled added to the other six, now 7 awaiting collection. 

I might have a day off tomorrow.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

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Climb every tower

The last few pics from Sunday at Gainsborough. There is a narrow stone spiral staircase up to the top of the tower. Might as well do it while I am here. So what did I see. The church is not far away. 

Hold tight mother, here is a short video. 

After I left the Hall I had a walkabout. The town was very quiet on a Sunday afternoon. Wetherspoons was busy, and so was a bar next to the river. I had a wander through the shopping centre Marshalls Yard. Here are the rules. 

The Railway Station is close by. It's very basic, two platforms with a bridge across the track. No waiting room, no ticket office, no toilets. Buy a ticket with your mobile phone. 

Time to go home. I took a more direct route back to Scunthorpe along the main road. The scenic route is nice, but the twisty narrow roads make it a slow journey. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Sorry not sorry

 Had to hop in with this quickie. 

Traveller still spitting his venom elsewhere. 

Made me LAFF OUT LOUD.

Making up.  ha ha.

😍😂😁😄😝😜😏

Toodle pip.  ilona

Traveller14 September 2026 at 19:25

irresponsible advice - it is very responsible advice. Irresponsible advice is making up all sorts of nonsense about vaccinations and telling people not to get a jabby jabby - that is irresponsible.

Gainsborough Old Hall.

 Good morning. It is Tuesday, I'm playing catch-up with the pictures from Sunday. Gainsborough Old Hall is in the centre of Gainsborough. Easy to find, not far from the river, and well signposted. I parked in a quiet street a few minutes walk away, close to Morton Terrace. 

This looks like an impressive entrance, except the way in is a small door somewhere round the back. This is an English Heritage property. I paid £11.80 concession fee.   

Some photo's as I walked around. It has minimum furnishings, which I don't mind. The simplicity of the room layouts gives your brain space to take it all in. There are plenty of information boards if you wish to linger and read them all. 

Here is the web site. I see there is a classic car gathering on the lawn on the 27th of September. 

I recorded a fifteen minute video if you want to follow me around. 

I climbed the stairs to the top of the tower, and will report on that in the next post.

I was dreaming of a new art project last night. An idea came to me. I will look into that today. It might work if I can find suitable bits and pieces to construct it. 

The sun is shining. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Burringham is a village

 I took the scenic route yesterday to Gainsborough. Following the River Trent, a route that I am familiar with because I have walked most of it. The first village is Burringham. I have written about this previously on my blog. Pictures of the church here. 

Today the door is locked. 

I zoomed in to the garden next door for a couple of pics. They seem to have an abundance of logs, they will be ok for heating through the winter. 

To the right of this pile is another much larger pile behind the greenhouse. 

A fallen half buried tree trunk laid on the ground. 

Crafty Club this morning. I mowed the front lawn this afternoon. I only do it twice a year. It becomes a wild flower meadow in the summer. This afternoon I had a couple of hours picking litter on Foxhills Industrial Estate. Look what I saw. A magnificent Volvo left hooker from Northumberland. What a bonus. 

Two more bags added to my pile. Let's see how long it takes the Council to collect them. It might be tomorrow. 

Mondays are always busy for me. I will have a day off tomorrow. 

Toodle pip.   ilona

Ruffled feathers

 I've been out today, not litter picking. 😆 Gainsborough was my destination. Haven't been there for ages, thought I would take a look, have a wander around, take some photo's. I recorded a couple of videos as well. Will post about it tomorrow. 

In the meantime, here is a pigeon taking a bath on my back garden. It seemed to enjoy splashing about and washing under it's wings. The salad bowl I bought for £2 from a charity shop was a good buy. 

Two hedgehogs on the garden tonight. 

I'll be back tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona