COLD DARK ROOM

Maro2Bear

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Here’s the interior

Water comes from a spring; he says it tastes like Évian (French mineral water from the Alps)

No wifi, just the mobile phone data signal.

He took his own food and the Bilberries (wild northern European blueberries) are everywhere. They’re tasty :)
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Aagh yes, i had those when I was at Scouting World Jamboree in Lillehammer, Norway. Here, tall growing wild blueberries are often called “Huckleberries” - we used to go picking pints of these up in the woods, bogs, swampy areas in northeastern Pennsylvania where I grew up.
  • Evidence has been found the the huckleberry actually got its name from a simple mistake. Early American colonist, upon encountering the native American berry, misidentified it as the European blueberry known as the “hurtleberry,” by which name it was called until around 1670 it was corrupted to become know as the “huckleberry.”
 

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I’m not. I’d love to stay there!

I’m in! Looks cozy, except in a prolonged rainy cold wet period. But, cool Autumn, with the birches changing color a bit, nice breezes, a campfire with some reindeer venison, fresh fish,....a few bottles of good red wine.. we’re in. All topped off with the pine scent accented with the burning fires.. nice. Dark skies, stars, cool nights, no bugs. No noise. Peaceful.
 

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Happy Monday (if there is a such a thing) to everyone.
Guess who left their laptop lead in work again on Friday?:oops::rolleyes:
Hope everyone had a good weekend - I'll be checking up on what you've all been up to as I try to catch up.
 

Lyn W

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Geochelone atlas:
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“Colossochelys atlas is regarded as possibly being the largest land living tortoise so far known,‭ ‬even bigger than the terrestrial turtle Meiolania.‭ ‬The only related reptiles bigger than‭ Colossochelys were marine turtles such as Protostega and Archelon.‭ ‬As a slow moving herbivore,‭ ‬Colossochelys would have been a target for predators of the time,‭ ‬but the large shell would have been a formidable defence against their jaws.”
I'm going to show that to Lola and tell him that's what he will look like if he doesn't start to eat!!!!
 

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And the decision is in... Son has been awarded First Class Honours BSc in Digital Media. I am very happy, pleased and proud :)

He is now in Stockholm, Sweden.
Fantastic!! You must all be so proud of him and I bet he is over the moon with himself!!
Congratulations to JoesBro for a brilliant result!!
 

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Good evening all. It's mid tennis season here so I am avraid I am somewhat distracted by watching. Tomorrow we are going to Eastbourne on the South Coast of England to watch the tournament there and next week we are going to Wimbledon as JoesDad secured tickets this evening :)
That's all the big tournaments visited then isn't it Linda?
Looks like the weather is set to be good for the Wimbledon fortnight too!
 

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Woke up today to the water all over my floor from the fish tank. The over flow filter backed up and it was coming out the top. What's terrible is I cleaned it out two days ago... So what caused it to overflow? Well that would be because I'm an idiot that didn't know it could be opened so that the pump part could be flushed. It was NASTY off in there!
Yep. I feel like such an intelligent person today.
Oh no what a mess for you to wake up to!
Hope you didn't lose too many fishies!
 

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Hot hot hot day on the water today. We paddled 14 plus miles around Wye Island on Marylands Eastern Shore..

Some pix

The Crabbers were bringing thrir goods in as we arrived

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Very Picturesque Fishing Village of Wye Landing

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Our Lunch Spot

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And back to Wye Landing

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Poor crabs:(
There's a River Wye not too far from me.
In fact we were kayaking on the Wye when my friend and I ended on the island!
Spectacular scenery along it.
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Here’s the interior

Water comes from a spring; he says it tastes like Évian (French mineral water from the Alps)

No wifi, just the mobile phone data signal.

He took his own food and the Bilberries (wild northern European blueberries) are everywhere. They’re tasty :)
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That looks very snug!
 

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Let me know what he says ;)
Lola has been a very naughty torty all weekend!!
He has been worse than a toddler getting into all sorts of scrapes!
I put him out in the garden and blocked his way back to his room.
I found him stretching up on his hind legs resting his forelegs on the plank as if he were having a chat with a neighbour over a fence. :)
Then he tipped himself backwards and ended up on his back - luckily I saw that happen and managed to right him.
Then he pushed a heavy plant pot out of his way and stumbled down a step, instead of using his ramp which was the other side of it.
So he ended up on his side jammed between the ramp and pot, again I was there so was able to rescue him.
He has tried to squeeze himself into every small nook and cranny he could find and got stuck each time.
He will not eat unless I have hand fed him, although he did graze on some clover in his garden.
I have been very tough on him and just left him the food to get on with so apart from the small amount I gave him he has hardly eaten the last 2 days.
He is wearing me out!!!
 
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