Bits and pieces by Lois

Buff tip moth

We saw this moth perched on our window sill as we set off to go on a visit. I looks just like a broken off bit of twig, and that is its camouflage! it is called a buff tip moth and apparently is common throughout the K. It must be very good at disguising itself […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Transformed

A hundred years ago this tranquil water would have been a filthy toxic brew; it would have been full of the foulest rubbish, industrial waste, effluent… it would have reeked. The air would have been full of smoke; smoke from the factories and hills, smoke from the trains transporting goods to and from the docks, […]

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TV, radio, film and theatre by Lois

Boomtown

An America cop show I really enjoyed which only ran for a couple of series was Boomtown…. this is what i wrote about it a little while ago: It only ran for two series, but ‘Boom Town’ was the best cop show I have ever watched, I have the DVD and I can watch it over and […]

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