Long Service

Today I received my ten year long service award from work. Of course this doesn't mean I've worked for the same company all that time. On the contrary I've worked for two companies on three sites under four different names.

I did get two rather lovely whisky tumblers though to share a drink with the husband who I've known for all those ten years.

Innocent photographer or terrorist?

I tell you, we are doing the work of the terrorists for them.

Read this.

To quote:
"There's a great deal of paranoia around but the police are on alert for anything that vaguely resembles terrorism."

Really, we don't need to do the job of the terrorist for them. The press and government seem to have whipped up this country into a fever of suspicion; step out of line, and you are obviously doing something wrong, and must be taken away.

It really saddens me. Aren't we supposed to be the ones with all the civil liberties? How long till we are as controlled by the authorities as Iran and China?

Come to Cropredy!

Here, watch this:

And come to Cropredy! You'll have fun :-)

Hic!

:-)

And its fixed!

It was the fuel pump in the end. All now repaired with a shiny new one.

Though I could have bought a pair of flashes for that price...

The car's still broke.

The garage thinks that its the fuel pump too. Sadly they couldn't get a new one today. It will probably be ready tomorrow.

Not having a car at all is really quite difficult. While I can generally get by during the day without (Paws has the car), there are too many things that are too far away from public transport. While I'm happy to walk several miles to get somewhere, Louisa's legs are short(er) and she just doesn't have the stamina to go that far.

In particular, Zoomania is nowhere near a bus route. This is particularly irritating during the school holidays.

Louisa is liking all the sunny weather, as its allowed her to go out on her bike.

Naturally, I took the Nikon (did I mention that I've bought a Nikon?) along too...