The 1000th hazel dormouse has been released in the wild in the UK:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-57499125

Although dormice are rodents they are not mice. The word "dormouse" comes from the French word "dormeuse" meaning sleeper.

Hi all

It has been sunny today but I have stayed indoors. I’m not supposed to sit in the sun anyway.

El, the little dormice are so cute

Moonie, I know you don’t watch England games but have you been watching any of the Euro matches?

I wonder what was going on with the police in your street, El.
I won’t be on later so have a good evening, all

Yogi, I think it was that the car turned into my road followed by the police car, then went elsewhere. The police siren ceased within seconds so the police might have stopped the car just round the corner. I wasn't going to go out and see what was going on

@Yogi19 posted:

Hi all

It has been sunny today but I have stayed indoors. I’m not supposed to sit in the sun anyway.

El, the little dormice are so cute

Moonie, I know you don’t watch England games but have you been watching any of the Euro matches?

I wonder what was going on with the police in your street, El.
I won’t be on later so have a good evening, all

Hi Yogi

Cooler here after the overnight rain but a nice day nevertheless

I haven’t watched a whole game. Just the odd bits 🙂

I hope you have a good evening too

@El Loro posted:

Yogi, I think it was that the car turned into my road followed by the police car, then went elsewhere. The police siren ceased within seconds so the police might have stopped the car just round the corner. I wasn't going to go out and see what was going on

Quite sensible too El

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Rosss, Yogi and Buddies

Good morning everyone this morning we are due to have some sunny intervals but it clouds over later and the temperatures drop.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Very cloudy here, rain expected soon and forecast to remain wet until this evening.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning to you all

It’s breezy and quite cool here. Rain forecast for most of the day. Needless to say I probably won’t be venturing out

Yogi, I hope you rib is getting a little easier and you are managing to get some decent sleep

Enjoy your day everyone

Rain has started here, light at present bur forecast to get heavier.
No play at the World Test Championship cricket Final which was supposed to have started this morning. It's the first time this match has been done, Concept is that since June 2019 winners of test matches get points and the top two teams play in a final. Due to the pandemic, various test series got cancelled so they had to settle on the top two teams by reference to the number of points scored to the number of matches played.
The top two teams were calculated as India and New Zealand and the final to be played at Southampton.

And of course, it's raining

@El Loro posted:

Rain has started here, light at present bur forecast to get heavier.
No play at the World Test Championship cricket Final which was supposed to have started this morning. It's the first time this match has been done, Concept is that since June 2019 winners of test matches get points and the top two teams play in a final. Due to the pandemic, various test series got cancelled so they had to settle on the top two teams by reference to the number of points scored to the number of matches played.
The top two teams were calculated as India and New Zealand and the final to be played at Southampton.

And of course, it's raining

Sod's law

@slimfern posted:

Sod's law

True

They rain has arrived

@Moonie posted:

They rain has arrived

It's been raining here for over 2 hours and is heavier than it was

@El Loro posted:

It's been raining here for over 2 hours and is heavier than it was

And the rain has stopped cricket at Bristol now. BBC 5 Extra commentator's words:
"gloomy picture of soggy misery that we'll be gazing out at for the next who knows how long"

@El Loro posted:

And the rain has stopped cricket at Bristol now. BBC 5 Extra commentator's words:
"gloomy picture of soggy misery that we'll be gazing out at for the next who knows how long"

Very lyrical

The 1955 Charles Laughton film "The Night of the Hunter" (Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish & Shelley Winters) was based on a book by Davis Grubb.
One can buy a hardback copy of the book from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-N...624034873&sr=8-6

The price though is rather high

@El Loro posted:

The 1955 Charles Laughton film "The Night of the Hunter" (Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish & Shelley Winters) was based on a book by Davis Grubb.
One can buy a hardback copy of the book from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-N...624034873&sr=8-6

The price though is rather high

Hmm, I think I will pass on that thanks El

@Moonie posted:

Hmm, I think I will pass on that thanks El

I'm not surprised

@El Loro posted:

I'm not surprised

A sad scene from the series "Hawaii Five-O" but the title given to the clip is justified.

night yogi Moonsie EL

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Rosss, Yogi and Buddies

Good morning everyone it's going to be a cloudy day with rain this evening.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Weather here same as Squiggle's - cloudy day with rain this evening.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good afternoon everyone

A cloudy sometimes sunny start to the day here. A high of 17 degrees expected. Rain forecast for later

Enjoy your day everyone

Photograph of a rather large bubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-57537676

@El Loro posted:

Photograph of a rather large bubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-57537676

Fantastic picture El. Thanks

A bit of film trivia which if you didn't already know might surprise you.
Pierre Boulle was a French novelist who is best known for two works which were made into films:
"Bridge on the River Kwai"  and "Planet of the Apes" (the various sequels and TV series weren't based on anything he wrote, just some of the characters).

@El Loro posted:

A bit of film trivia which if you didn't already know might surprise you.
Pierre Boulle was a French novelist who is best known for two works which were made into films:
"Bridge on the River Kwai"  and "Planet of the Apes" (the various sequels and TV series weren't based on anything he wrote, just some of the characters).

Thanks EI, I didn’t know any of that

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Rosss, Yogi  and Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Photograph of a rather large bubble
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-57537676

gorgeous photo EL - really interesting

night yogi moonsiee EL

Good morning everyone it looks like a cloudy day but dry until the early hours.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Very cloudy here, dry at present, more rain expected during the day.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning everyone

It rained a lot overnight and is still drizzly now. Cold too

A high of 14 degrees

Rain for most of the day

Still the rain is doing the garden good

Enjoy your day everyone

Moonie, better weather here than for you. slightly warmer but likely to remain cloudy all day.

It’s finally stopped raining here but still cold and no sunshine

I see that BBC Four have a programme next Sunday about the well known "Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten.
Part of the programme has a rather surprising person doing a narration
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002k5f
(mentioned under Music Played).