Some idiot on an estate near me, had a fire in his garden, left it smouldering, it set fire to his house and four others!

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-07-23/homes-destroyed-by-early-hours-fire

Brilliant Alex, I hope it doesn't make him a target for the Pro Pal mob. 

A really good song.

Thanks for that Ashy, I hadn't seen the Cloughie clip, what a character he was.
RIP Bill Oddie.

We had bottle green knickers for school, also had to wear a toga for sports .  Thinking about it I hated all sports at school apart from maybe netball.    We also had' indoor' shoes which we had to wear at all times in the school, they were a bit like Mary Jane shoes only more clodhopper ..ish.

I hated maths too the teacher was a former SS member I think.  I loved English and French.

Only 25 degrees here at the moment, feels hotter in the house though.    

Sounds as bad as how the donkeys abroad are treated,  Muddy.
I have to mute all those donkey adverts on the telly because its so upsetting.
I have supported the donkey sanctuary for years,  but I can't watch those adverts.

Anyway,  back to the fires.   
There has been a wildfire burning  in Derbyshire,  near the Peak district, too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gwpvq6q03o

It was heavy cloud since early,  so quite nice and cool,   but I see the cloud is all breaking up now and blue sky is on its way.    

They are saying it will peak around 33 - 35°  on Wednesday,  then slowly start getting cooler  -  until next week,  when it will start all over again!   

If someone took a picture they would have helped him Mups .
It's very upsetting seeing cruelty to animals .
I was upset this morning because I saw  Egyptian Equine on FB.
It's a charity which helps horses used for tourists near the pyramids 
The treatment of these poor animals is appalling how can people be so inhumane .
They do what they can which is often euthanasia IF the  owner agrees which they often don't .
They drag off the poor animal despite horrendous injuries .
They work until they drop dead .



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Quote from: Mups on Today at 10:28:44 AMSo do I Scrumpy. 

I have never forgotten seeing a picture of a family fleeing from the fires, and instead of taking their dog with them they tied it up to the garden fence and buggered off in their car. 

I am guessing they tied it up to stop the dog from running after them,  but how could anyone leave an animal tied up with the flames fast  approaching beggars belief, doesn't it.
I wish I'd never seen that picture of him sitting there waiting for help.

Today at 10:30:08 AMTa.   
Although I would have thought even the lakes are rapidly seeping into the ground in this drought.
Are you still allowed to go fishing?

Quote from: klondike on Today at 10:22:04 AMHousehold water comes from reservoirs. Lakes only evaporate along with some seepage into the ground as the water table drops.

I live near the source of the Thames ( one of the sources )
It's been bone dry for months now .
We are also near the source of the Avon it's still running thank goodness .

Quote from: Scrumpy on Today at 10:27:23 AMNavy blue knickers.. White t-shirt.. The boys wore shorts (I think).
 I used to play hockey.. I hated indoor gym.. climbing and jumping over a thing called the horse..
 The boys would mock us if we walked by in our knickers...

I liked art... hated maths.. and needlework..

Sometimes disliking a teacher can spoil the subject ..

Not half,  disliking the teacher can make all the difference to your learning -  well it did to me, anyway.

I never liked maths either,  or geography.  Still can't do geography even now.  In fact, maybe that's why I can get lost in Tesco's car park,  let alone travelling the world.