WELL, REALLY!!

Spotted in a supermarket in Brussels!!

HUSBAND CRECHE!!

A bit mad but hey thats what this blog is about.

This sign is outside a pub in the centre of Manchester, UK.

A canny piece of marketing/advertising I think.

Funny too!

ELVIS MURPHY

I don't know any more than what this poster tells you.

Its pretty cool though.

I wish I'd gone along to see it.

BOER WAR MEMORIAL WORCESTER CATHEDRAL

These is a photographs of a monument in the grounds of Worcester Cathedral dedicated to the men of Worcestershire who lost their lives in South Africa 1899-1902.

Its very common to see 1st and 2nd WW memorials up and down the country but a memorial of this size to those who died in the Boer War is much less common I reckon. Anyone else know of any others?

Double Red Lines??

In London the other day. Kings Cross to be precise. Saw double red lines on the road. What's all that about I thought.

Well good old Wikipedia as ever had the answer.

In the UK, red routes are major roads in urban areas, on which stopping (even to load or unload a vehicle) is prohibited or only allowed during very restricted periods at times displayed on nearby signs.

The intention is to enhance the flow of commuter traffic. The routes are marked with continuous red lines painted along the road adjacent to the kerb.

In London they are policed by "Red Route Patrols" and managed by London Streets, an arm of Transport for London.

Double red lines - Stopping is not permitted at any time (normally at important junctions, or at bus stops)

Single red lines - Stopping is not permitted except at the times indicated by the signs.

Red route clearway - Stopping is only permitted in lay-bys (red lines are only marked at junctions)

It doesn't seem right though does it?

When Saturday Comes

I don't know why this is but it is.

Did you know, and if you did you are exactly the sort of person that I expect to read blogs like this, that all crisps, and as far as I can tell other packeted snacks have Saturday as their expiry day.

In other words all best by or sell by dates on packets of crisps are a Saturday.

Why is that then?

Any ideas?

Plane Crazy

On a trip to Barrow in Cumbria yesterday I came across a cafe which announced itself as "the first aviation based cafe in the country". Well really!! I had to go in. Its a passion of the owner clearly but as you can see from the pictures it all adds up to a pretty bizarre affair.

The aeroplane which forms the centre piece of the cafe along with genuine seats and windows was a Shorts 360. The view from the windows was a video on a loop which was a film, taken by the cafe owner of a descent into Orlando Sandford airport.

Other delights included the front of a plane (a Sessna 310 in case you were wondering) looking like it had come through the wall and a real time digital radar screen showing aircraft currently flying over Barrow. All in all a fairly unusual place to have a cup of tea.