First trip away 2024

[Carpmart]

Why on earth did the CPS pursue this? Madness!

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Why on earth did the CPS pursue this? Madness!

Probably because he was employed by the government and they are trying to clamp down on employees being abused, trouble is they didn’t know this one was lying tosser.
Hopefully they will find out and take appropriate action but I wouldn’t hold your breath!!!

 

[DavidG58]

Back in The Swan after a very muddy walk interrupted by hunting for hidden plastic boxes dressed up as geo caching I must really love her

This menu option confused me yesterday and looking again today I still am, is it me

It looks like a lot of combinations of 3 items would not cost £15

 

[Paul.]

Go for 3 of the most expensive items .
More importantly what's the beer like

 

[DavidG58]

More importantly what's the beer like

Enjoyed a nice couple of pints of Mad Goose while we waited for the rain to reduce to a downpour from torrential as it happens the delay was perfectly timed , came out just as the rain stopped

Is that a tiny hint that things are improving

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[DavidG58]

Back in motorhome having walked 5 miles through very wet fields , 2 pints down, ( 2 for me, 2 halves for my first wife ) felt peckish , gone for age 60+ afternoon delight

Chritmas cake and cheese washed down with another beer

 

[DavidG58]

Why on earth did the CPS pursue this? Madness!

It gets worse, the police removed my hard drive for my camera CCTV which proved my innocence, they kept it till 2 days before the court date

Absolute madness the whole thing, it was literally surreal

 

[Carpmart]

It gets worse, the police removed my hard drive for my camera CCTV which proved my innocence, they kept it till 2 days before the court date

Absolute madness the whole thing, it was literally surreal

I’m lost for words… the whole function of the CPS is to pursue prosecutions which are in the public interest and that meet a high bar of probability of a successful prosecution based of the evidence the police collect. Your situation meets neither of these basic criteria.

 

[L' Hobo]

Thankfully he doesn’t visit my neighbour anymore, he is a care worker, not sure why but his company don’t do the visits now

Another action I intend to take, out of spite alone, is email his employer asking them to cover my costs under their employees liability, may get nothing but the ripples I make might cost him his job

When making the claim, don't forget STRESS.
Seems to be important these days and hard to disprove!

 

[L' Hobo]

It gets worse, the police removed my hard drive for my camera CCTV which proved my innocence, they kept it till 2 days before the court date

Absolute madness the whole thing, it was literally surreal

They probably had to wait until the 10yr old, who was the only one who knew how to download it, had finished his homework.
These cutbacks have a lot to answer for!

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[Riverbankannie]

I see a new avatar for you

 

[Debs]

I’m lost for words… the whole function of the CPS is to pursue prosecutions which are in the public interest and that meet a high bar of probability of a successful prosecution based of the evidence the police collect. Your situation meets neither of these basic criteria.

My understanding too!

 

[DavidG58]

It’s moving day today, we ‘courted’ around Oxford, we both lived in Chinnor and nearest cinema was Oxford

So we are going to look at parking here today and overnight, even if we have to stay awake and starve

Bus into Oxford to rekindle old memories moved away when we got married in 1981 not been back since

 

[DavidG58]

Bev talked me into visiting the arboretum near moreton-in-marsh, it was at least dry trees are pretty dormant or evergreen, so not overly exhilarating , but it keeps our daily step count

 

[DavidG58]

Done Oxford, not the dreaming spires place I remember, but had food so we don’t need to eat

Found a nice beer to wash down my burger

Felt a little told off when our meals arrived, nachos for my first wife, burger for me, when brought to table server announced

‘Sharing nachos‘ . Pause ‘and a burger’



I am a growing lad, plus Bev doesn’t share fairly

Off back to MH, thankfully nothing says we can’t drink

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[DavidG58]

thankfully nothing says we can’t drink

Just read my own post properly

It appears we shouldn’t be drinking

If we move now we will need a driver

 

[DavidG58]

Moved down to Winchester today, the C&MC site is well laid out and right by bus stop for Winchester

Following Bev’s desire to do more while we drive between sites I picked a gentle stroll

I don’t think Bev was at all impressed, or at least that’s what I read from her face

Sadly her suggestion that it will be muddy was quickly proven true , I am confident I heard a mutter of ‘I told you’

In fairness to my call, it did dry up but was rather steep

Anybody good on poo about the size of a 50p piece , some seeds, I am thinking small deer

Nice views at the top, great selection of birds and a lovely greeting from skylarks the first I have heard this year, plus a gold crest, Kestrel and Kite

Bev found a geo cache so harmony restored

An interesting story behind this

Grave of Lord Caernarvon, one of the group to find Tutankarmun’s tomb, a curse from the pharaohs meant he couldn’t be buried in a church yard, so is up this hill

Apparently within months most of the group to go in died

 

[CWH]

Anybody good on poo about the size of a 50p piece , some seeds, I am thinking small deer

Can't tell you what it IS but I can tell you it ISN'T deer - which looks like rabbit scat but slightly larger.

 

[L' Hobo]

Moved down to Winchester today, the C&MC site is well laid out and right by bus stop for Winchester

Following Bev’s desire to do more while we drive between sites I picked a gentle stroll

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I don’t think Bev was at all impressed, or at least that’s what I read from her face

Sadly her suggestion that it will be muddy was quickly proven true , I am confident I heard a mutter of ‘I told you’

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In fairness to my call, it did dry up but was rather steep

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Anybody good on poo about the size of a 50p piece , some seeds, I am thinking small deer

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Nice views at the top, great selection of birds and a lovely greeting from skylarks the first I have heard this year, plus a gold crest, Kestrel and Kite

Bev found a geo cache so harmony restored

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An interesting story behind this

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Grave of Lord Caernarvon, one of the group to find Tutankarmun’s tomb, a curse from the pharaohs meant he couldn’t be buried in a church yard, so is up this hill

Apparently within months most of the group to go in died

'Bit steep' I think is one of the basic requirements of a Hill Fort.
Interesting about Caernarvon, I thought he was buried at his Ancestral home which I didn't think was near Winchester?

 

[DavidG58]

'Bit steep' I think is one of the basic requirements of a Hill Fort.
Interesting about Caernarvon, I thought he was buried at his Ancestral home which I didn't think was near Winchester?

In sight of his house , which is apparently famous in a tv series we have never watched , Downton Abbey I think

Highclere Castle

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[L' Hobo]

In sight of his house , which is apparently famous in a tv series we have never watched , Downton Abbey I think

Highclere Castle

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Of course, my mistake!
Get confusing for an old man when Lords don't live in the Castle that they they are name implies!

 

[DavidG58]

Of course, my mistake!
Get confusing for an old man when Lords don't live in the Castle that they they are name implies!

I only know because I looked it up, there is a plaque by his grave but it doesn’t explain why he was buried there

 

[L' Hobo]

I only know because I looked it up, there is a plaque by his grave but it doesn’t explain why he was buried there

Perhaps, being near an ancient Hill Fort, the House and him being interested in Archaeology, it seemed appropriate?

 

[Langtoftlad]

If you do visit the house, there's a good tutankhamen exhibition in the basement.
I presume that at the time, if not still, the location was part of the Highclere Estate.

 

[DavidG58]

Poo follow on

Whose poo? - Mammal Society

Mammals can be elusive and sometimes the first clue that they are there isn't the flash of a tail or the flick of an ear poking out of the foliage but a field sign - like poo! Often, finding and identifying the poo you find in your garden or on a walk will be the only way you know that

www.mammal.org.uk

Currently thinking fox but possibly badger , about 50p size (slightly bigger)

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[Peter and Julie]

Thankfully he doesn’t visit my neighbour anymore, he is a care worker, not sure why but his company don’t do the visits now

Another action I intend to take, out of spite alone, is email his employer asking them to cover my costs under their employees liability, may get nothing but the ripples I make might cost him his job

I would! Contact the local press, I would imagine the agency that sent POS wouldn't want the hugely negative coverage. They must carry public liability by law. Well worth contacting them in the first instance. Good luck.

 

[L' Hobo]

Poo follow on

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Whose poo? - Mammal Society

Mammals can be elusive and sometimes the first clue that they are there isn't the flash of a tail or the flick of an ear poking out of the foliage but a field sign - like poo! Often, finding and identifying the poo you find in your garden or on a walk will be the only way you know that

www.mammal.org.uk

Currently thinking fox but possibly badger , about 50p size (slightly bigger)

If you had dissected it so that we could see what it had been eating, we could, perhaps, have given a more precise response?
PS. Doubt if it's Badgers as they usually have a designated loo area.

 

[MikenPauline]

I only know because I looked it up, there is a plaque by his grave but it doesn’t explain why he was buried there

 

[L' Hobo]

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Just as I summised in post #53, hurrah, the old brains still working
(possibly only until about midday as in the afternoon, it sometimes turns to mush!)

 

[Steve and Denise]

Hope you and Bev have a relaxing enjoyable break together . You deserve it x
Oh and why don’t you invest in one of these for your local POS
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Is that a fold up bed for camping

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