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(4407, 283, '2017-05-24 23:16:20', '2017-05-24 22:16:20', 'After a week away and other activities the garden has been somewhat neglected and so I\'ve commenced a weeding onslaught which will probably take at least a week to complete. There\'s so much to do it\'s difficult to know where to start but I\'ve started...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"thumbnails\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"4392,4393\"]\r\n\r\nThe before and after along the woodland path. It took two hours and I\'m only halfway along the path so more to do here...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"4403,4400,4402,4401,4394,4398,4397,4395\"]\r\n\r\nIn amongst the weeds there is still a good display of flowers...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/garden7may15.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4396\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/garden7may15-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"191\" /></a>Not everything in the garden is blooming. The Rhododendrons amongst the trees struggle to get going and one of them died last year so I\'ve decided to take one out and put it into a pot where I can give it special attention.\r\n\r\nThere is new growth therefore I live in hope that it will revive.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-spotted-woodpecker-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4405\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/great-spotted-woodpecker-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>And finally I had a colourful visitor the other afternoon in the shape of a Great Spotted Woodpecker. He was busily rooting out grubs from a rotting stump. I had every intention of cutting this stump out so I\'m glad I haven\'t if it attracts this chap back.\r\n\r\nThe garden is full of birds at the moment but when they start singing at 04:30 and wake me up I sometimes wish they would sleep in some mornings.', 'Gardening Again', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4404-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-05-24 23:16:20', '2017-05-24 22:16:20', '', 4404, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4407', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4409, 283, '2017-06-05 08:58:06', '2017-06-05 07:58:06', '', 'online-dating', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'online-dating', '', '', '2017-06-05 08:58:06', '2017-06-05 07:58:06', '', 4408, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4410, 283, '2017-06-05 09:11:37', '2017-06-05 08:11:37', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4409\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"190\" /></a>Several people have mentioned that the frequency of my posts has declined over the past month or two and the reason for this is that my life has entered a new phase.\r\n\r\nThose who have followed me through my grief know that it\'s been a struggle but I think I\'ve managed it quite well (with the support of friends and counselling) or as well as anyone can when they lose the one they have loved deeply for over 45 years.\r\n\r\nWe only live once, this isn\'t a dress rehearsal, so a couple of months ago I decided it was time to move on and started online dating. I\'m not going to go into details about my experiences however I will say that after 16 months of being alone and having carved out a life that I was reasonably happy with I now find it quite chaotic to be dating and having a \"stranger\" in my life.', 'Another Phase', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4408-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-05 09:11:37', '2017-06-05 08:11:37', '', 4408, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4410', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4412, 283, '2017-06-14 21:02:19', '2017-06-14 20:02:19', '', 'Alport-Castles-Pam(jun17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'alport-castles-pamjun17', '', '', '2017-06-14 22:12:04', '2017-06-14 21:12:04', '', 4414, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Pamjun17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4413, 283, '2017-06-14 21:02:24', '2017-06-14 20:02:24', '', 'Alport-Castles-Walk(jun17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'alport-castles-walkjun17', '', '', '2017-06-14 22:04:29', '2017-06-14 21:04:29', '', 4414, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Walkjun17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4414, 283, '2017-06-14 23:01:49', '2017-06-14 22:01:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/david-mellor-roundhousejun.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4415 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/david-mellor-roundhousejun-200x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" /></a>I was in Sheffield at the weekend with a friend. It\'s an interesting city and very close to the High Peak area. On Saturday we visited the <a href=\"https://www.davidmellordesign.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Mellor cutlery factory</a> near Hathersage where there was a wide range of cutlery and other designer goods. We were lucky enough to get a factory tour although there was nobody working at the weekend - fascinating.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Walkjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4413\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Walkjun17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>On Sunday we walked from Derwent Reservoir up to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alport_Castles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alport Castles</a>, a natural land formation with the intention of having a picnic at the top. Once the path left the shelter of the woodland on the way up from the reservoir we started to feel the force of the wind.\r\n\r\nBy the time we reached the top of the ridge the wind was probably gusting at up to 30 mph and it seemed very unlikely that we would be able to have a peaceful picnic.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Pamjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4412\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Pamjun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Thankfully somebody had erected a hide to watch the peregrine falcons and ravens nesting in the cliffs. With the gusting winds there were no birds flying and this little hut was rattling away. It had been tied down with cables so there was no chance it was going anywhere.\r\n\r\nIt made a noisy haven from the wind for our picnic but it was better than being outside.\r\n\r\nOn the way back the heavens opened and we got soaked through but we felt a sense of satisfaction that we had completed our walk.', 'Walk on the Wildside', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'walk-on-the-wildside', '', '', '2017-06-14 23:01:49', '2017-06-14 22:01:49', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4414', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4415, 283, '2017-06-14 21:37:55', '2017-06-14 20:37:55', '', 'david-mellor-roundhouse(jun', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'david-mellor-roundhousejun', '', '', '2017-06-14 21:37:55', '2017-06-14 20:37:55', '', 4414, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/david-mellor-roundhousejun.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4416, 283, '2017-06-14 23:01:49', '2017-06-14 22:01:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/david-mellor-roundhousejun.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4415 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/david-mellor-roundhousejun-200x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" /></a>I was in Sheffield at the weekend with a friend. It\'s an interesting city and very close to the High Peak area. On Saturday we visited the <a href=\"https://www.davidmellordesign.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Mellor cutlery factory</a> near Hathersage where there was a wide range of cutlery and other designer goods. We were lucky enough to get a factory tour although there was nobody working at the weekend - fascinating.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Walkjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4413\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Walkjun17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>On Sunday we walked from Derwent Reservoir up to <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alport_Castles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alport Castles</a>, a natural land formation with the intention of having a picnic at the top. Once the path left the shelter of the woodland on the way up from the reservoir we started to feel the force of the wind.\r\n\r\nBy the time we reached the top of the ridge the wind was probably gusting at up to 30 mph and it seemed very unlikely that we would be able to have a peaceful picnic.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Pamjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4412\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Alport-Castles-Pamjun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Thankfully somebody had erected a hide to watch the peregrine falcons and ravens nesting in the cliffs. With the gusting winds there were no birds flying and this little hut was rattling away. It had been tied down with cables so there was no chance it was going anywhere.\r\n\r\nIt made a noisy haven from the wind for our picnic but it was better than being outside.\r\n\r\nOn the way back the heavens opened and we got soaked through but we felt a sense of satisfaction that we had completed our walk.', 'Walk on the Wildside', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4414-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-14 23:01:49', '2017-06-14 22:01:49', '', 4414, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4416', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4417, 283, '2017-06-20 23:54:49', '2017-06-20 22:54:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4420\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This weekend I had Tony and Jude staying with me. On Monday I took them to see Jane\'s memorial garden at Louth Hospice. The beauty of the space and the location will always affect me.\r\n\r\nThis is its first summer since it was moved from RHS Tatton Park at the end of <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2016</a>. In the bright sunshine the garden looked stunning with daisies dominating most of the garden and the hedge has thickened enough to act as a beautiful back-drop.\r\n\r\nAs the garden matures it might require some additional work especially as one of the small Yew balls seems to have died. There are only a few foxgloves in the hedgerow and in the original design there were foxgloves around the silver birches.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4419,4418\"]\r\n\r\nBefore Tony and Jude headed home there was a BBQ at Dave and Lucie\'s with Nick and Val and it was a bit of a Ballooning Business reunion. After a very hot day it remained warm enough for us to be sitting outside until 11.30 - talking, drinking and laughing. A good time was had by all...', 'Visitors Make Life Better', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'visitors-make-life-better', '', '', '2017-06-28 14:24:29', '2017-06-28 13:24:29', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4417', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4418, 283, '2017-06-20 23:30:57', '2017-06-20 22:30:57', '', 'memorial-garden2(jun17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'memorial-garden2jun17', '', '', '2017-06-20 23:30:57', '2017-06-20 22:30:57', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/memorial-garden2jun17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4419, 283, '2017-06-20 23:31:06', '2017-06-20 22:31:06', '', 'memorial-garden1(jun17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'memorial-garden1jun17', '', '', '2017-06-20 23:31:06', '2017-06-20 22:31:06', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/memorial-garden1jun17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4420, 283, '2017-06-20 23:31:14', '2017-06-20 22:31:14', '', 'tony&jude(jun17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'tonyjudejun17', '', '', '2017-06-20 23:31:14', '2017-06-20 22:31:14', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4421, 283, '2017-06-20 23:54:15', '2017-06-20 22:54:15', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4420\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This weekend I had Tony and Jude staying with me. On Monday I took them to see Jane\'s memorial garden at Louth Hospice. The beauty of the space and the location will always affect me.\r\n\r\nThis is it\'s first summer since it was moved from RHS Tatton Park at the end of <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2016</a>. In the bright sunshine the garden looked stunning with daisies dominating most of the garden and the hedge has thickened enough to act as a beautiful back-drop.\r\n\r\nAs the garden matures it might require some additional work especially as one of the small Yew balls seems to have died. There are only a few foxgloves in the hedgerow and in the original design there were foxgloves around the silver birches.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4419,4418\"]\r\n\r\nBefore Tony and Jude headed home there was a BBQ at Dave and Lucie\'s with Nick and Val and it was a bit of a Ballooning Business reunion. After a very hot day it remained warm enough for us to be sitting outside until 11.30 - talking, drinking and laughing. A good time was had by all...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Visitors Make Life Better', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4417-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-20 23:54:15', '2017-06-20 22:54:15', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4421', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4424, 283, '2017-06-28 14:24:29', '2017-06-28 13:24:29', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4420\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This weekend I had Tony and Jude staying with me. On Monday I took them to see Jane\'s memorial garden at Louth Hospice. The beauty of the space and the location will always affect me.\r\n\r\nThis is its first summer since it was moved from RHS Tatton Park at the end of <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2016</a>. In the bright sunshine the garden looked stunning with daisies dominating most of the garden and the hedge has thickened enough to act as a beautiful back-drop.\r\n\r\nAs the garden matures it might require some additional work especially as one of the small Yew balls seems to have died. There are only a few foxgloves in the hedgerow and in the original design there were foxgloves around the silver birches.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4419,4418\"]\r\n\r\nBefore Tony and Jude headed home there was a BBQ at Dave and Lucie\'s with Nick and Val and it was a bit of a Ballooning Business reunion. After a very hot day it remained warm enough for us to be sitting outside until 11.30 - talking, drinking and laughing. A good time was had by all...', 'Visitors Make Life Better', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4417-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-28 14:24:29', '2017-06-28 13:24:29', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4424', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4422, 283, '2017-06-20 23:54:49', '2017-06-20 22:54:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4420\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tonyjudejun17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>This weekend I had Tony and Jude staying with me. On Monday I took them to see Jane\'s memorial garden at Louth Hospice. The beauty of the space and the location will always affect me.\r\n\r\nThis is its first summer since it was moved from RHS Tatton Park at the end of <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/3731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2016</a>. In the bright sunshine the garden looked stunning with daisies dominating most of the garden and the hedge has thickened enough to act as a beautiful back-drop.\r\n\r\nAs the garden matures it might require some additional work especially as one of the small Yew balls seems to have died. There are only a few foxgloves in the hedgerow and in the original design there were foxgloves around the silver birches.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4419,4418\"]\r\n\r\nBefore Tony and Jude headed home there was a BBQ at Dave and Lucie\'s with Nick and Val and it was a bit of a Ballooning Business reunion. After a very hot day it remained warm enough for us to be sitting outside until 11.30 - talking, drinking and laughing. A good time was had by all...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Visitors Make Life Better', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4417-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-20 23:54:49', '2017-06-20 22:54:49', '', 4417, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4422', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4441, 283, '2017-07-06 21:54:53', '2017-07-06 20:54:53', 'While putting out the washing this morning I heard a strange squeaking noise and wondered what it was. I looked in the almond tree but couldn\'t see a bird so I went back to me pegging out the bedding when there it was again. I looked down near the fence and there was a grass snake with its jaws around the back-end of a medium-sized frog. I rushed off to fetch Dave &amp; Lucie and Nick &amp; Val because this was very unusual.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4443,4442\"]\r\n\r\nSlowly the snake engulfed the frog as it tried to crawl away and in the second photo you can see the frogs front legs with two sets of eyes - snake and frog. And as if by magic the frog was no more and the snake slithered away to digest a very large meal. David Attenborough eat your heart out...\r\n\r\nThis afternoon I took the Mazda CX5 for its first service and while I was there I was tempted to test drive a Mazda MX5. A quick (very quick) drive across the Wolds and back to Grimsby within an hour - phew. The Lotus is a wonderful car, frighteningly fast (and I mean that literally) but it is a struggle to climb in and out and any journey over two hours is bone shaking. Perhaps I should be considering a vehicle with a similar attitude but some of the creature comforts I have in the CX5.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4444,4024\"]\r\n\r\nShould I? Would I? Could I? Watch this space for the answers...', 'Wildlife and Top Gear', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'wildlife-and-top-gear', '', '', '2017-07-06 21:54:53', '2017-07-06 20:54:53', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4441', 0, 'post', '', 7),
(4425, 283, '2017-06-30 21:52:14', '2017-06-30 20:52:14', 'This week I met up with my ex sister-in-law and her sister-in-law in Lincoln. Marjorie lives in California; she had returned to her native Scotland to do some ancestry research and was travelling down to Suffolk. We had a coffee at <a href=\"https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Collection</a>; a tour of the cathedral and lunch in the castle cafe. The weather was described as dreich (Scots word meaning dreary or bleak).\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"4428,4427,4426\"]\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry you\'re not drunk the last photo was taken by a young person in the castle cafe and they had a strange idea about vertical.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/eames-chairjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4429 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/eames-chairjun17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis week I received my new office chair. I\'ve waited for over 12 weeks for this to come from Hong Kong. It\'s based on a classic <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Ray_Eames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles and Ray Eames</a> design. Not an original but still a lovely, comfortable design.\r\n\r\nThe old office chair will find its way to the Hospice charity shop when I get a spare moment next week.', 'Still Here...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'still-here', '', '', '2017-06-30 21:52:31', '2017-06-30 20:52:31', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4425', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4430, 283, '2017-06-30 21:50:45', '2017-06-30 20:50:45', 'Life goes on...\r\n\r\nThis week I met up with my ex sister-in-law and her sister-in-law in Lincoln. Marjorie lives in California; she had returned to her native Scotland to do some ancestry research and was travelling down to Suffolk. We had a coffee at <a href=\"https://www.thecollectionmuseum.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Collection</a>; a tour of the cathedral and lunch in the castle cafe. The weather was described as dreich (Scots word meaning dreary or bleak).\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" ids=\"4428,4427,4426\"]\r\n\r\nDon\'t worry you\'re not drunk the last photo was taken by a young person in the castle cafe and they had a strange idea about vertical.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/eames-chairjun17.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4429 alignright\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/eames-chairjun17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis week I received my new office chair. I\'ve waited for over 12 weeks for this to come from Hong Kong. It\'s based on a classic <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_and_Ray_Eames\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles and Ray Eames</a> design. Not an original but still a lovely, comfortable design.\r\n\r\nThe old office chair will find it\'s way to the Hospice charity shop when I get a spare moment next week.', 'Still Here...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4425-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-06-30 21:50:45', '2017-06-30 20:50:45', '', 4425, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4430', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4432, 283, '2017-07-04 23:07:59', '2017-07-04 22:07:59', 'After a weekend spent in the garden I\'ve almost caught up with the essential weeding but the closer I got to finishing the flower beds the more excuses I found not to finish off. Says something about my personality - a degree in procrastination.\r\n\r\nOn Monday I went on a U3A trip to Humberside Airport - it has to be the quietest international airport on the planet. We had a guided tour of the control tower and the radar room. It\'s interesting that NATS (National Air Traffic Service) operates as a commercial company and sells it\'s radar data to privately owned regional airports. Our air safety has been sold off to the highest bidder!\r\n\r\nWe had a demonstration by the airport fire service and this was followed by a tour of the Coastguard station which is also run by Bristow, a commercial company. The pilot was fascinating and had an obvious love of the helicopter.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4433,4434,4435,4436\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/owl-boxjul17-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4439\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/owl-boxjul17-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>And whilst I\'m busy watching people play with fire Nick is busy building Tawny Owl boxes. I helped him (held the ladder) to put this one up. There are Tawny owls in the area because we have seen them on a number of occasions in the trees along the drive so fingers crossed we\'ll have an owl nesting in the next few years - fingers crossed.', 'Everything and Nothing...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'everything-and-nothing', '', '', '2017-07-04 23:07:59', '2017-07-04 22:07:59', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4432', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4440, 283, '2017-07-04 23:07:59', '2017-07-04 22:07:59', 'After a weekend spent in the garden I\'ve almost caught up with the essential weeding but the closer I got to finishing the flower beds the more excuses I found not to finish off. Says something about my personality - a degree in procrastination.\r\n\r\nOn Monday I went on a U3A trip to Humberside Airport - it has to be the quietest international airport on the planet. We had a guided tour of the control tower and the radar room. It\'s interesting that NATS (National Air Traffic Service) operates as a commercial company and sells it\'s radar data to privately owned regional airports. Our air safety has been sold off to the highest bidder!\r\n\r\nWe had a demonstration by the airport fire service and this was followed by a tour of the Coastguard station which is also run by Bristow, a commercial company. The pilot was fascinating and had an obvious love of the helicopter.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4433,4434,4435,4436\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/owl-boxjul17-1.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4439\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/owl-boxjul17-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>And whilst I\'m busy watching people play with fire Nick is busy building Tawny Owl boxes. I helped him (held the ladder) to put this one up. There are Tawny owls in the area because we have seen them on a number of occasions in the trees along the drive so fingers crossed we\'ll have an owl nesting in the next few years - fingers crossed.', 'Everything and Nothing...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4432-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-07-04 23:07:59', '2017-07-04 22:07:59', '', 4432, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4440', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4445, 283, '2017-07-06 21:52:20', '2017-07-06 20:52:20', 'While putting out the washing this morning I heard a strange squeaking noise and wondered what it was. I looked in the almond tree but couldn\'t see a bird so I went back to me pegging out the bedding when there it was again. I looked down near the fence and there was a grass snake with its jaws around the back end of a medium sized frog. I rushed off to fetch Dave &amp; Lucie and Nick &amp; Val because this was very unusual.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4443,4442\"]\r\n\r\nSlowly the snake engulfed the frog as it tried to crawl away and in the second photo you can see the frogs front legs with two sets of eyes - snake and frog. And as if by magic the frog was no more and the snake slithered away to digest a very large meal. David Attenborough eat your heart out...\r\n\r\nThis afternoon I took the Mazda CX5 for its first service and while I was there I was tempted to test drive a Mazda MX5. The Lotus is a wonderful car, frighteningly fast (and I mean that literally) but it is a struggle to climb in and out and any journey over two hours is bone shaking. Perhaps I should be considering a vehicle with a similar attitude but some of the creature comforts I have in the CX5.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4444,4024\"]\r\n\r\nShould I? Would I? Could I? Watch this space for the answers...', 'Wildlife and Top Gear', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4441-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-07-06 21:52:20', '2017-07-06 20:52:20', '', 4441, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4445', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4446, 283, '2017-07-06 21:54:53', '2017-07-06 20:54:53', 'While putting out the washing this morning I heard a strange squeaking noise and wondered what it was. I looked in the almond tree but couldn\'t see a bird so I went back to me pegging out the bedding when there it was again. I looked down near the fence and there was a grass snake with its jaws around the back-end of a medium-sized frog. I rushed off to fetch Dave &amp; Lucie and Nick &amp; Val because this was very unusual.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4443,4442\"]\r\n\r\nSlowly the snake engulfed the frog as it tried to crawl away and in the second photo you can see the frogs front legs with two sets of eyes - snake and frog. And as if by magic the frog was no more and the snake slithered away to digest a very large meal. David Attenborough eat your heart out...\r\n\r\nThis afternoon I took the Mazda CX5 for its first service and while I was there I was tempted to test drive a Mazda MX5. A quick (very quick) drive across the Wolds and back to Grimsby within an hour - phew. The Lotus is a wonderful car, frighteningly fast (and I mean that literally) but it is a struggle to climb in and out and any journey over two hours is bone shaking. Perhaps I should be considering a vehicle with a similar attitude but some of the creature comforts I have in the CX5.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4444,4024\"]\r\n\r\nShould I? Would I? Could I? Watch this space for the answers...', 'Wildlife and Top Gear', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4441-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-07-06 21:54:53', '2017-07-06 20:54:53', '', 4441, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4446', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4448, 283, '2017-07-13 23:37:41', '2017-07-13 22:37:41', 'Sometimes car events come along like buses, nothing for years and then two in one weekend.\r\nOn Saturday I went as a guest of my friend Tony to the Lotus 7/Caterham sixtieth anniversary at <a href=\"http://www.donington-park.co.uk/events/car/caterham-60th-anniversary-festival/10246/#event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donington Park</a>. The drive there was exciting in itself and the weather was superb. It was great to see so many enthusiasts with their Caterham and Lotus 7 cars firstly all parked up and then be put through their paces on different track events. All the trials were just for fun so there was no timing or judging - just for fun.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4453,4451,4452\"]\r\n\r\nOn Sunday I was asked by a friend in the U3A to be navigator in his Austin Healey Sprite on a <a href=\"http://louthmgownersclub.weebly.com/viking-run.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-competitive classic car rally</a>. I\'d never navigated before using <a href=\"http://www.historicroadrally.co.uk/hrcr/navigation/tulips.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulip course notes</a> so I was a little nervous but I needn\'t have worried. From a field of approximately 70 cars we started early and before long we were catching up with those in front who allowed us to pass. I had a great time and only missed a couple of turns but we stayed on course and came in second at the Old Tile Works in Barton Upon Humber.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4450,4449\"]\r\n\r\nNot all the cars were true classics and included Porsche, BMW, MX5 etc. My Lotus Elise wouldn\'t have been out-of-place so who knows, next year I might be driving a similar course through the Lincolnshire Wolds.', 'Car Fest Weekend', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'car-fest-weekend', '', '', '2017-07-14 20:18:15', '2017-07-14 19:18:15', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4448', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(4454, 283, '2017-07-13 23:37:41', '2017-07-13 22:37:41', 'Sometimes car events come along like buses, nothing for years and then two in one weekend.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday I went as a guest of my friend Tony to the Lotus 7/Caterham sixtieth anniversary at <a href=\"http://www.donington-park.co.uk/events/car/caterham-60th-anniversary-festival/10246/#event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donington Park</a>. The drive there was exciting in itself and the weather was superb. It was great to see so many enthusiasts with their Caterham and Lotus 7 cars firstly all parked up and then be put through their paces on different track events. All the trials were just for fun so there was no timing or judging - just for fun.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4453,4451,4452\"]\r\n\r\nOn Sunday I was asked by a friend in the U3A to be navigator in his Austin Healey Sprite on a <a href=\"http://louthmgownersclub.weebly.com/viking-run.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">non-competitive classic car rally</a>. I\'d never navigated before using <a href=\"http://www.historicroadrally.co.uk/hrcr/navigation/tulips.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulip course notes</a> so I was a little nervous but I needn\'t have worried. From a field of approximately 70 cars we started early and before long we were catching up with those in front who allowed us to pass. I had a great time and only missed a couple of turns but we stayed on course and came in second at the Old Tile Works in Barton Upon Humber.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4450,4449\"]\r\n\r\nNot all the cars were true classics and included Porsche, BMW, MX5 etc. My Lotus Elise wouldn\'t have been out-of-place so who knows, next year I might be driving a similar course through the Lincolnshire Wolds.', 'Car Fest Weekend', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4448-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-07-13 23:37:41', '2017-07-13 22:37:41', '', 4448, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4454', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4457, 283, '2017-07-23 12:27:29', '2017-07-23 11:27:29', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/veg-plotjul17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4461\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/veg-plotjul17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Warm wet weather brings the vegetable plot into its own. Despite my concerns the onions are filling out; beetroot is being harvested; potatoes are ready (one plant produces enough to feed me for a week); and the runner beans are taking shape although Nick and Val have already supplied me with some from their plants.\r\n\r\nIn the potting shed I\'ve got a number of cucumbers coming. I grew the same variety last year and they were delicious - looking forward to some more salads before the summer is over.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4460,4459,4458\"]\r\n\r\nAnd so onto my pickling adventure. When preparing the beetroot after cooking them it does appear a bit like a bloodbath. If I walked out into the street mid preparation I would have looked like a mass murderer. I did miscalculate the number of beets required to fill a kilner jar so I\'ve got to pull up some more and go through it all again. It\'s easier than I thought...', 'Fruits of my Labours', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'fruits-of-my-labours', '', '', '2017-07-23 12:28:18', '2017-07-23 11:28:18', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4457', 0, 'post', '', 1),
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(4480, 283, '2017-08-18 10:41:34', '2017-08-18 09:41:34', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\r\n\r\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\r\n\r\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illigitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humerous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humerous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Edinburgh Fringe', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-18 10:41:34', '2017-08-18 09:41:34', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4480', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4481, 283, '2017-08-18 10:57:18', '2017-08-18 09:57:18', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\r\n\r\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\r\n\r\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illigitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humerous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humerous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Day 2<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Scottish National Gallery Beyond Caravaggio - I wanted to see this because I went to see the RSC perform The Seven Acts of Mercy based on a Caravaggio painting. I\'m not an enthusiast for portraits but his use of candlelight is very special with actual light source hidden by a hand or book. The exhibition contained a couple of Caravaggio paintings but the majority were other painters who followed his technique and often copied his composition. Some captured the faces perfectly but others were less in his style. It was an enjoyable morning where I had to rely on my own opinion rather than asking my artistic oracle (Jane).</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Assessment</span> - A play about state sponsored euthansia. In the near future when the government can no longer afford to pay the state pension some faceless bureaucrat comes up with the fact that it woud be cheaper to give certain old people a tax free cash incentive (£30k) plus funeral expenses to die. It would cost the state far less than continueing to pay the pension and of course the cost to the NHS. The target demographic was a widow aged 77 with children who needed a cash injection. This could be me in 10 years. This was serious drama, performed well and left the audience stunned by the reality of it all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Edinburgh Fringe', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-18 10:57:18', '2017-08-18 09:57:18', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4481', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4482, 283, '2017-08-18 11:04:04', '2017-08-18 10:04:04', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\r\n\r\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\r\n\r\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illegitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humorous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humorous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Day 2<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Scottish National Gallery Beyond Caravaggio - I wanted to see this because I went to see the RSC perform The Seven Acts of Mercy based on a Caravaggio painting. I\'m not an enthusiast for portraits but his use of candlelight is very special with actual light source hidden by a hand or book. The exhibition contained a couple of Caravaggio paintings but the majority were other painters who followed his technique and often copied his composition. Some captured the faces perfectly but others were less in his style. It was an enjoyable morning where I had to rely on my own opinion rather than asking my artistic oracle (Jane).</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Assessment</span> - A play about state sponsored euthanasia. In the near future when the government can no longer afford to pay the state pension some faceless bureaucrat comes up with the fact that it would be cheaper to give certain old people a tax-free cash incentive (£30k) plus funeral expenses to die. It would cost the state far less than continuing to pay the pension and of course the cost to the NHS. The target demographic was a widow aged 77 with children who needed a cash injection. This could be me in 10 years. This was serious drama, performed well and left the audience stunned by the reality of it all.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Milton Jones</span> - An hour of surreal one liners none of which I can remember and most too subtle to be funny outside the confines of the venue. He was very funny and the only joke I can remember came in the last five minutes when he asked to audience for subjects. Someone said IKEA and he immediately said he used to work for IKEA and knew most of the 7,000 products that they sold so he asked the audience for a number. Someone shouted out a number and he thought for a moment and then said \"sorry that\'s out of stock\". A good ending to a very good show.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 1 & 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-18 11:04:04', '2017-08-18 10:04:04', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4482', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4483, 283, '2017-08-21 17:52:38', '2017-08-21 16:52:38', '<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Thursday 17th August</strong></span>\r\n\r\nA late start and a visit to the Scottish National Portrait gallery. I\'m not usually interested in portraits however there were some fascinating images - paintings and photographs and it was easy to spend a couple of hours wandering before having a cup of Earl Grey in the cafe before the rush started.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Pixel Dust</span> -  a one woman drama revolving around the impact of the internet on us. Our ability to connect and take on new persona. There were only about 10 people in the audience which was a shame because it was well written and performed. The blurb mentioned the use of technology in the set however it wasn\'t ground breaking or unique.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Charlie Dore</span> - A modern folk singer with a combination of humour and romantic lyrics. She had an excellent, clear voice but one or two songs didn\'t work for me. She had a good following within the audience and it was an enjoyable show.\r\n\r\nDinner at the Urban Angel on Hanover Street but I ordered too much and over ate considering I then had to rush over to the Pleasance Courtyard on the other side of the city.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Tom Allen</span> - As the audience walked into the venue Tom Allen stood at the door and gave everyone a handshake which was interesting. His whole set is about him being Gay and it was uproariously funny.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday 18th August</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">State of the Nathan</span> - This was a free show and despite that fact there were only 10 people in the audience. At one point I thought I was going to be the only one however a few more did arrive. It was dire! He certainly demonstrated how difficult it is to do \"good\" standup comedy. He made it look like hard work. His musical intros run from his iPad didn\'t work and it was generally a shambles. Despite it being a \"free\" show he effectively mugged us on the way out to make a contribution. I felt like I was giving encouragement to a drunk on the street to go and buy more booze. This guy shouldn\'t give up the day job but I got the impression he was only doing this because nobody would employ him.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Identity</span> - A series of playlets all based on the theme of identity. First was a company called Big Data which knew all about us and it offered services we didn\'t even know we wanted. Second a play about manufactured babies where all defects are removed and the more you pay the \"better\" the foetus. Naturally born people are called \"naturals\" and are seen as second class citizens. There were several more along similar lines, all of them thought-provoking. I thought it was a well written series and each one could have been developed into a full hour-long drama.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Jan Ravens</span> - Famous for her impersonations on Dead Ringers (Radio 4) she started her set with her Teresa May and went on from there. It was sharply written and her timing was excellent. It was 60 minutes of very good entertainment.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Steel</span> - He bounced onto the stage full of energy and hyperactive. He\'s another left-wing comedian which got me thinking \"why are all comedians left-wing?\". Perhaps it\'s because there\'s nothing funny about capitalism with its inequalities between winners and losers. He was going through a divorce and there was plenty of material in the process to make fun of without deriding directly his soon to be ex-wife. His set finished just before 11pm and there was still plenty going on the streets of Edinburgh as I walked back to the flat for the last time.\r\n\r\nWho knows, the next time I come it might be with a companion - something to look forward to.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 3 & 4)', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'edinburgh-fringe-days-3-4', '', '', '2017-08-21 17:52:38', '2017-08-21 16:52:38', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4483', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4484, 283, '2017-08-21 08:30:58', '2017-08-21 07:30:58', '<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Thursday 17th August</strong></span>\r\n\r\nA late start and a visit to the Scottish National Portrait gallery. I\'m not usually interested in portraits however there were some fascinating images - paintings and photographs and it was easy to spend a couple of hours wandering before haveing a cup of Earl Grey in the cafe before the rush started.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Pixel Dust</span> -  a one woman drama revolving around the impact of the internet on us. Our ability to connect and take on new persona. There were only about 10 people in the audience which was a shame because it was well written and performed. The blurb mentioned the use of technology in the set however it wasn\'t ground breaking or unique.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Charlie Dore</span> - A modern folk singer with a combination of humour and romantic lyrics. She had an excellent, clear voice but one or two songs didn\'t work for me. She had a good following within the audience and it was an enjoyable show.\r\n\r\nDinner at the Urban Angel on Hanover Street but I ordered too much and over ate considering I then had to rush over to the Pleasance Courtyard on the other side of the city.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Tom Allen</span> - As the audience walked into the venue Tom Allen stood at the door and gave everyone a handshake which was interesting. His whole set is about him being Gay and it was uproariously funny.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday 18th August</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">State of the Nathan</span> - This was a free show and despite that fact there were only 10 people in the audience. At one point I thought I was going to be the only one however a few more did arrive. It was dire! He certainly demonstrated how difficult it is to do \"good\" standup comedy. He made it look like hard work. His musical intros run from his iPad didn\'t work and it was generally a shambles. Despite it being a \"free\" show he effectively mugged us on the way out to make a contribution. I felt like I was giving encouragement to a drunk on the street to go and buy more booze. This guy shouldn\'t give up the day job but I got the impression he was only doing this because nobody would employ him.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Identity</span> -', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 3 & 4)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4483-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-21 08:30:58', '2017-08-21 07:30:58', '', 4483, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4484', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4486, 283, '2017-08-21 08:57:47', '2017-08-21 07:57:47', '<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Thursday 17th August</strong></span>\r\n\r\nA late start and a visit to the Scottish National Portrait gallery. I\'m not usually interested in portraits however there were some fascinating images - paintings and photographs and it was easy to spend a couple of hours wandering before haveing a cup of Earl Grey in the cafe before the rush started.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Pixel Dust</span> -  a one woman drama revolving around the impact of the internet on us. Our ability to connect and take on new persona. There were only about 10 people in the audience which was a shame because it was well written and performed. The blurb mentioned the use of technology in the set however it wasn\'t ground breaking or unique.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Charlie Dore</span> - A modern folk singer with a combination of humour and romantic lyrics. She had an excellent, clear voice but one or two songs didn\'t work for me. She had a good following within the audience and it was an enjoyable show.\r\n\r\nDinner at the Urban Angel on Hanover Street but I ordered too much and over ate considering I then had to rush over to the Pleasance Courtyard on the other side of the city.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Tom Allen</span> - As the audience walked into the venue Tom Allen stood at the door and gave everyone a handshake which was interesting. His whole set is about him being Gay and it was uproariously funny.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday 18th August</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">State of the Nathan</span> - This was a free show and despite that fact there were only 10 people in the audience. At one point I thought I was going to be the only one however a few more did arrive. It was dire! He certainly demonstrated how difficult it is to do \"good\" standup comedy. He made it look like hard work. His musical intros run from his iPad didn\'t work and it was generally a shambles. Despite it being a \"free\" show he effectively mugged us on the way out to make a contribution. I felt like I was giving encouragement to a drunk on the street to go and buy more booze. This guy shouldn\'t give up the day job but I got the impression he was only doing this because nobody would employ him.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Identity</span> - A series of playlets all based on the theme of identity. First was a company called Big Data which knew all about us and it offered services we didn\'t even know we wanted. Second a play about manufactured babies where all defects are removed and the more you pay the \"better\" the feotus. Naturally born people are called \"naturals\" and are seen as second class citizens. There were several more along similar lines, all of them thought provoking. I thought it was a well written series and each one could have been developed into a full hour long drama.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Jan Ravens</span> - Famous for her impersonations on Dead Ringers (Radio 4) she started her set with her Teresa May and went on from there. It was sharply written and her timing was excellent. It was 60 minutes of very good entertainment.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Steel</span> - He bounced onto the stage full of energy and hyperactive. He\'s another left wing comedian which got me thinking \"why are all comedians left wing?\". Perhaps it\'s because there\'s nothing funny about capitalism with its inequalities between winners and losers. He was going through a divorce and there was plenty of material in the process to make fun of without deriding direclty his soon to be ex wife. His set finished just before 11pm and there was still plenty going on the streets of Edinburgh as I walked back to the flat for the last time.\r\n\r\nWho knows, the next time I come it might be with a companion - something to look forward to.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 3 & 4)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4483-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-21 08:57:47', '2017-08-21 07:57:47', '', 4483, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4486', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4487, 283, '2017-08-21 17:52:38', '2017-08-21 16:52:38', '<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Thursday 17th August</strong></span>\r\n\r\nA late start and a visit to the Scottish National Portrait gallery. I\'m not usually interested in portraits however there were some fascinating images - paintings and photographs and it was easy to spend a couple of hours wandering before having a cup of Earl Grey in the cafe before the rush started.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Pixel Dust</span> -  a one woman drama revolving around the impact of the internet on us. Our ability to connect and take on new persona. There were only about 10 people in the audience which was a shame because it was well written and performed. The blurb mentioned the use of technology in the set however it wasn\'t ground breaking or unique.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Charlie Dore</span> - A modern folk singer with a combination of humour and romantic lyrics. She had an excellent, clear voice but one or two songs didn\'t work for me. She had a good following within the audience and it was an enjoyable show.\r\n\r\nDinner at the Urban Angel on Hanover Street but I ordered too much and over ate considering I then had to rush over to the Pleasance Courtyard on the other side of the city.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Tom Allen</span> - As the audience walked into the venue Tom Allen stood at the door and gave everyone a handshake which was interesting. His whole set is about him being Gay and it was uproariously funny.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Friday 18th August</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">State of the Nathan</span> - This was a free show and despite that fact there were only 10 people in the audience. At one point I thought I was going to be the only one however a few more did arrive. It was dire! He certainly demonstrated how difficult it is to do \"good\" standup comedy. He made it look like hard work. His musical intros run from his iPad didn\'t work and it was generally a shambles. Despite it being a \"free\" show he effectively mugged us on the way out to make a contribution. I felt like I was giving encouragement to a drunk on the street to go and buy more booze. This guy shouldn\'t give up the day job but I got the impression he was only doing this because nobody would employ him.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Identity</span> - A series of playlets all based on the theme of identity. First was a company called Big Data which knew all about us and it offered services we didn\'t even know we wanted. Second a play about manufactured babies where all defects are removed and the more you pay the \"better\" the foetus. Naturally born people are called \"naturals\" and are seen as second class citizens. There were several more along similar lines, all of them thought-provoking. I thought it was a well written series and each one could have been developed into a full hour-long drama.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Jan Ravens</span> - Famous for her impersonations on Dead Ringers (Radio 4) she started her set with her Teresa May and went on from there. It was sharply written and her timing was excellent. It was 60 minutes of very good entertainment.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Steel</span> - He bounced onto the stage full of energy and hyperactive. He\'s another left-wing comedian which got me thinking \"why are all comedians left-wing?\". Perhaps it\'s because there\'s nothing funny about capitalism with its inequalities between winners and losers. He was going through a divorce and there was plenty of material in the process to make fun of without deriding directly his soon to be ex-wife. His set finished just before 11pm and there was still plenty going on the streets of Edinburgh as I walked back to the flat for the last time.\r\n\r\nWho knows, the next time I come it might be with a companion - something to look forward to.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 3 & 4)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4483-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-21 17:52:38', '2017-08-21 16:52:38', '', 4483, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4487', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4488, 283, '2017-08-22 13:35:26', '2017-08-22 12:35:26', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\r\n\r\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\r\n\r\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illegitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humorous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How and anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humorous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Day 2<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Scottish National Gallery Beyond Caravaggio - I wanted to see this because I went to see the RSC perform The Seven Acts of Mercy based on a Caravaggio painting. I\'m not an enthusiast for portraits but his use of candlelight is very special with actual light source hidden by a hand or book. The exhibition contained a couple of Caravaggio paintings but the majority were other painters who followed his technique and often copied his composition. Some captured the faces perfectly but others were less in his style. It was an enjoyable morning where I had to rely on my own opinion rather than asking my artistic oracle (Jane).</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Assessment</span> - A play about state sponsored euthanasia. In the near future when the government can no longer afford to pay the state pension some faceless bureaucrat comes up with the fact that it would be cheaper to give certain old people a tax-free cash incentive (£30k) plus funeral expenses to die. It would cost the state far less than continuing to pay the pension and of course the cost to the NHS. The target demographic was a widow aged 77 with children who needed a cash injection. This could be me in 10 years. This was serious drama, performed well and left the audience stunned by the reality of it all.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Milton Jones</span> - An hour of surreal one liners none of which I can remember and most too subtle to be funny outside the confines of the venue. He was very funny and the only joke I can remember came in the last five minutes when he asked to audience for subjects. Someone said IKEA and he immediately said he used to work for IKEA and knew most of the 7,000 products that they sold so he asked the audience for a number. Someone shouted out a number and he thought for a moment and then said \"sorry that\'s out of stock\". A good ending to a very good show.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 1 & 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-22 13:35:26', '2017-08-22 12:35:26', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4488', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4489, 283, '2017-08-22 13:36:35', '2017-08-22 12:36:35', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\n\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\n\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\n\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illegitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humorous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How does anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humorous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Day 2<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\n</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Scottish National Gallery Beyond Caravaggio - I wanted to see this because I went to see the RSC perform The Seven Acts of Mercy based on a Caravaggio painting. I\'m not an enthusiast for portraits but his use of candlelight is very special with actual light source hidden by a hand or book. The exhibition contained a couple of Caravaggio paintings but the majority were other painters who followed his technique and often copied his composition. Some captured the faces perfectly but others were less in his style. It was an enjoyable morning where I had to rely on my own opinion rather than asking my artistic oracle (Jane).</span>\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Assessment</span> - A play about state sponsored euthanasia. In the near future when the government can no longer afford to pay the state pension some faceless bureaucrat comes up with the fact that it would be cheaper to give certain old people a tax-free cash incentive (£30k) plus funeral expenses to die. It would cost the state far less than continuing to pay the pension and of course the cost to the NHS. The target demographic was a widow aged 77 with children who needed a cash injection. This could be me in 10 years. This was serious drama, performed well and left the audience stunned by the reality of it all.\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Milton Jones</span> - An hour of surreal one liners none of which I can remember and most too subtle to be funny outside the confines of the venue. He was very funny and the only joke I can remember came in the last five minutes when he asked to audience for subjects. Someone said IKEA and he immediately said he used to work for IKEA and knew most of the 7,000 products that they sold so he asked the audience for a number. Someone shouted out a number and he thought for a moment and then said \"sorry that\'s out of stock\". A good ending to a very good show.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 1 & 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-autosave-v1', '', '', '2017-08-22 13:36:35', '2017-08-22 12:36:35', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4489', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4490, 283, '2017-08-22 13:36:55', '2017-08-22 12:36:55', 'I made the decision to come back to the Edinburgh Fringe in January but it filled me with dread how I would cope on my own. Jane and I were supposed to come in August 2014, we had accommodation booked, shows paid for however Jane was in hospital having her chest drained to help her breathing.\r\n\r\nMy flat is good - a penthouse flat in student accommodation (how can students afford this?). It has a small kitchen area, double bed, sitting area with TV and a toilet and shower.\r\n\r\nTony and Jude came down for a couple of days so there was a lifeline and we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 14pt;\">Day 1</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">The Joni Mitchell Story</span> - There were several things I didn\'t know about her; she contracted polio as a child; had an illegitimate child; an affair with Leonard Cohen (bet that was a barrel of laughs) and married David Crosby (Crosby, Stills and Nash). Her songs were well performed and it brought back memories of Jane - Clouds and Big Yellow Taxi were a couple of her favourites. Music is so evocative.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">John Hegley</span> - He\'s a modern, humorous poet and likes to put them to music.Very funny with plenty of audience participation and songs you wouldn\'t believe could be made to rhyme. How does anything rhyme with Guillemot? Well John Hegley can do it. It seems as though he ran out of material and stretched out the last 10 minutes which detracted from the previous 50.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Mark Thomas</span> - I\'ve seen him several times before and he can best be described as a seditious comedian who loves to poke fun at the establishment. Prior to the performance the audience were asked to complete a form to say what the future might hold in the next one year and four years. I stupidly wrote that I expect to find the second love of my life in the next four years not thinking it might be used in the show, how naive of me. He handled it very well and the only really embarrassing part was that he asked all the women in the audience to talk to me after the show, needless to say I was first out the door at the end. The show it was excellent and there were humorous discussions about Trump, May and Corbyn. We voted on which predictions were likely to happen and then he would place a bet on them coming true. All winnings would go to Cultural organisations that had budgets cut by central government. Gets my vote!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Day 2<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Scottish National Gallery Beyond Caravaggio - I wanted to see this because I went to see the RSC perform The Seven Acts of Mercy based on a Caravaggio painting. I\'m not an enthusiast for portraits but his use of candlelight is very special with actual light source hidden by a hand or book. The exhibition contained a couple of Caravaggio paintings but the majority were other painters who followed his technique and often copied his composition. Some captured the faces perfectly but others were less in his style. It was an enjoyable morning where I had to rely on my own opinion rather than asking my artistic oracle (Jane).</span>\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Assessment</span> - A play about state sponsored euthanasia. In the near future when the government can no longer afford to pay the state pension some faceless bureaucrat comes up with the fact that it would be cheaper to give certain old people a tax-free cash incentive (£30k) plus funeral expenses to die. It would cost the state far less than continuing to pay the pension and of course the cost to the NHS. The target demographic was a widow aged 77 with children who needed a cash injection. This could be me in 10 years. This was serious drama, performed well and left the audience stunned by the reality of it all.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">Milton Jones</span> - An hour of surreal one liners none of which I can remember and most too subtle to be funny outside the confines of the venue. He was very funny and the only joke I can remember came in the last five minutes when he asked to audience for subjects. Someone said IKEA and he immediately said he used to work for IKEA and knew most of the 7,000 products that they sold so he asked the audience for a number. Someone shouted out a number and he thought for a moment and then said \"sorry that\'s out of stock\". A good ending to a very good show.', 'Edinburgh Fringe (Days 1 & 2)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4477-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-08-22 13:36:55', '2017-08-22 12:36:55', '', 4477, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4490', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4510, 283, '2017-08-29 18:12:59', '2017-08-29 17:12:59', '<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https://www.asylumsteampunk.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lincoln Steampunk Festival</span></a></span> is always a significant date in the city\'s calendar and so Graham and Sue decided to come up for the Bank Holiday weekend to once again admire the range of costumes parading around the castle and cathedral area...\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4509,4508,4507,4506,4505\"]\r\n\r\nThe participants vary in age and size but one thing is certain, they are all having a lot of fun in an anarchic way...', 'Basques, Bustles and Blunderbusses', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'basques-bustles-and-blunderbusses', '', '', '2017-08-29 18:12:59', '2017-08-29 17:12:59', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4510', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4513, 283, '2017-08-30 21:26:19', '2017-08-30 20:26:19', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/GearS3-watch.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4514 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/GearS3-watch-e1504124208557-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"246\" /></a>I\'ve had the same watch for over 25 years. It has always been accurate, never needs winding up or a replacement battery and I\'ve proudly stated that why would I want to spend more money on a gadget that will just tell me the time. This week I went back on all I\'ve said in the past and indulged myself once again by buying a <a href=\"https://youtu.be/5Xdvi7g8BdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Gear S3</a>.\r\n\r\nIt tells the time, lets me know when I\'ve got emails, texts or WhatsApp messages and I can use it as a phone (this would require me to talk down my sleeve or hold the watch to my ear - bizarre).\r\n\r\nIt also counts my steps and calculates the calories I\'m burning. It warned me today that I\'d been sitting still for too long and needed to stretch.\r\n\r\nI shall fiddle about with it for a week or two and then write another review.', 'Time for a change...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'time-for-a-change', '', '', '2017-08-30 21:26:46', '2017-08-30 20:26:46', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4513', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(4523, 283, '2017-09-04 22:25:59', '2017-09-04 21:25:59', 'A few days away in London staying with Richard and Nicola is an opportunity to appreciate the culture of the city with very knowledgeable guides.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4518\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4517\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>First stop was the <a href=\"https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/matisse-in-the-studio?gclid=CjwKCAjw87PNBRBAEiwA0XAIr5lNa145bWXItvbv_JnVhro7GQeqgVrdLRIbPzzugjYb9r1eohrK-BoCcwsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matisse exhibition at the Royal Academy</a>. It was a collection of the items Matisse had in his studio and how he included them into his works of art. It was a crowded event and at times it was almost impossible to step back and appreciate the work.\r\n\r\nAfter a picnic (courtesy of Pret a Manger) on deck chairs in Green Park we walked up to the <a href=\"http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2017/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Portrait Gallery</a> for the BP exhibition. It struck me that none of the portraits depicted people smiling and I haven\'t been to explain why this might be. Any artists out there with an explanation I would appreciate hearing why this might be the case.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4516\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" /></a>We finished the day off watching Tom Cruise in American Made.\r\n\r\nIt was based on the true story of a TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA initially photographing communist insurgents in South America and then gun running for the CIA and returning from his trips with drugs for the cartels.\r\n\r\nHe makes so much money he doesn\'t know what to do with it and struggles to launder it. Not a great movie but worth seeing when it arrives on our TV screens.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday we went for 9 mile walk through the Chilterns around Berkhamsted. I don\'t think I\'ve walked so far for several months. The beech woods were very special and it wasn\'t unusual to see deer. We stopped for lunch in the shadow of <a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bridgewater+Monument/@51.8083672,-0.5942888,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9%3Dw156-h277-k-no!7i2988!8i5312!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x48764331de4f38d7:0xce00ed56ae5060aa!2sBerkhamsted!3b1!8m2!3d51.759766!4d-0.5678569!3m4!1s0x0:0x3af148c42092961e!8m2!3d51.8083096!4d-0.5942823?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridgewater Monument</a> which was delightful.\r\n\r\nSunday and we started the day with a swim - another activity I haven\'t done for nearly a year and I still found the energy to complete a half mile but it took a lot longer than it used to. I need to get fitter and make time to go swimming at Louth.\r\n\r\nRichard and I then drove into the wilds of Essex to <a href=\"https://www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk/event/classics-at-the-castle-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hedingham Castle</a> to view classic Porsches. There were some beautiful cars with matching prices.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4520,4522,4521,4519\"]\r\n\r\nA fabulous weekend...', 'London Visit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'london-visit-3', '', '', '2017-09-04 22:26:39', '2017-09-04 21:26:39', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4523', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4524, 283, '2017-09-04 22:25:59', '2017-09-04 21:25:59', 'A few days away in London staying with Richard and Nicola is an opportunity to appreciate the culture of the city with very knowledgeable guides.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4518\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4517\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>First stop was the <a href=\"https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/matisse-in-the-studio?gclid=CjwKCAjw87PNBRBAEiwA0XAIr5lNa145bWXItvbv_JnVhro7GQeqgVrdLRIbPzzugjYb9r1eohrK-BoCcwsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matisse exhibition at the Royal Academy</a>. It was a collection of the items Matisse had in his studio and how he included them into his works of art. It was a crowded event and at times it was almost impossible to step back and appreciate the work.\r\n\r\nAfter a picnic (courtesy of Pret a Manger) on deck chairs in Green Park we walked up to the <a href=\"http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2017/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Portrait Gallery</a> for the BP exhibition. It struck me that none of the portraits depicted people smiling and I haven\'t been to explain why this might be. Any artists out there with an explanation I would appreciate hearing why this might be the case.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4516\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" /></a>We finished the day off watching Tom Cruise in American Made.\r\n\r\nIt was based on the true story of a TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA initially photographing communist insurgents in South America and then gun running for the CIA and returning from his trips with drugs for the cartels.\r\n\r\nHe makes so much money he doesn\'t know what to do with it and struggles to launder it. Not a great movie but worth seeing when it arrives on our TV screens.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday we went for 9 mile walk through the Chilterns around Berkhamsted. I don\'t think I\'ve walked so far for several months. The beech woods were very special and it wasn\'t unusual to see deer. We stopped for lunch in the shadow of <a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bridgewater+Monument/@51.8083672,-0.5942888,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9%3Dw156-h277-k-no!7i2988!8i5312!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x48764331de4f38d7:0xce00ed56ae5060aa!2sBerkhamsted!3b1!8m2!3d51.759766!4d-0.5678569!3m4!1s0x0:0x3af148c42092961e!8m2!3d51.8083096!4d-0.5942823?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridgewater Monument</a> which was delightful.\r\n\r\nWe started the day with a swim - another activity I haven\'t done for nearly a year and I still found the energy to complete a half mile but it took a lot longer than it used to. I need to get fitter and make time to go swimming at Louth.\r\n\r\nRichard and I then drove into the wilds of Essex to <a href=\"https://www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk/event/classics-at-the-castle-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hedingham Castle</a> to view classic Porsches. There were some beautiful cars with matching prices.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4520,4522,4521,4519\"]\r\n\r\nA fabulous weekend...', 'London Visit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4523-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-09-04 22:25:59', '2017-09-04 21:25:59', '', 4523, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4524', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4525, 283, '2017-09-04 22:26:39', '2017-09-04 21:26:39', 'A few days away in London staying with Richard and Nicola is an opportunity to appreciate the culture of the city with very knowledgeable guides.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4518\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matiise@RAsep17-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" /></a><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4517\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/matisse@RA2sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>First stop was the <a href=\"https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/matisse-in-the-studio?gclid=CjwKCAjw87PNBRBAEiwA0XAIr5lNa145bWXItvbv_JnVhro7GQeqgVrdLRIbPzzugjYb9r1eohrK-BoCcwsQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matisse exhibition at the Royal Academy</a>. It was a collection of the items Matisse had in his studio and how he included them into his works of art. It was a crowded event and at times it was almost impossible to step back and appreciate the work.\r\n\r\nAfter a picnic (courtesy of Pret a Manger) on deck chairs in Green Park we walked up to the <a href=\"http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/bp-portrait-award-2017/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Portrait Gallery</a> for the BP exhibition. It struck me that none of the portraits depicted people smiling and I haven\'t been to explain why this might be. Any artists out there with an explanation I would appreciate hearing why this might be the case.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4516\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/American-made-filmsep17-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" /></a>We finished the day off watching Tom Cruise in American Made.\r\n\r\nIt was based on the true story of a TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA initially photographing communist insurgents in South America and then gun running for the CIA and returning from his trips with drugs for the cartels.\r\n\r\nHe makes so much money he doesn\'t know what to do with it and struggles to launder it. Not a great movie but worth seeing when it arrives on our TV screens.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday we went for 9 mile walk through the Chilterns around Berkhamsted. I don\'t think I\'ve walked so far for several months. The beech woods were very special and it wasn\'t unusual to see deer. We stopped for lunch in the shadow of <a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bridgewater+Monument/@51.8083672,-0.5942888,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNMy5qhxfkqayoe7AvVopFMR-EUqicT7lEgRDx9%3Dw156-h277-k-no!7i2988!8i5312!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x48764331de4f38d7:0xce00ed56ae5060aa!2sBerkhamsted!3b1!8m2!3d51.759766!4d-0.5678569!3m4!1s0x0:0x3af148c42092961e!8m2!3d51.8083096!4d-0.5942823?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridgewater Monument</a> which was delightful.\r\n\r\nSunday and we started the day with a swim - another activity I haven\'t done for nearly a year and I still found the energy to complete a half mile but it took a lot longer than it used to. I need to get fitter and make time to go swimming at Louth.\r\n\r\nRichard and I then drove into the wilds of Essex to <a href=\"https://www.hedinghamcastle.co.uk/event/classics-at-the-castle-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hedingham Castle</a> to view classic Porsches. There were some beautiful cars with matching prices.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4520,4522,4521,4519\"]\r\n\r\nA fabulous weekend...', 'London Visit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4523-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-09-04 22:26:39', '2017-09-04 21:26:39', '', 4523, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4525', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4528, 283, '2017-09-09 23:27:55', '2017-09-09 22:27:55', '', 'garden-dinner(sep17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-dinnersep17', '', '', '2017-09-10 11:59:03', '2017-09-10 10:59:03', '', 4529, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garden-dinnersep17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4529, 283, '2017-09-10 12:10:50', '2017-09-10 11:10:50', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garden-producesep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4527\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garden-producesep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>As autumn streams in upon us and my thoughts turn to making adjustments in the garden it is always satisfying to bring into the house a selection of produce from the vegetable plot.\r\n\r\nThe beetroot has been magnificent and I\'ve already pickled enough to fill three kilner jars which should last until next summer. The onions (red and white) although not massive have produced sufficient for me to store away in a pair of Jane\'s tights (they keep dry and don\'t sprout). I will use the onions over the next 10 months. After a late start the runner beans are overwhelming and I cannot eat enough so must put some out at the top of the drive (free to a \"good\" home). The courgettes are doing well and I keep picking them so they don\'t get too large. Finally, for the time being the carrots are good, if a little small, however I need to do better next year. Still to come is the celeriac (experimental) and the parsnips.\r\n\r\nLessons learned: Sow fewer beetroot and runner beans; more carrots; and be careful in my choice of courgette variety - I like the striped kind. I shall also plant garlic this autumn because I\'ve started using it in my cooking.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garden-dinnersep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4528\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/garden-dinnersep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Then there\'s the meal I produce from all this \"stuff\": Roasted beetroot; carrots and runners with spiralized courgette and salmon flavoured with rosemary (from the garden) on a bed of pesto mash (my King Edward potatoes.\r\n\r\nI\'m trying to lose a little weight (78Kgs) and I know it\'s all healthy food but there\'s just too much...\r\n\r\nOff to pick more runner beans and set up my stall at the top of the drive.', 'Garden to Plate', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'garden-to-plate', '', '', '2017-09-10 12:10:50', '2017-09-10 11:10:50', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4529', 0, 'post', '', 1),
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(4552, 283, '2017-09-27 12:25:32', '2017-09-27 11:25:32', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pig-yardsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4550 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pig-yardsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I don\'t allow myself rest days. There are days when I don\'t have anything in my diary and on those days I write a list of things that need to be done. This week I run the lawnmower over the lawns to pick up the leaves which have started to fall and swept the drive with Dave. This spruced up the look of the house for at least 24 hours until more leaves drift down.\r\nI\'m still managing to get myself sufficiently motivated to go for a cycle in the early mornings. I confess that I\'m tending to put my head down and try to beat my best time (53 mins)(competitive? never) <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/misty-morningsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4549\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/misty-morningsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>however I cannot fail to see the road kill - two badgers and a muntjac deer. One of the badgers keeps being dragged off the verge probably by a fox as it tries to rip the meat off it. So every day I pull it back onto the verge - it\'s surprisingly heavy.\r\nAnd the morning light is different every time I go out. Here we have \"mists and mellow fruitfulness\". Thankfully it hasn\'t been too cold although it was only 5 degrees C one day - a portent of what\'s to come.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/veg-plot-prepsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/veg-plot-prepsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>In the spring of last year I was thinking that I would abandon Jane\'s vegetable plot, turf it over and concentrate on the flower beds. How I have changed. I get so much pleasure from the vegetable garden (a bit fed up with runner beans and courgettes for dinner). I\'m not only planning what to grow next year I\'ve already planted garlic and onion sets. As for the flower beds, they\'ve been a bit neglected so I now need to change my focus and do some serious reorganisation. More thought required...', 'Rest Days', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'rest-days', '', '', '2017-09-27 12:25:32', '2017-09-27 11:25:32', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4552', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4553, 283, '2017-09-27 12:25:32', '2017-09-27 11:25:32', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pig-yardsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4550 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pig-yardsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I don\'t allow myself rest days. There are days when I don\'t have anything in my diary and on those days I write a list of things that need to be done. This week I run the lawnmower over the lawns to pick up the leaves which have started to fall and swept the drive with Dave. This spruced up the look of the house for at least 24 hours until more leaves drift down.\r\nI\'m still managing to get myself sufficiently motivated to go for a cycle in the early mornings. I confess that I\'m tending to put my head down and try to beat my best time (53 mins)(competitive? never) <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/misty-morningsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4549\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/misty-morningsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>however I cannot fail to see the road kill - two badgers and a muntjac deer. One of the badgers keeps being dragged off the verge probably by a fox as it tries to rip the meat off it. So every day I pull it back onto the verge - it\'s surprisingly heavy.\r\nAnd the morning light is different every time I go out. Here we have \"mists and mellow fruitfulness\". Thankfully it hasn\'t been too cold although it was only 5 degrees C one day - a portent of what\'s to come.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/veg-plot-prepsep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/veg-plot-prepsep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>In the spring of last year I was thinking that I would abandon Jane\'s vegetable plot, turf it over and concentrate on the flower beds. How I have changed. I get so much pleasure from the vegetable garden (a bit fed up with runner beans and courgettes for dinner). I\'m not only planning what to grow next year I\'ve already planted garlic and onion sets. As for the flower beds, they\'ve been a bit neglected so I now need to change my focus and do some serious reorganisation. More thought required...', 'Rest Days', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4552-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-09-27 12:25:32', '2017-09-27 11:25:32', '', 4552, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4553', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4554, 283, '2017-09-27 19:03:20', '2017-09-27 18:03:20', '', 'Lotus-vs-MX5-2(sep17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'lotus-vs-mx5-2sep17', '', '', '2017-09-27 21:50:26', '2017-09-27 20:50:26', '', 4556, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5-2sep17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4555, 283, '2017-09-27 19:03:26', '2017-09-27 18:03:26', '', 'Lotus-vs-MX5(sep17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'lotus-vs-mx5sep17', '', '', '2017-09-27 21:54:44', '2017-09-27 20:54:44', '', 4556, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5sep17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4556, 283, '2017-09-27 21:55:34', '2017-09-27 20:55:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5-2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4554\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5-2sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The day arrived when, after twelve months of scary fun in the Lotus I\'ve made a mature decision and toned down the speed by a notch (0 -60 5.2 seconds to 7.4 seconds). What the change will give me is 5* comfort and the ability to drive for more than 2 hours without feeling crippled and of course it is so much easier to get in and out.\r\n\r\nIf I had a three car garage I would have been tempted to keep the Lotus because I did love it but it was time to move on.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4555\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>As the proud owner of a Mazda MX5 RF 2 litre Sport Nav 160PS in machine grey I look forward to getting out in it. After a quick run round my favourite roads I know it will be my preferred vehicle unless there are floods, snow or I\'m giving a lift to more than one person. The adventure starts here...', 'Five Star Speedster', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'five-star-speedster', '', '', '2017-09-27 21:55:34', '2017-09-27 20:55:34', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4556', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4557, 283, '2017-09-27 21:55:34', '2017-09-27 20:55:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5-2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4554\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5-2sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The day arrived when, after twelve months of scary fun in the Lotus I\'ve made a mature decision and toned down the speed by a notch (0 -60 5.2 seconds to 7.4 seconds). What the change will give me is 5* comfort and the ability to drive for more than 2 hours without feeling crippled and of course it is so much easier to get in and out.\r\n\r\nIf I had a three car garage I would have been tempted to keep the Lotus because I did love it but it was time to move on.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4555\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Lotus-vs-MX5sep17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>As the proud owner of a Mazda MX5 RF 2 litre Sport Nav 160PS in machine grey I look forward to getting out in it. After a quick run round my favourite roads I know it will be my preferred vehicle unless there are floods, snow or I\'m giving a lift to more than one person. The adventure starts here...', 'Five Star Speedster', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4556-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-09-27 21:55:34', '2017-09-27 20:55:34', '', 4556, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4557', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4560, 283, '2017-10-04 20:08:38', '2017-10-04 19:08:38', '', 'broadbent-theatre(sep17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'broadbent-theatresep17', '', '', '2017-10-04 20:14:28', '2017-10-04 19:14:28', '', 4564, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/broadbent-theatresep17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4561, 283, '2017-10-04 20:08:47', '2017-10-04 19:08:47', '', 'yew-ball(oct17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'yew-balloct17', '', '', '2017-10-04 20:08:47', '2017-10-04 19:08:47', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/yew-balloct17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4562, 283, '2017-10-04 20:08:54', '2017-10-04 19:08:54', '', 'hospice-garden(oct17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'hospice-gardenoct17', '', '', '2017-10-04 20:35:34', '2017-10-04 19:35:34', '', 4564, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hospice-gardenoct17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4563, 283, '2017-10-04 20:08:58', '2017-10-04 19:08:58', '', 'clumber-park(oct17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'clumber-parkoct17', '', '', '2017-10-04 22:03:07', '2017-10-04 21:03:07', '', 4564, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/clumber-parkoct17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4564, 283, '2017-10-04 22:10:18', '2017-10-04 21:10:18', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/broadbent-theatresep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4560 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/broadbent-theatresep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>It\'s a worthwhile reminder that life is for living and not something to be frittered away by spending too much time looking backwards although the past has made us who we are.\r\n\r\nIn the absence of Lucie (Canada visit) Dave and I went to the <a href=\"http://broadbenttheatre.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadbent Theatre</a> to see a light-hearted comedy about <a href=\"https://www.tangramtheatre.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the life of Charles Darwin</a>. It\'s a lovely place, set in the heart of the countryside and sadly it wasn\'t a full house.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday night Dave and I went to Market Rasen Festival Hall to see a couple of modern folk singers - <a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiTm_692tfWAhUELVAKHUhRBTMQtwIIKDAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7dQNWPgzDNQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Jzp_smt3JWUrWvI8mnoH8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flossie Malavialle</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edwinahayes.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edwina Hayes</a>. It was a good evening however I felt the humorous introductions to some of the songs were a little too long.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hospice-gardenoct17.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-4562 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hospice-gardenoct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"268\" /></a>I decided that the Hospice Garden needed some TLC so I\'ve spent a couple of hours dead heading and generally making sure it was neat and tidy. One of the Yew balls has died so Caitlin is making enquiries as to where we can get another one. The other Yew balls are doing very well and will require a trim to keep them in shape, probably in the spring.\r\n\r\nThankfully the silver birches are looking very healthy but then again they would because they have Jane\'s ashes scattered over them.\r\n\r\nOn a bright, sunny day in early October it was a very peaceful place to be.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit1sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4559 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit1sep17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the U3A I organised a car full of people to visit Lincoln University for their <a href=\"http://lightsexpo.org/#events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lights</a> research open day. It was disappointing that out of 330 members I could only find 4 other people to join me at a free event.\r\n\r\nIt was aimed at school children so we were advised to turn up after 1pm. Some of the \"attractions\" were overblown and a little disappointing although I did like the two lecturers who were demonstrating 3D scanning and printing although they did haven\'t a printer on show. I challenged them to scan my face which they amusingly did, unfortunately the scanner cannot cope with a beard or moustache so it loses a lot in translation. Maybe a death mask?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4558\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit2sep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>This external booth was demonstrating the way people became astronauts and the work that took place on the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately we didn\'t see the end because it was 6pm and time to leave so everyone made their way back to my car and we headed for home. As an overall showcase for the university there is room for improvement and I will write with some suggestions when I get a moment.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/clumber-parkoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4563\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/clumber-parkoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And finally - there is always an \"and finally\" - I spent today with my college friends Tim &amp; Wid and Susie &amp; Jon at Clumber Park. It\'s a great venue with a number of walks one of which we did around the lake (4 miles?) before having lunch.\r\nWe\'ve known each other nearly 50 years and whenever we meet it\'s like going back in time. The wit and repartee hasn\'t improved but it is still in existence. Always good to see them...', 'Life is for Living', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'life-is-for-living', '', '', '2017-10-04 22:10:18', '2017-10-04 21:10:18', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4564', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4565, 283, '2017-10-04 22:10:18', '2017-10-04 21:10:18', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/broadbent-theatresep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4560 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/broadbent-theatresep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>It\'s a worthwhile reminder that life is for living and not something to be frittered away by spending too much time looking backwards although the past has made us who we are.\r\n\r\nIn the absence of Lucie (Canada visit) Dave and I went to the <a href=\"http://broadbenttheatre.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadbent Theatre</a> to see a light-hearted comedy about <a href=\"https://www.tangramtheatre.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the life of Charles Darwin</a>. It\'s a lovely place, set in the heart of the countryside and sadly it wasn\'t a full house.\r\n\r\nOn Saturday night Dave and I went to Market Rasen Festival Hall to see a couple of modern folk singers - <a href=\"https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiTm_692tfWAhUELVAKHUhRBTMQtwIIKDAA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7dQNWPgzDNQ&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Jzp_smt3JWUrWvI8mnoH8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flossie Malavialle</a> and <a href=\"http://www.edwinahayes.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edwina Hayes</a>. It was a good evening however I felt the humorous introductions to some of the songs were a little too long.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hospice-gardenoct17.jpg\"><img class=\" wp-image-4562 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hospice-gardenoct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"268\" /></a>I decided that the Hospice Garden needed some TLC so I\'ve spent a couple of hours dead heading and generally making sure it was neat and tidy. One of the Yew balls has died so Caitlin is making enquiries as to where we can get another one. The other Yew balls are doing very well and will require a trim to keep them in shape, probably in the spring.\r\n\r\nThankfully the silver birches are looking very healthy but then again they would because they have Jane\'s ashes scattered over them.\r\n\r\nOn a bright, sunny day in early October it was a very peaceful place to be.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit1sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4559 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit1sep17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the U3A I organised a car full of people to visit Lincoln University for their <a href=\"http://lightsexpo.org/#events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lights</a> research open day. It was disappointing that out of 330 members I could only find 4 other people to join me at a free event.\r\n\r\nIt was aimed at school children so we were advised to turn up after 1pm. Some of the \"attractions\" were overblown and a little disappointing although I did like the two lecturers who were demonstrating 3D scanning and printing although they did haven\'t a printer on show. I challenged them to scan my face which they amusingly did, unfortunately the scanner cannot cope with a beard or moustache so it loses a lot in translation. Maybe a death mask?\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit2sep17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4558\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/university-visit2sep17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>This external booth was demonstrating the way people became astronauts and the work that took place on the International Space Station.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately we didn\'t see the end because it was 6pm and time to leave so everyone made their way back to my car and we headed for home. As an overall showcase for the university there is room for improvement and I will write with some suggestions when I get a moment.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/clumber-parkoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4563\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/clumber-parkoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>And finally - there is always an \"and finally\" - I spent today with my college friends Tim &amp; Wid and Susie &amp; Jon at Clumber Park. It\'s a great venue with a number of walks one of which we did around the lake (4 miles?) before having lunch.\r\nWe\'ve known each other nearly 50 years and whenever we meet it\'s like going back in time. The wit and repartee hasn\'t improved but it is still in existence. Always good to see them...', 'Life is for Living', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4564-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-04 22:10:18', '2017-10-04 21:10:18', '', 4564, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4565', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4590, 283, '2017-10-21 23:19:13', '2017-10-21 22:19:13', 'Firstly - thanks to all those who sent birthday cards and good wishes. Another year older, only two years until I\'m 70 which somehow is significant. I find birthdays quite depressing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4592\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I visited <a href=\"https://ysp.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park </a>with a friend and we had a pleasant day, the weather was excellent, managing to sit outside on the cafe balcony for morning coffee and lunch.\r\n\r\nIt\'s always fascinating to wander around and get up close to the sculptures whether it is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Frink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Frink</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hepworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Hepworth</a> or <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ai WeiWei</a>. In the past it has been possible to touch many of the installations but at the moment there are ropes around some of them.\r\n\r\nIt was such a sunny day I managed to drive all the way home with the roof down - glorious.\r\n\r\nDuring the week I had Martin and Kate (Bulgaria now Portugal family contingent) staying with me which was a pleasant change from an empty house and enjoyed acting as host, whether it was cooking the evening meal or simply serving toast and marmalade for breakfast.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4591\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I was lucky enough to get two cakes for my birthday: Sue made a beautiful chocolate cake and Lucie produced a great carrot cake.\r\n\r\nThe family (9 in attendance) had lunch at Market Rasen Golf Club and a good time was had by all or at least that was what they said. The next time we will all be together again is at the family holiday in Norfolk next May.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4593\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>It\'s Autumn so the leaves are now falling in masses every day blanketing the lawns. It\'s been very windy (storm Brian) so that has increased the drop. On Friday I took 5 bags of leaves to the tip (run out of space to compost them) and I filled them all again when I got back.\r\n\r\nTo hand scrape the lawns takes two hours - it\'s all good exercise.', 'Another Year Older', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'another-year-older', '', '', '2017-10-22 11:45:19', '2017-10-22 10:45:19', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4590', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(4567, 283, '2017-10-12 22:35:53', '2017-10-12 21:35:53', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5-rfoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4570\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5-rfoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>An update on the new MX5 - after only 200 miles there was a crack in the windscreen which, after careful examination, the dealer informed me was caused by a stone and there was a minute chip. This was just the beginning of a silly saga. The insurance covered the windscreen replacement with a £100 excess however it seems the insurance doesn\'t cover the recalibration of the camera in the screen and this may cost another ridiculous amount of money.\r\nToday two technicians turned up to replace the screen only to tell me they couldn\'t do it because, although they had the screen, they didn\'t have the colour matched panels on the sides and the top. These wouldn\'t arrive until next Tuesday. So why bother to arrange this appointment? It\'s strange this kind of frustration doesn\'t worry me anymore - nobody died so why get worked up about it? Life\'s too short...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/blade-runneroct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4569\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/blade-runneroct17-134x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" /></a>Last Sunday I went to see Blade Runner 2049 with a friend. The original Blade Runner is an iconic film and I was probably expecting too much. This version was too long, had a thin plot with some dubious science throughout. There were references to replicants having \"virgin\" births where the new \"messiah\" was valued and revered. If you make a replicant why like a production line why give it a womb?\r\n\r\nI admit I\'m being a bit harsh; I liked the special effects and overall enjoyed the film but it wasn\'t groundbreaking or iconic...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Louth-shakespeare-revueoct.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4568\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Louth-shakespeare-revueoct-200x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"148\" /></a>On Tuesday evening I went to a U3A organised visit to <a href=\"https://louthriverheadtheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louth Riverhead Theatre</a> to see a Shakespeare Revue performed by the local amateur group. They were good however the whole performance was spoiled by some deranged member of the audience who had the most lengthy, loud laugh. Rather than focussing on the activity on the stage I sat waiting for the next outburst of inappropriate cackling. The cast did an incredible job of staying with the script and there were times when they had to adapt to the buffoon.', 'Cars, Film and Theatre', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'cars-film-and-theatre', '', '', '2017-10-12 22:35:53', '2017-10-12 21:35:53', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4567', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4571, 283, '2017-10-12 22:35:53', '2017-10-12 21:35:53', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5-rfoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4570\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5-rfoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>An update on the new MX5 - after only 200 miles there was a crack in the windscreen which, after careful examination, the dealer informed me was caused by a stone and there was a minute chip. This was just the beginning of a silly saga. The insurance covered the windscreen replacement with a £100 excess however it seems the insurance doesn\'t cover the recalibration of the camera in the screen and this may cost another ridiculous amount of money.\r\nToday two technicians turned up to replace the screen only to tell me they couldn\'t do it because, although they had the screen, they didn\'t have the colour matched panels on the sides and the top. These wouldn\'t arrive until next Tuesday. So why bother to arrange this appointment? It\'s strange this kind of frustration doesn\'t worry me anymore - nobody died so why get worked up about it? Life\'s too short...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/blade-runneroct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4569\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/blade-runneroct17-134x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" /></a>Last Sunday I went to see Blade Runner 2049 with a friend. The original Blade Runner is an iconic film and I was probably expecting too much. This version was too long, had a thin plot with some dubious science throughout. There were references to replicants having \"virgin\" births where the new \"messiah\" was valued and revered. If you make a replicant why like a production line why give it a womb?\r\n\r\nI admit I\'m being a bit harsh; I liked the special effects and overall enjoyed the film but it wasn\'t groundbreaking or iconic...\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Louth-shakespeare-revueoct.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4568\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Louth-shakespeare-revueoct-200x148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"148\" /></a>On Tuesday evening I went to a U3A organised visit to <a href=\"https://louthriverheadtheatre.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louth Riverhead Theatre</a> to see a Shakespeare Revue performed by the local amateur group. They were good however the whole performance was spoiled by some deranged member of the audience who had the most lengthy, loud laugh. Rather than focussing on the activity on the stage I sat waiting for the next outburst of inappropriate cackling. The cast did an incredible job of staying with the script and there were times when they had to adapt to the buffoon.', 'Cars, Film and Theatre', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4567-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-12 22:35:53', '2017-10-12 21:35:53', '', 4567, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4571', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4594, 283, '2017-10-21 23:19:13', '2017-10-21 22:19:13', 'Firstly - thanks to all those who sent birthday cards a good wishes. Another year older, only two years until I\'m 70 which somehow is significant. I found birthdays quite depressing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4592\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I visited <a href=\"https://ysp.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park </a>with a friend and we had a pleasant day, the weather was excellent, managing to sit outside on the cafe balcony for morning coffee and lunch.\r\n\r\nIt\'s always fascinating to wander around and get up close to the sculptures whether it is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Frink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Frink</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hepworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Hepworth</a> or <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ai WeiWei</a>. In the past it has been possible to touch many of the installations but at the moment there are ropes around some of them.\r\n\r\nIt was such a sunny day I managed to drive all the way home with the roof down - glorious.\r\n\r\nDuring the week I had Martin and Kate (Bulgaria now Portugal family contingent) staying with me which was a pleasant change from an empty house and enjoy acting as host, whether it\'s cooking the evening meal or simply serving toast and marmalade for breakfast.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4591\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I was lucky enough to get two cakes for my birthday: Sue made a beautiful chocolate cake and Lucie produced a great carrot cake.\r\n\r\nThe family (9 in attendance) had lunch at Market Rasen Golf Club and a good time was had by all or at least that was what they said. The next time we will all be together again is at the family holiday in Norfolk next May.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4593\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>It\'s Autumn so the leaves are now falling in masses every day. It\'s been windy so that has increased the drop. On Friday I took 5 bags of leaves to the tip (run out of space to compost them) and I filled them all again when I got back.\r\n\r\nTo hand scrape the lawns takes two hours - it\'s all good exercise.', 'Another Year Older', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4590-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-21 23:19:13', '2017-10-21 22:19:13', '', 4590, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4594', 0, 'revision', '', 0);
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(4622, 283, '2017-11-09 16:31:00', '2017-11-09 16:31:00', '', 'peppers(nov17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'peppersnov17', '', '', '2017-11-09 16:31:00', '2017-11-09 16:31:00', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/peppersnov17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4596, 283, '2017-10-22 11:44:58', '2017-10-22 10:44:58', 'Firstly - thanks to all those who sent birthday cards and good wishes. Another year older, only two years until I\'m 70 which somehow is significant. I find birthdays quite depressing.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4592\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I visited <a href=\"https://ysp.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park </a>with a friend and we had a pleasant day, the weather was excellent, managing to sit outside on the cafe balcony for morning coffee and lunch.\n\nIt\'s always fascinating to wander around and get up close to the sculptures whether it is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Frink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Frink</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hepworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Hepworth</a> or <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ai WeiWei</a>. In the past it has been possible to touch many of the installations but at the moment there are ropes around some of them.\n\nIt was such a sunny day I managed to drive all the way home with the roof down - glorious.\n\nDuring the week I had Martin and Kate (Bulgaria now Portugal family contingent) staying with me which was a pleasant change from an empty house and enjoyed acting as host, whether it was cooking the evening meal or simply serving toast and marmalade for breakfast.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4591\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I was lucky enough to get two cakes for my birthday: Sue made a beautiful chocolate cake and Lucie produced a great carrot cake.\n\nThe family (9 in attendance) had lunch at Market Rasen Golf Club and a good time was had by all or at least that was what they said. The next time we will all be together again is at the family holiday in Norfolk next May.\n\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4593\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>It\'s Autumn so the leaves are now falling in masses every day. It\'s been very windy (storm Brian) so that has increased the drop. On Friday I took 5 bags of leaves to the tip (run out of space to compost them) and I filled them all again when I got back.\n\nTo hand scrape the lawns takes two hours - it\'s all good exercise.', 'Another Year Older', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4590-autosave-v1', '', '', '2017-10-22 11:44:58', '2017-10-22 10:44:58', '', 4590, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4596', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4597, 283, '2017-10-22 11:45:19', '2017-10-22 10:45:19', 'Firstly - thanks to all those who sent birthday cards and good wishes. Another year older, only two years until I\'m 70 which somehow is significant. I find birthdays quite depressing.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4592\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/YSP-Ai-WaiWaioct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>I visited <a href=\"https://ysp.org.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yorkshire Sculpture Park </a>with a friend and we had a pleasant day, the weather was excellent, managing to sit outside on the cafe balcony for morning coffee and lunch.\r\n\r\nIt\'s always fascinating to wander around and get up close to the sculptures whether it is <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Henry Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Frink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elizabeth Frink</a>, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Hepworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara Hepworth</a> or <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ai WeiWei</a>. In the past it has been possible to touch many of the installations but at the moment there are ropes around some of them.\r\n\r\nIt was such a sunny day I managed to drive all the way home with the roof down - glorious.\r\n\r\nDuring the week I had Martin and Kate (Bulgaria now Portugal family contingent) staying with me which was a pleasant change from an empty house and enjoyed acting as host, whether it was cooking the evening meal or simply serving toast and marmalade for breakfast.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4591\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/bday-cakeoct17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>I was lucky enough to get two cakes for my birthday: Sue made a beautiful chocolate cake and Lucie produced a great carrot cake.\r\n\r\nThe family (9 in attendance) had lunch at Market Rasen Golf Club and a good time was had by all or at least that was what they said. The next time we will all be together again is at the family holiday in Norfolk next May.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4593\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/leaf-pilesoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>It\'s Autumn so the leaves are now falling in masses every day blanketing the lawns. It\'s been very windy (storm Brian) so that has increased the drop. On Friday I took 5 bags of leaves to the tip (run out of space to compost them) and I filled them all again when I got back.\r\n\r\nTo hand scrape the lawns takes two hours - it\'s all good exercise.', 'Another Year Older', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4590-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-22 11:45:19', '2017-10-22 10:45:19', '', 4590, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4597', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4598, 283, '2017-10-29 17:22:01', '2017-10-29 17:22:01', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4599\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens-200x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" /></a>I\'ve never believed in luck - good or bad. Stuff sometimes just happens! The MX5 is starting to disprove my commitment to this belief because... it gets a cracked windscreen within 200 miles from new; the process to get it changed is tortuous and then today when they came to finally fix it the chaps laid some of the plastic housing on the grass and... yes, piglet ran over one piece and scratched it. The robot mower moves randomly and takes many hours to cover the whole lawn so how come it happened to be in the one square metre where these pieces of plastic were placed? What are the odds? After a brief \"discussion\" where the guys suggested I claim off my insurance - what, for their stupidity? It was rapidly agreed they would  order a new part and replace on a revisit. Won\'t this annoyance ever go away?\r\n\r\nDespite all that nonsense I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden. Cutting back autumn raspberries - wrong time of year did I hear you say? Do I look bothered? It\'s a raspberry cane, it\'s got two choices - live or die. There are plenty of punnets of raspberries in Tesco. I\'d forgotten how absorbing pottering can be - forget the big stuff and attend to the little things. As an example I split a planter of crocosmia (used to be called Montbretia - go figure) and put half into another planter; very enjoyable.\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot is looking tidy. The garlic and onions for next year are doing well so I need to start to plan what is going where. The last of the celeriac came out - lessons learned: slugs find them very tasty (as do I) so they need slug pelleting and I need to water them more often next year. And now I have a plan of what will go where in 2018 - this level of organisation is almost frightening.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4036\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>With the evenings drawing in I\'ve started to light the log burner earlier which means cutting the wood that has been seasoning in one corner of the garden. The log bins are only half full so there\'s plenty to be done and I might have to buy, yes, \"buy\" some wood before spring arrives.', 'Thinking Aloud (again)', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'thinking-aloud-again', '', '', '2017-10-29 17:22:01', '2017-10-29 17:22:01', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4598', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4599, 283, '2017-10-28 21:40:47', '2017-10-28 20:40:47', '', 'Stuff-Happens', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'stuff-happens', '', '', '2017-10-28 21:40:47', '2017-10-28 20:40:47', '', 4598, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4600, 283, '2017-10-28 23:22:06', '2017-10-28 22:22:06', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4599\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens-200x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" /></a>I\'ve never believed in luck - good or bad. Stuff sometimes just happens! The MX5 is starting to disprove my commitment to this belief because: It gets a cracked windscreen within 200 miles from new; the process to get it changed is tortuous and then today when they came to finally fix it the chaps laid some of the plastic housing on the grass and... yes, piglet ran over one piece and scratched it. The robot mower moves randomly and takes many hours to cover the whole lawn so how come it happened to be in the one square metre where these pieces of plastic were placed? What are the odds? After a brief \"discussion\" where the guys suggested I claim off my insurance - what, for their stupidity? It was rapidly agreed they would  order a new part and replace on a revisit. Won\'t this problem ever go away?\r\n\r\nDespite all that nonsense I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden. Cutting back autumn raspberries - wrong time of year did I hear you say? Do I look bothered? It\'s a raspberry cane, it\'s got two choices - live or die. There are plenty of punnets of raspberries in Tesco.', 'Thoughts from Another World', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4598-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-28 23:22:06', '2017-10-28 22:22:06', '', 4598, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4600', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4601, 283, '2017-10-28 23:27:35', '2017-10-28 22:27:35', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4599\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens-200x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" /></a>I\'ve never believed in luck - good or bad. Stuff sometimes just happens! The MX5 is starting to disprove my commitment to this belief because: It gets a cracked windscreen within 200 miles from new; the process to get it changed is tortuous and then today when they came to finally fix it the chaps laid some of the plastic housing on the grass and... yes, piglet ran over one piece and scratched it. The robot mower moves randomly and takes many hours to cover the whole lawn so how come it happened to be in the one square metre where these pieces of plastic were placed? What are the odds? After a brief \"discussion\" where the guys suggested I claim off my insurance - what, for their stupidity? It was rapidly agreed they would  order a new part and replace on a revisit. Won\'t this problem ever go away?\r\n\r\nDespite all that nonsense I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden. Cutting back autumn raspberries - wrong time of year did I hear you say? Do I look bothered? It\'s a raspberry cane, it\'s got two choices - live or die. There are plenty of punnets of raspberries in Tesco. I\'d forgotten how absorbing pottering can be - forget the big stuff and attend to the little things. As an example I split a planter of crocosmia (used to be called Montbretia - go figure) and put half into another planter; very enjoyable.\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot is looking tidy. The garlic and onions for next year are doing well so I need to start to plan what is going where. The last of the celeriac came out - lessons learned: slugs find them very tasty (as do I) and I need to water them more often next year.', 'Thoughts from Another World', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4598-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-28 23:27:35', '2017-10-28 22:27:35', '', 4598, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4601', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4647, 283, '2017-11-22 22:59:08', '2017-11-22 22:59:08', '', 'lumiere5(nov17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'lumiere5nov17', '', '', '2017-11-22 22:59:08', '2017-11-22 22:59:08', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lumiere5nov17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4604, 283, '2017-10-29 17:17:59', '2017-10-29 17:17:59', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4599\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens-200x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" /></a>I\'ve never believed in luck - good or bad. Stuff sometimes just happens! The MX5 is starting to disprove my commitment to this belief because... it gets a cracked windscreen within 200 miles from new; the process to get it changed is tortuous and then today when they came to finally fix it the chaps laid some of the plastic housing on the grass and... yes, piglet ran over one piece and scratched it. The robot mower moves randomly and takes many hours to cover the whole lawn so how come it happened to be in the one square metre where these pieces of plastic were placed? What are the odds? After a brief \"discussion\" where the guys suggested I claim off my insurance - what, for their stupidity? It was rapidly agreed they would  order a new part and replace on a revisit. Won\'t this annoyance ever go away?\r\n\r\nDespite all that nonsense I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden. Cutting back autumn raspberries - wrong time of year did I hear you say? Do I look bothered? It\'s a raspberry cane, it\'s got two choices - live or die. There are plenty of punnets of raspberries in Tesco. I\'d forgotten how absorbing pottering can be - forget the big stuff and attend to the little things. As an example I split a planter of crocosmia (used to be called Montbretia - go figure) and put half into another planter; very enjoyable.\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot is looking tidy. The garlic and onions for next year are doing well so I need to start to plan what is going where. The last of the celeriac came out - lessons learned: slugs find them very tasty (as do I) so they need slug pelleting and I need to water them more often next year. And now I have a plan for what will go where in 2018 - this level of organisation is almost frightening.\r\n\r\nWith the evenings drawing in I\'ve started to light the log burner earlier which means cutting the wood that has been seasoning in one corner of the garden. The log bins are only half full so there\'s plenty to be done and I might have to buy, yes, \"buy\" some wood before spring arrives.', 'Thoughts from Another World', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4598-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-29 17:17:59', '2017-10-29 17:17:59', '', 4598, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4604', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4605, 283, '2017-10-29 17:20:43', '2017-10-29 17:20:43', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4599\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Stuff-Happens-200x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"160\" /></a>I\'ve never believed in luck - good or bad. Stuff sometimes just happens! The MX5 is starting to disprove my commitment to this belief because... it gets a cracked windscreen within 200 miles from new; the process to get it changed is tortuous and then today when they came to finally fix it the chaps laid some of the plastic housing on the grass and... yes, piglet ran over one piece and scratched it. The robot mower moves randomly and takes many hours to cover the whole lawn so how come it happened to be in the one square metre where these pieces of plastic were placed? What are the odds? After a brief \"discussion\" where the guys suggested I claim off my insurance - what, for their stupidity? It was rapidly agreed they would  order a new part and replace on a revisit. Won\'t this annoyance ever go away?\r\n\r\nDespite all that nonsense I had a lovely day pottering about in the garden. Cutting back autumn raspberries - wrong time of year did I hear you say? Do I look bothered? It\'s a raspberry cane, it\'s got two choices - live or die. There are plenty of punnets of raspberries in Tesco. I\'d forgotten how absorbing pottering can be - forget the big stuff and attend to the little things. As an example I split a planter of crocosmia (used to be called Montbretia - go figure) and put half into another planter; very enjoyable.\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot is looking tidy. The garlic and onions for next year are doing well so I need to start to plan what is going where. The last of the celeriac came out - lessons learned: slugs find them very tasty (as do I) so they need slug pelleting and I need to water them more often next year. And now I have a plan of what will go where in 2018 - this level of organisation is almost frightening.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4036\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wood-cuttingoct16-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>With the evenings drawing in I\'ve started to light the log burner earlier which means cutting the wood that has been seasoning in one corner of the garden. The log bins are only half full so there\'s plenty to be done and I might have to buy, yes, \"buy\" some wood before spring arrives.', 'Thinking Aloud (again)', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4598-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-10-29 17:20:43', '2017-10-29 17:20:43', '', 4598, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4605', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4606, 283, '2017-11-01 08:56:27', '2017-11-01 08:56:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/veg-plot-planoct17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4608 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/veg-plot-planoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A mish mash of items but nothing new there. I\'ve been persuaded by keen gardener friends to draw up a plan of the vegetable plot for next year so that I can decide what to grow, when to sow and where. It should also help with crop rotation particularly as my memory cells are being covered in <a href=\"https://www.alz.org/braintour/plaques.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amyloid plaques</a> (caused by not enough sleep and closely linked to Alzheimer\'s)\r\n\r\nThe garlic have been planted and are already 10 cms tall; the onions are not far behind. I\'m thinking of taking out the herbs because they have spread vigorously, beyond their usefulness. They are also in part of the garden that gets the most sunshine so I might plant flowers that need bright sunlight.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/chris-packhamowloct17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4607 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/chris-packhamowloct17-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>Last night the \"family\" went to Lincoln University to see a lecture by Chris Packham on Bats and Owls.\r\n\r\nApart from the irritation of waiting in a confined space before they opened the doors we had good seats.\r\n\r\nHe was excellent - informative and very amusing. Of course the stars of the show were the owls but let\'s not forget the pipistrelle bat that was brought on at the beginning - very cute.\r\nHaving described how owls are so beautifully developed for hunting we then had a demonstration of several owls flying across the audience and in one instance landing on a man\'s head.\r\n\r\nAfter the lecture we walked over to Prezzo\'s on Brayford Wharf for dinner. A good evening was had by all.', 'Vegetables, Bats and Owls', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'vegetables-bats-and-owls', '', '', '2017-11-01 09:00:33', '2017-11-01 09:00:33', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4606', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4625, 283, '2017-11-09 20:37:11', '2017-11-09 20:37:11', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-lensenov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4624\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/new-lensenov17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>After the experience of the sparrow hawk in Nick &amp; Val\'s garden and the superb photos  Val captured I thought it was time to upgrade my Panasonic DSLR that Jane bought me when I retired 8 years ago. Yes, I know, it was <strong>eight</strong> years ago and it seems like only three. The Lumix G1 is an excellent camera giving beautifully clear images.\r\n\r\nI\'ve bought a secondhand 100 - 300mm zoom lens which looks brand new. Wildlife is difficult to capture at the best of times so this lens will hopefully help me to get some good shots. Next stop <a href=\"http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/donna-nook/weekly-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donna Nook</a> to photograph the seal pups.\r\n\r\nThe vegetable plot is slowly closing down however I\'ve just picked the last of my sweet peppers from the potting shed/greenhouse. Now we have had the first frost I decided to dig up a few parsnips. They don\'t look too bad and they taste delicious so my dinners are now accompanied by parsnip in all forms - mash, steamed, roasted, and spiralized.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4623,4622\"]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignright\" src=\"http://www.doug-macleod.com/images/doug%20macleod_mem_bma_2015.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for doug macleod blues singer\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" />Last Sunday I went with Dave &amp; Lucie to the Hope Tavern Blues evening to see <a href=\"http://www.doug-macleod.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug MacLeod</a> who is a delta blues man. Apart from a problem with the sound system that delayed the start by 30 minutes it was an excellent night of blues music all of it written by Doug MacLeod. He actually met <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownie_McGhee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brownie McGhee,</a> a blues legend. When I was at college I had (or maybe it was Jane\'s) a Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee album. Strange how connections go round and round.', 'Seeing, Growing and Doing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'seeing-growing-and-doing', '', '', '2017-11-09 20:37:11', '2017-11-09 20:37:11', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4625', 0, 'post', '', 0);
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(4653, 283, '2017-11-22 22:59:39', '2017-11-22 22:59:39', '', 'happy-family-durham(nov17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'happy-family-durhamnov17', '', '', '2017-11-23 18:13:05', '2017-11-23 18:13:05', '', 4654, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-family-durhamnov17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4654, 283, '2017-11-23 18:28:09', '2017-11-23 18:28:09', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-family-durhamnov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4653\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-family-durhamnov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Val organised a few days in a cottage near Durham so the \"family\" could get to see the <a href=\"http://www.lumiere-festival.com/durham-2017/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lumiere event</a>. Unfortunately Val wasn\'t well enough to attend which was a real shame.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shilden-loconov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4652\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shilden-loconov17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Before travelling into Durham we visited the Shildon Locomotive museum. I do like engineering and it\'s interesting to be reminded how we used to lead the world in technology. Politicians try to convince us that we still do however we don\'t. Google, Facebook and Uber didn\'t start in the UK and the 21st century technologies we did have are now owned by international conglomerates e.g. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARM Holdings</a>.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the family visited two years ago (November 2015 - Jane and I didn\'t go because she wasn\'t well enough) and were of the opinion that it wasn\'t as good as then but I still enjoyed wandering around the city and looking at the light installations.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4651,4649,4650,4648,4646,4647\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/beamish1nov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4645\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/beamish1nov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>On the Saturday the majority decided to go to the Beamish Museum. It isn\'t cheap but it is really worthwhile and considering it was a Saturday it wasn\'t too crowded.\r\n\r\nThe old buses and trams are great fun. The area that was set in the 1920s was excellent. Shops full of items that were still in use by my parents in the 1950s, such as a <a href=\"https://www.vinterior.co/listings/vintage-rug-beater?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1z18bwA2a7IEn4gM-_eZPi4J1w5zJaP3eP9QRi-33FrixeMzg9h3pUaAs7XEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wicker carpet beater</a> and yes you can still buy one on the internet (for heavens sake why?). It was a great day out even if the temperature barely got above 3 degrees all day.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/logie-steadingnov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4644\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/logie-steadingnov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sunday morning I left ahead of the rest to travel north to the Highlands to visit Tony and Jude. My theory was that Durham is on the way but of course the Highlands are deceptive because Durham is only one third of the way there so I still had a six hour drive.\r\n\r\nTrue to form it rained incessantly for the two days I was there and all the way home but it wasn\'t about the weather it was about having a good time with dear friends.\r\nThere were times on the way back when I thought I was sailing the MX5 down the motorway rather than driving because it was so wet and windy.', 'Lights! Action! Exhaustion...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'lights-action-exhaustion', '', '', '2017-11-23 18:28:09', '2017-11-23 18:28:09', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4654', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4655, 283, '2017-11-23 18:26:44', '2017-11-23 18:26:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-family-durhamnov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4653\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/happy-family-durhamnov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Val organised a few days in a cottage near Durham so the \"family\" could get to see the <a href=\"http://www.lumiere-festival.com/durham-2017/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lumiere event</a>. Unfortunately Val wasn\'t well enough to attend which was a real shame.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shilden-loconov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4652\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shilden-loconov17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>Before travelling into Durham we visited the Shildon Locomotive museum. I do like engineering and it\'s interesting to be reminded how we used to lead the world in technology. Politicians try to convince us that we still do however we don\'t. Google, Facebook and Uber didn\'t start in the UK and the 21st century technologies we did have are now owned by international conglomerates e.g. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm_Holdings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARM Holdings</a>.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the family visited two years ago (November 2015 - Jane and I didn\'t go because she wasn\'t well enough) and were of the opinion that it wasn\'t as good as then but I still enjoyed wandering around the city and looking at the light installations.\r\n\r\n[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4651,4649,4650,4648,4646,4647\"]\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/beamish1nov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4645\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/beamish1nov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>On the Saturday the majority decided to go to the Beamish Museum. It isn\'t cheap but it is really worthwhile and considering it was a Saturday it wasn\'t too crowded.\r\n\r\nThe old buses and trams are great fun. The area that was set in the 1920s was excellent. Shops full of items that were still in use by my parents in the 1950s, such as a <a href=\"https://www.vinterior.co/listings/vintage-rug-beater?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgNrQBRC0ARIsAE-m-1z18bwA2a7IEn4gM-_eZPi4J1w5zJaP3eP9QRi-33FrixeMzg9h3pUaAs7XEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wicker carpet beater</a> and yes you can still buy one on the internet (for heavens sake why?). It was a great day out even if the temperature barely got above 3 degrees all day.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/logie-steadingnov17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4644\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/logie-steadingnov17-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" /></a>Sunday morning I left ahead of the rest to travel north to the Highlands to visit Tony and Jude. My theory was that Durham is on the way but of course the Highlands are deceptive because Durham is only one third of the way there so I still had a six hour drive.\r\n\r\nTrue to form it rained incessantly for the two days I was there and all the way home but it wasn\'t about the weather it was about having a good time with dear friends.\r\nThere were times on the way back when I thought I was sailing the MX5 down the motorway rather than driving because it was so wet and windy.', 'Lights! Action! Exhaustion...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4654-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-11-23 18:26:44', '2017-11-23 18:26:44', '', 4654, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4655', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4657, 283, '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/film-stars-dont-die-in-live.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4659 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/film-stars-dont-die-in-live-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" /></a>I went to see \"Film Stars Don\'t Die in Liverpool\" last night with a friend. It\'s the story of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Grahame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gloria Grahame</a> a film star from the 1940s and 50s who, in her later life had a relationship with a much younger british actor Peter Turner (who wrote the book).\r\n\r\nIt\'s a beautiful story, well put together and superbly played out by Annette Bening and Jamie Bell. Their relationship is totally believable, poignant and tragically sad. I went prepared with several hankies and certainly needed them. If you enjoy a love story then this is one for you...\r\nFor a detailed review <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/14/gloria-grahame-star-crossed-life-and-love-peter-turner-film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here...</a>', 'Film Stars Don\'t Die - Review', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'film-stars-dont-die-review', '', '', '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4657', 0, 'post', '', 2),
(4658, 283, '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '<img class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/68bf5111ea9aec318b2d5f36caabc27b0ba3729e/106_0_1000_600/master/1000.jpg?w=300&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e75f6fc143fad2e213ef3855d8f460ce\" alt=\"Image result for film stars dont die in liverpool\" />I went to see \"Film Stars Don\'t Die in Liverpool\" last night with a friend. It\'s the story of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Grahame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gloria Grahame</a> a film star from the 1940s and 50s who, in her later life had a relationship with a much younger british actor Peter Turner (who wrote the book).\r\n\r\nIt\'s a beautiful story, well put together and superbly played out by Annette Bening and Jamie Bell. Their relationship is totally believable, poignant and tragically sad. I went prepared with several hankies and certainly needed them. If you enjoy a love story then this is one for you...\r\nFor a detailed review <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/14/gloria-grahame-star-crossed-life-and-love-peter-turner-film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here...</a>', 'Film Stars Don\'t Die - Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4657-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '2017-12-01 12:18:45', '', 4657, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4658', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4659, 283, '2017-12-01 15:44:18', '2017-12-01 15:44:18', '', 'film-stars-dont-die-in-live', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'film-stars-dont-die-in-live', '', '', '2017-12-01 15:44:18', '2017-12-01 15:44:18', '', 4657, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/film-stars-dont-die-in-live.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4660, 283, '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/film-stars-dont-die-in-live.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4659 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/film-stars-dont-die-in-live-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" /></a>I went to see \"Film Stars Don\'t Die in Liverpool\" last night with a friend. It\'s the story of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Grahame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gloria Grahame</a> a film star from the 1940s and 50s who, in her later life had a relationship with a much younger british actor Peter Turner (who wrote the book).\r\n\r\nIt\'s a beautiful story, well put together and superbly played out by Annette Bening and Jamie Bell. Their relationship is totally believable, poignant and tragically sad. I went prepared with several hankies and certainly needed them. If you enjoy a love story then this is one for you...\r\nFor a detailed review <a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/14/gloria-grahame-star-crossed-life-and-love-peter-turner-film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here...</a>', 'Film Stars Don\'t Die - Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4657-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '2017-12-01 15:44:48', '', 4657, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4660', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4661, 283, '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4409\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating-200x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" /></a>My ongoing search for a \"significant other\" continues. There have been some near matches (some good, others not so good) and every time it ends there is a feeling of disappointment. I find it difficult to get to know people in a climate of high expectations and even harder to make the decision to walk away. Usually one or other party loses interest, discovers something that isn\'t \"right\" (whatever that means) or collectively cannot find the time or energy to maintain the connection. Matters of the heart remain a mystery to me.\r\n\r\nAnd then you start all over again... Is it worth it? Hopefully because life has little meaning if it isn\'t being shared with someone else. My search so far has led me to meet 12 lovely people who have been interesting and a few of whom have got past the two date level. The first date is quite straightforward, the second date is critical and the third date - well if either of us make it to a third date then it is likely to last at least a month. I haven\'t always behaved honourably (that\'s by my standards) and I have annoyed a few people on this journey. I\'ve learned something from every encounter; my strengths and weaknesses are more apparent and there are some things about myself I didn\'t even know. I will endeavour to enjoy the journey, avoid becoming fixated on the outcome and develop a sense of humour about it all. As someone who is prone to plan everything, I enjoy change as long it is from a stable foundation however I don\'t have any stability other than from my inner strength and very good friends around me. Onwards and upwards...', 'Relationship Nurturing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'relationship-nurturing', '', '', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4661', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(4662, 283, '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4409\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating-200x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" /></a>My ongoing search for a \"significant other\" continues. There have been some near matches (some good, others not so good) and every time it ends there is a feeling of disappointment. I find it difficult to get to know people in a climate of high expectations and even harder to make the decision to walk away. Usually one or other party loses interest, discovers something that isn\'t \"right\" (whatever that means) or collectively cannot find the time or energy to maintain the connection. Matters of the heart remain a mystery to me.\r\n\r\nAnd then you start all over again... Is it worth it? Hopefully because life has little meaning if it isn\'t being shared with someone else. My search so far has led me to meet 12 lovely people who have been interesting and a few of whom have got past the two date level. The first date is quite straightforward, the second date is critical and the third date - well if either of us make it to a third date then it is likely to last at least a month. I haven\'t always behaved honourably (that\'s by my standards) and I have annoyed a few people on this journey. I\'ve learned something from every encounter; my strengths and weaknesses are more apparent and there are some things about myself I didn\'t even know. I will endeavour to enjoy the journey, avoid becoming fixated on the outcome and develop a sense of humour about it all. As someone who is prone to plan everything, I enjoy change as long it is from a stable foundation however I don\'t have any stability other than from my inner strength and very good friends around me. Onwards and upwards...', 'Relationship Nurturing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4661-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '2017-12-04 13:55:44', '', 4661, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4662', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4663, 283, '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4664 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence-e1512396171737-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"244\" /></a>I\'m not sure how close we are to a robot emulating a human being. Some roboticists claim it could be within the next 20 years but I\'m very dubious about these claims. Most of the machines demonstrated so far are \"one trick ponies\" or rely largely upon big data to answer foolish questions.\r\n\r\nThey can beat a human playing Go but can the same computer <a href=\"https://youtu.be/gy5g33S0Gzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fold the towels</a> (it takes 100 minutes to fold 5 towels) or load the dishwasher? I don\'t think so. Humans are complex organisms and there are some things we do, like catching a fast-moving ball, that we don\'t even know how we do it. And then we come onto the ethical issues (always assuming we can program a computer to think ethically) - the philosophical debate as to what is \"good\", what is the \"right\" thing to do. After all we asked 65 million people as to whether we should leave the European Union and we couldn\'t come up with the right answer.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4665\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we program robots to learn will they learn to behave like us? Will they absorb the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven deadly sins</a> and display: Lust; Gluttony; Greed; Sloth; Wrath; Envy; or Pride. Who knows? We need to get this stuff sorted before too long. We cannot rely on <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asimov\'s 3 Laws of Robotics.</a>\r\n\r\nUltimately what\'s good for the planet might be the demise of the human race and robots might make that decision - would they be wrong?', 'Artificial Intelligence', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'artificial-intelligence', '', '', '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4663', 0, 'post', '', 4),
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(4665, 283, '2017-12-04 14:20:19', '2017-12-04 14:20:19', '', 'Humans-channel4', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'humans-channel4', '', '', '2017-12-04 14:20:19', '2017-12-04 14:20:19', '', 4663, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4666, 283, '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4664 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence-e1512396171737-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"244\" /></a>I\'m not sure how close we are to a robot emulating a human being. Some roboticists claim it could be within the next 20 years but I\'m very dubious about these claims. Most of the machines demonstrated so far are \"one trick ponies\" or rely largely upon big data to answer foolish questions.\r\n\r\nThey can beat a human playing Go but can the same computer <a href=\"https://youtu.be/gy5g33S0Gzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fold the towels</a> (it takes 100 minutes to fold 5 towels) or load the dishwasher? I don\'t think so. Humans are complex organisms and there are some things we do, like catching a fast-moving ball, that we don\'t even know how we do it. And then we come onto the ethical issues (always assuming we can program a computer to think ethically) - the philosophical debate as to what is \"good\", what is the \"right\" thing to do. After all we asked 65 million people as to whether we should leave the European Union and we couldn\'t come up with the right answer.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4665\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we program robots to learn will they learn to behave like us? Will they absorb the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven deadly sins</a> and display: Lust; Gluttony; Greed; Sloth; Wrath; Envy; or Pride. Who knows? We need to get this stuff sorted before too long. We cannot rely on <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asimov\'s 3 Laws of Robotics.</a>\r\n\r\nUltimately what\'s good for the planet might be the demise of the human race and robots might make that decision - would they be wrong?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;', 'Artificial Intelligence', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4663-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '2017-12-04 14:23:36', '', 4663, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4666', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4667, 283, '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4664 \" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/artificial-intelligence-e1512396171737-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"244\" /></a>I\'m not sure how close we are to a robot emulating a human being. Some roboticists claim it could be within the next 20 years but I\'m very dubious about these claims. Most of the machines demonstrated so far are \"one trick ponies\" or rely largely upon big data to answer foolish questions.\r\n\r\nThey can beat a human playing Go but can the same computer <a href=\"https://youtu.be/gy5g33S0Gzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fold the towels</a> (it takes 100 minutes to fold 5 towels) or load the dishwasher? I don\'t think so. Humans are complex organisms and there are some things we do, like catching a fast-moving ball, that we don\'t even know how we do it. And then we come onto the ethical issues (always assuming we can program a computer to think ethically) - the philosophical debate as to what is \"good\", what is the \"right\" thing to do. After all we asked 65 million people as to whether we should leave the European Union and we couldn\'t come up with the right answer.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4665\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Humans-channel4-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>\r\n\r\nWhen we program robots to learn will they learn to behave like us? Will they absorb the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven deadly sins</a> and display: Lust; Gluttony; Greed; Sloth; Wrath; Envy; or Pride. Who knows? We need to get this stuff sorted before too long. We cannot rely on <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asimov\'s 3 Laws of Robotics.</a>\r\n\r\nUltimately what\'s good for the planet might be the demise of the human race and robots might make that decision - would they be wrong?', 'Artificial Intelligence', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4663-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '2017-12-04 14:23:52', '', 4663, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4667', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4670, 283, '2017-12-05 22:18:49', '2017-12-05 22:18:49', '', 'walesby-walk1(dec17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'walesby-walk1dec17', '', '', '2017-12-05 22:18:49', '2017-12-05 22:18:49', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/walesby-walk1dec17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4671, 283, '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4668,4669,4670\"]\r\n\r\nWhen in doubt go for a walk... Since the temperatures have generally dropped below 10 degrees I\'m no longer cycling and so I\'m attempting to get out for walks. The exercise and fresh air has to be good for me and the beauty of the natural world is all around me. If I\'m not taking pictures on my Galaxy S8 phone then I\'m using my Nikon Coolpix. I need to be a little more creative and that will come with time and a little more dedication. Watch this space.', 'Woodland Walk', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'woodland-walk-2', '', '', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4671', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4672, 283, '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '[gallery type=\"rectangular\" size=\"medium\" ids=\"4668,4669,4670\"]\r\n\r\nWhen in doubt go for a walk... Since the temperatures have generally dropped below 10 degrees I\'m no longer cycling and so I\'m attempting to get out for walks. The exercise and fresh air has to be good for me and the beauty of the natural world is all around me. If I\'m not taking pictures on my Galaxy S8 phone then I\'m using my Nikon Coolpix. I need to be a little more creative and that will come with time and a little more dedication. Watch this space.', 'Woodland Walk', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4671-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '2017-12-05 22:25:59', '', 4671, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4672', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4674, 283, '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inviteonly.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4675\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inviteonly-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"177\" /></a>Over recent months I\'ve realised how naive I have been with this website (why did it take me so long you may ask?). The posts I have written can be misinterpreted by strangers. For people who are using the information to discover my lifestyle may form opinions about my life that might be incorrect.\r\n\r\nIn the next few days I will make the site available by invitation only so friends who have followed the site over the years will face the prospect of having to sign in. I apologise for this but recent events have forced my hand.\r\n\r\nI will continue to write posts but only my trusted acquaintances will be able to read them.', 'Invitation Only', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'invitation-only', '', '', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4674', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4675, 283, '2017-12-14 17:03:40', '2017-12-14 17:03:40', '', 'inviteonly', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'inviteonly', '', '', '2017-12-14 17:03:40', '2017-12-14 17:03:40', '', 4674, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inviteonly.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4676, 283, '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inviteonly.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4675\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/inviteonly-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"177\" /></a>Over recent months I\'ve realised how naive I have been with this website (why did it take me so long you may ask?). The posts I have written can be misinterpreted by strangers. For people who are using the information to discover my lifestyle may form opinions about my life that might be incorrect.\r\n\r\nIn the next few days I will make the site available by invitation only so friends who have followed the site over the years will face the prospect of having to sign in. I apologise for this but recent events have forced my hand.\r\n\r\nI will continue to write posts but only my trusted acquaintances will be able to read them.', 'Invitation Only', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4674-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '2017-12-14 17:05:56', '', 4674, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4676', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4745, 283, '2018-01-21 11:25:14', '2018-01-21 11:25:14', '', 'PSX_20180121_112208', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'psx_20180121_112208', '', '', '2018-01-21 11:27:21', '2018-01-21 11:27:21', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4744, 283, '2018-01-21 11:24:20', '2018-01-21 11:24:20', '', 'PSX_20180121_112223', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'psx_20180121_112223', '', '', '2018-01-21 18:21:19', '2018-01-21 18:21:19', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4741, 283, '2018-01-21 11:08:28', '2018-01-21 11:08:28', '', 'Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'antony-cleopatra-rsc-rst-11', '', '', '2018-01-21 18:29:50', '2018-01-21 18:29:50', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4742, 283, '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208-123x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"300\" /></a>First off was a visit to the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtauld</a> gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/what-on/exhibitions-displays/soutine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soutine</a> portrait exhibition. He is famous for his depiction of staff working in hotels and restaurants. He manages through these images to show their shyness and humility as they consider themselves to be servants and almost unworthy to be captured as a painting.\r\n\r\nIt is strange how he still manages to capture the essence of the person despite most of the image being distorted.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch we walked from Somerset House to the National Portrait Gallery to see the <a href=\"https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/cezanne-portraits/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cezanne Portrait exhibition</a>. A strange collection of portraits many of himself or his wife. I find it interesting that rarely, if ever, anyone smiles in portraits. I don\'t understand why not, maybe because it\'s difficult to capture a smile, artists can\'t paint teeth or it looks if held in a pose for too long it becomes an inane grin.\r\n\r\nI particularly liked this pipe smoking farm worker resting his head on his hand looking particularly bored.\r\n\r\nIt was a fascinating exhibition of works for which Cezanne is not famous.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4741\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" /></a>And so for the evening\'s entertainment and for me the highlight of the weekend a visit to the Barbican to see Antony and Cleopatra by the RSC.\r\n\r\nOutstanding doesn\'t cover what happened over the ensuing three hours. Superb orchestration, incredible acting and of course the Shakespeare script.\r\n\r\nI\'d forgotten it was the final performance and when it came to the curtain call many of the actors were in tears because it was the end of something they really enjoyed doing. I walked out stunned...', 'London - Saturday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'london-saturday', '', '', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4742', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4679, 283, '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4680 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the continued expansion of my culinary skills I decided the other day to see what it would be like to cook a finger. Of course it had to be prepared first so I took a very sharp knife and sliced into it. I didn\'t allow for the rush of blood to the finger or away from the rest of my body.\r\n\r\nIn truth I was trying to separate two frozen minted lamb burgers when the knife slipped - 10% sharp knife and 90% stupidity. As someone who takes a small dose of aspirin every day, when I bleed I bleed well, and I was quite surprised, nay shocked, at how much blood there was. I eventually staunched the flow and wrapped it up. Of course I should have phoned the neighbours for help but that would have been a \"show of weakness\" which I wasn\'t going <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4683\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>to allow. An interesting experience and there will be even more \"fun\" when I unwrap it but not now. I\'ll ask nurse Lucie to help with that because I know it\'s going to hurt.\r\n\r\nAnd to prove what a brave boy I am somebody sent me this sticker...', 'Cooked Finger Anyone?', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'cooked-finger-anyone', '', '', '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4679', 0, 'post', '', 1);
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(4680, 283, '2017-12-19 20:13:45', '2017-12-19 20:13:45', '', 'bloody-finger(dec17)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'bloody-fingerdec17', '', '', '2017-12-19 20:13:45', '2017-12-19 20:13:45', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4681, 283, '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4680 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the continued expansion of my culinary skills I decided the other day to see what it would be like to cook a finger. Of course it had to be prepared first so I took a very sharp knife and sliced into it. I didn\'t allow for the rush of blood to the finger or away from the rest of my body.\r\n\r\nIn truth I was trying to separate two frozen minted lamb burgers when the knife slipped - 10% sharp knife and 90% stupidity. As someone who takes a small dose of aspirin every day, when I bleed I bleed well, and I was quite surprised, nay shocked, at how much blood there was. I eventually staunched the flow and wrapped it up. Of course I should have phoned the neighbours for help but that would have been a \"show of weakness\" which I wasn\'t going to allow. An interesting experience and there will be even more \"fun\" when I unwrap it but not now. I\'ll ask nurse Lucie to help with that because I know it\'s going to hurt.', 'Cooked Finger Anyone', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4679-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '2017-12-19 20:23:31', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4681', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4703, 283, '2017-12-28 17:39:25', '2017-12-28 17:39:25', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/frozen-CX5dec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4704\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/frozen-CX5dec17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"186\" /></a>Despite all the disruption experienced by other travellers my journey home from the Highlands was relatively uneventful.\r\n\r\nI had to scrape the snow from the car and then chisel the ice off which had frozen solid underneath. I\'m not used to such hardships.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/leaving-highlandsdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4705\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/leaving-highlandsdec17-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"207\" /></a>It was a beautiful start to the drive with the sun rising over the hills and a scattering of snow across the trees and fields. Although the roads had been gritted there hadn\'t been enough traffic for the snow to have thawed. I had to take it easy.\r\n\r\nThe only hold up was at Scotch Corner where there was 2 mile tail-back to get onto the A1. Regardless of the minor delays I was home by 6pm and the 9 hour journey didn\'t seem too bad after all. Looking forward to the next time.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5houseoct17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4586\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mx5houseoct17-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The house was warm, cosy and welcoming... I had a lovely, memorable time with Tony and Jude but home is home. I\'m sure they were pleased to get their home back to themselves and not have a guest sitting around cluttering up the place.', 'Home Again', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'home-again-2', '', '', '2017-12-28 17:39:25', '2017-12-28 17:39:25', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4703', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4683, 283, '2017-12-19 22:32:46', '2017-12-19 22:32:46', '', 'brave today', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'brave-today', '', '', '2017-12-19 22:32:46', '2017-12-19 22:32:46', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today.png', 0, 'attachment', 'image/png', 0),
(4684, 283, '2017-12-19 22:34:40', '2017-12-19 22:34:40', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4680 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the continued expansion of my culinary skills I decided the other day to see what it would be like to cook a finger. Of course it had to be prepared first so I took a very sharp knife and sliced into it. I didn\'t allow for the rush of blood to the finger or away from the rest of my body.\n\nIn truth I was trying to separate two frozen minted lamb burgers when the knife slipped - 10% sharp knife and 90% stupidity. As someone who takes a small dose of aspirin every day, when I bleed I bleed well, and I was quite surprised, nay shocked, at how much blood there was. I eventually staunched the flow and wrapped it up. Of course I should have phoned the neighbours for help but that would have been a \"show of weakness\" which I wasn\'t going to allow. An interesting ex<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4683\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" />\n\nperience and there will be even more \"fun\" when I unwrap it but not now. I\'ll ask nurse Lucie to help with that because I know it\'s going to hurt.\n\nAnd to prove what a brave boy I am somebody sent me this sticker...', 'Cooked Finger Anyone', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4679-autosave-v1', '', '', '2017-12-19 22:34:40', '2017-12-19 22:34:40', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4684', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4685, 283, '2017-12-19 22:35:09', '2017-12-19 22:35:09', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4680 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the continued expansion of my culinary skills I decided the other day to see what it would be like to cook a finger. Of course it had to be prepared first so I took a very sharp knife and sliced into it. I didn\'t allow for the rush of blood to the finger or away from the rest of my body.\r\n\r\nIn truth I was trying to separate two frozen minted lamb burgers when the knife slipped - 10% sharp knife and 90% stupidity. As someone who takes a small dose of aspirin every day, when I bleed I bleed well, and I was quite surprised, nay shocked, at how much blood there was. I eventually staunched the flow and wrapped it up. Of course I should have phoned the neighbours for help but that would have been a \"show of weakness\" which I wasn\'t going <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4683\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>to allow. An interesting experience and there will be even more \"fun\" when I unwrap it but not now. I\'ll ask nurse Lucie to help with that because I know it\'s going to hurt.\r\n\r\nAnd to prove what a brave boy I am somebody sent me this sticker...', 'Cooked Finger Anyone', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4679-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-19 22:35:09', '2017-12-19 22:35:09', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4685', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4686, 283, '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4680 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/bloody-fingerdec17-150x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" /></a>As part of the continued expansion of my culinary skills I decided the other day to see what it would be like to cook a finger. Of course it had to be prepared first so I took a very sharp knife and sliced into it. I didn\'t allow for the rush of blood to the finger or away from the rest of my body.\r\n\r\nIn truth I was trying to separate two frozen minted lamb burgers when the knife slipped - 10% sharp knife and 90% stupidity. As someone who takes a small dose of aspirin every day, when I bleed I bleed well, and I was quite surprised, nay shocked, at how much blood there was. I eventually staunched the flow and wrapped it up. Of course I should have phoned the neighbours for help but that would have been a \"show of weakness\" which I wasn\'t going <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today.png\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4683\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brave-today-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" /></a>to allow. An interesting experience and there will be even more \"fun\" when I unwrap it but not now. I\'ll ask nurse Lucie to help with that because I know it\'s going to hurt.\r\n\r\nAnd to prove what a brave boy I am somebody sent me this sticker...', 'Cooked Finger Anyone?', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4679-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '2017-12-20 18:05:58', '', 4679, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4686', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4687, 283, '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-761\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif-162x200.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /></a>As we head into the festive season and there is so much happiness around I find myself thinking back two years to when Jane went into St Barnabas Hospice.\r\n\r\nI have come a long way since then and recognise that I still have to find a new life, with or without a partner.\r\n\r\nI wish all readers a wonderful Christmas and most important of all a healthy New Year. Love and Hugs - Steve xx', 'The Festive Season', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-festive-season', '', '', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4687', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(4688, 283, '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-761\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif-162x200.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"200\" /></a>As we head into the festive season and there is so much happiness around I find myself thinking back two years to when Jane went into St Barnabas Hospice.\r\n\r\nI have come a long way since then and recognise that I still have to find a new life, with or without a partner.\r\n\r\nI wish all readers a wonderful Christmas and most important of all a healthy New Year. Love and Hugs - Steve xx', 'The Festive Season', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4687-revision-v1', '', '', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '2017-12-20 21:21:55', '', 4687, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4688', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4690, 283, '2017-12-23 16:15:17', '2017-12-23 16:15:17', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-12-22-14.20.56-e1514045290875.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4689\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/2017-12-22-14.20.56-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" /></a>The nine-hour journey up to the Highlands to stay with Tony and Jude is arduous but the scenery through Scotland is stunning. As a result of rain and mild temperatures there wasn\'t a lot of snow on the hills.\r\n\r\nI\'m enjoying good company, lively discussions, excellent food and plenty of wine. All this and walks through woodland and along the sea-shore - who could ask for more?\r\n\r\nThe sun sets at 15:30 at this time of year however they are beautiful - Findhorn Bay...', 'Scottish Highlands', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'scottish-highlands', '', '', '2017-12-23 16:15:42', '2017-12-23 16:15:42', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4690', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(4707, 283, '2017-12-28 18:28:40', '2017-12-28 18:28:40', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/big-sick-reviewdec17.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4708\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/big-sick-reviewdec17-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" /></a>On Boxing Day we went to the Findhorn Foundation to see the Big Sick. A romantic comedy about a Pakistan born comedian, brought up in the USA and his experiences of dating when his mother is trying to get him into an arranged marriage.\r\nOne of his dates, Emily, starts to become a fixture until she learns that he hasn\'t told his family about her and that he has a collection of photographs of the potential women he has been matched to.\r\nIt is very funny and at the same time quite touching as things start to go wrong for both of them. Holly Hunter as Emily\'s mother is superb as the archetypal mum prepared to fight for the best for her daughter and show that the \"liberal elite\" are not to be messed with. As I walked back to the car I said \"any film that makes me laugh and cry in equal measure has to be a winner for me\". It\'s undoubtedly on limited release for a niche audience but worth catching up with on Netflix or Amazon Prime if you get the chance...', 'The Big Sick - Film Review', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'the-big-sick-film-review', '', '', '2017-12-28 18:28:40', '2017-12-28 18:28:40', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4707', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4715, 283, '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4719\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" /></a>Food</span> - it\'s a classic time of boom and bust. At Christmas we buy or are given treats (biscuits, chocolates, crisps, nuts, wine) that we  wouldn\'t normally consume. I normally restrict what I buy during the year so there is no temptation in the house. I buy ginger biscuits and crackers rather than chocolate biscuits or crisps but if they cross the threshold and are in the house then I have to eat them. I don\'t have any discipline. As a consequence I\'ve put on 2 Kgs over the past two weeks. It\'s a simple solution, eat less and do more (too cold to cycle)... Watch this space.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4718\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"125\" /></a>Personal</span> - What does 2018 hold for our personal lives? Who knows? More of the same or something dramatically different? The power to change things rests with every one of us. I\'m really grateful for having the very good friends that I have and I\'m trying to pay that forward to others. I visited somebody yesterday who had spent most of the festive period on their own; I\'m trying to pay forward the support I get from others. Who knows, I might meet the second love of my life - I\'ll keep looking and try not to forget to have fun on the journey...</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4717\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"187\" /></a>Society</span> - Will 2018 be the year when:</span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Theresa May eventually falls and is replaced by one of the backstabbing bastards that politics seems to breed? Jeremy Corbyn is Prime Minister? Donald Trump is still tweeting inanities? North Korea climbs down from the brinkmanship stance it keeps taking? Truth overcomes \"</span><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative facts</a><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\"? There are fewer people on the planet? The poor and homeless are still with us?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4716\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"104\" /></a>No Resolutions But</span> - I need to get off my backside and get back into making things happen – friends, U3A, University, holidays (Family in Norfolk, friends in Portugal, brother in California)...</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\">So what does the future hold for you?</span>', '2018 Ramblings', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', '2018-ramblings', '', '', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4715', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(4720, 283, '2018-01-02 10:54:48', '2018-01-02 10:54:48', '<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4719\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" /></a>Food</span> - it\'s a classic time of boom and bust. At Christmas we buy or are given treats (biscuits, chocolates, crisps, nuts, wine) that we  wouldn\'t normally consume. I restrict what I buy so there is no temptation in the house. During the year I buy ginger biscuits and crackers rather than chocolate biscuits or crisps but if they cross the threshold and are in the house then I have to eat them. I don\'t have any discipline. As a consequence I\'ve put on 2 Kgs over the past two weeks. It\'s a simple solution, eat less and do more (too cold to cycle)... Watch this space.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4718\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"125\" /></a>Personal</span> - What does 2018 hold for our personal lives? Who knows? More of the same or something dramatically different? The power to change things rests with every one of us. I\'m really grateful for having the very good friends that I have and I\'m trying to pay that forward to others. I visited somebody yesterday who had spent most of the festive period on their own; I\'m trying to pay forward the support I get from others. Who knows, I might meet the second love of my life - I\'ll keep looking and try not to forget to have fun on the journey...</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4717\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"168\" /></a>Society</span> - Will 2018 be the year when:</span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Theresa May eventually falls and is replaced by one of the backstabbing bastards that politics seems to breed? Jeremy Corbyn is Prime Minister? Donald Trump still be tweeting inanities? North Korea climb down from the brinkmanship stance it keeps taking? Truth overcomes \"</span><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative facts</a><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\"? There are fewer people on the planet? The poor and homeless will still be with us?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4716\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"104\" /></a>No Resolutions But</span> - I need to get off my backside and get back into making things happen – friends, U3A, University, holidays (Family in Norfolk, friends in Portugal, brother in California)...\r\nSo what does the future hold for you?</span>', '2018 Ramblings', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4715-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-02 10:54:48', '2018-01-02 10:54:48', '', 4715, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4720', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4721, 283, '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4719\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/choc-cakejan2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" /></a>Food</span> - it\'s a classic time of boom and bust. At Christmas we buy or are given treats (biscuits, chocolates, crisps, nuts, wine) that we  wouldn\'t normally consume. I normally restrict what I buy during the year so there is no temptation in the house. I buy ginger biscuits and crackers rather than chocolate biscuits or crisps but if they cross the threshold and are in the house then I have to eat them. I don\'t have any discipline. As a consequence I\'ve put on 2 Kgs over the past two weeks. It\'s a simple solution, eat less and do more (too cold to cycle)... Watch this space.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4718\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/me-imagejan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"125\" /></a>Personal</span> - What does 2018 hold for our personal lives? Who knows? More of the same or something dramatically different? The power to change things rests with every one of us. I\'m really grateful for having the very good friends that I have and I\'m trying to pay that forward to others. I visited somebody yesterday who had spent most of the festive period on their own; I\'m trying to pay forward the support I get from others. Who knows, I might meet the second love of my life - I\'ll keep looking and try not to forget to have fun on the journey...</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4717\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/societiesjan18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"187\" /></a>Society</span> - Will 2018 be the year when:</span>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Theresa May eventually falls and is replaced by one of the backstabbing bastards that politics seems to breed? Jeremy Corbyn is Prime Minister? Donald Trump is still tweeting inanities? North Korea climbs down from the brinkmanship stance it keeps taking? Truth overcomes \"</span><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative facts</a><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\"? There are fewer people on the planet? The poor and homeless are still with us?</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 16pt;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4716\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/make-it-happenjan18-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"104\" /></a>No Resolutions But</span> - I need to get off my backside and get back into making things happen – friends, U3A, University, holidays (Family in Norfolk, friends in Portugal, brother in California)...</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 16pt; color: #0000ff;\">So what does the future hold for you?</span>', '2018 Ramblings', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4715-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '2018-01-02 10:58:00', '', 4715, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4721', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4735, 283, '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4736 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A visit back to Northampton is always interesting. The traffic is probably no worse than when I lived there but it seems so much more busy compared to the slower pace of life (and traffic) in Lincolnshire.\r\n\r\nAfter catching up with Sue &amp; Graham I went into town for lunch with an ex work colleague. We caught up on the state of Local Government when times are tough and the impact of outsourcing on the public sector (demise of Carillion). The new County Hall is a superb building and my old office now overlooks this architectural statement. There\'s a part of me that would have liked to have worked in it. The Data Centre is still housed across the road in the old County Police station so that hasn\'t changed at all.\r\n\r\nI spent the afternoon with a couple of Jane\'s friends and ex work colleagues from Blisworth Surgery. It was good to reminisce about their time working together and also my experiences over the past six months. In the evening I had dinner with a family friend before heading for home rolling onto the drive just after 11pm. A busy and sociable day.', 'Northampton Visit', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'northampton-visit-2', '', '', '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4735', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4725, 283, '2018-01-10 22:32:56', '2018-01-10 22:32:56', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cleethorpes-pierjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4726\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cleethorpes-pierjan18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" /></a>Thank goodness the \"festivities\" are over. I found the first few days of the New Year dire because there wasn\'t anything going on but I did get out for a few walks.\r\nAt the weekend I drove the MX5 (great fun) over to Cleethorpes and did a four mile walk away from the pier and back again (4 miles @ 3.8mph). I only had to walk 100 metres away from the promenade and the throngs of people drifted away.\r\nThis week is busier with chairing the U3A committee meeting on Monday and all the fallout from that; visiting ex college friends; and the U3A Monthly Meeting.\r\n\r\nLife is goodish...', 'Weekend Plus', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'weekend-plus', '', '', '2018-01-10 22:37:53', '2018-01-10 22:37:53', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4725', 0, 'post', '', 0),
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(4729, 283, '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '[caption id=\"attachment_3082\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jane-on-decking-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3082\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jane-on-decking-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Relaxing in Rothersthorpe[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwo years ago today Jane died, the world became a lesser place and my world fell apart completely. Since that day I\'ve slowly built a new life, brick by brick, tear by tear, until I can face each day with optimism and hope (not every day but most days).\r\n\r\nToday I\'m going to the Hospice garden to meditate on our lives together not in a morose or maudlin way but a reflection on 45 years of happiness, excitement and pure joy.\r\n\r\nNobody could have asked for more however I know there is more joy to come and I look forward to what life might bring next...\r\n\r\nA special thank you to all those who have supported me over the past two years and continue to be there for me.', 'Two Years Ago...', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'two-years-ago', '', '', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4729', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(4730, 283, '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '[caption id=\"attachment_3082\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"225\"]<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jane-on-decking-1.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-3082\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/jane-on-decking-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a> Relaxing in Rothersthorpe[/caption]\r\n\r\nTwo years ago today Jane died, the world became a lesser place and my world fell apart completely. Since that day I\'ve slowly built a new life, brick by brick, tear by tear, until I can face each day with optimism and hope (not every day but most days).\r\n\r\nToday I\'m going to the Hospice garden to meditate on our lives together not in a morose or maudlin way but a reflection on 45 years of happiness, excitement and pure joy.\r\n\r\nNobody could have asked for more however I know there is more joy to come and I look forward to what life might bring next...\r\n\r\nA special thank you to all those who have supported me over the past two years and continue to be there for me.', 'Two Years Ago...', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4729-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '2018-01-12 09:59:52', '', 4729, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4730', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4731, 283, '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hospice-garden-2nd-annivers.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4732\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hospice-garden-2nd-annivers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The hospice garden dedicated to Jane on a dull January day. There were birds in the silver birches and the trees are doing well always remembering they have Jane\'s ashes in the roots to give them that added zest for life.\r\n\r\nIt was peaceful and lovely to contemplate our life together - never to be forgotten xx', 'Hospice Garden', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'hospice-garden-2', '', '', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4731', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(4733, 283, '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hospice-garden-2nd-annivers.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4732\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hospice-garden-2nd-annivers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>The hospice garden dedicated to Jane on a dull January day. There were birds in the silver birches and the trees are doing well always remembering they have Jane\'s ashes in the roots to give them that added zest for life.\r\n\r\nIt was peaceful and lovely to contemplate our life together - never to be forgotten xx', 'Hospice Garden', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4731-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '2018-01-12 15:12:00', '', 4731, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4733', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4737, 283, '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4736\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A visit back to Northampton is always interesting. The traffic is probably no worse than when I lived there but it seems so much more busy compared to the slower pace of life (and traffic) in Lincolnshire.\r\n\r\nAfter catching up with Sue &amp; Graham I went into town for lunch with an ex work colleague. We caught up on the state of Local Government when times are tough and the impact of outsourcing on the public sector (demise of Carillion). The new County Hall is a superb building and my old office now overlooks this architectural statement. There\'s a part of me that would have liked to have worked in it. The Data Centre is still housed across the road in the old County Police station so that hasn\'t changed at all.\r\n\r\nI spent the afternoon with a couple of Jane\'s friends and ex work colleagues from Blisworth Surgery. It was good to reminisce about their time working together and also my experiences over the past six months. In the evening I had dinner with a family friend before heading for home rolling onto the drive just after 11pm. A busy and sociable day.', 'Northampton Visit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4735-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '2018-01-18 14:55:23', '', 4735, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4737', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4738, 283, '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-4736 alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/new-ncc-buildingjan18-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A visit back to Northampton is always interesting. The traffic is probably no worse than when I lived there but it seems so much more busy compared to the slower pace of life (and traffic) in Lincolnshire.\r\n\r\nAfter catching up with Sue &amp; Graham I went into town for lunch with an ex work colleague. We caught up on the state of Local Government when times are tough and the impact of outsourcing on the public sector (demise of Carillion). The new County Hall is a superb building and my old office now overlooks this architectural statement. There\'s a part of me that would have liked to have worked in it. The Data Centre is still housed across the road in the old County Police station so that hasn\'t changed at all.\r\n\r\nI spent the afternoon with a couple of Jane\'s friends and ex work colleagues from Blisworth Surgery. It was good to reminisce about their time working together and also my experiences over the past six months. In the evening I had dinner with a family friend before heading for home rolling onto the drive just after 11pm. A busy and sociable day.', 'Northampton Visit', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4735-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '2018-01-18 14:55:55', '', 4735, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4738', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4743, 283, '2018-01-21 11:15:53', '2018-01-21 11:15:53', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\nFirst off was a visit to the Courtaulds gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the Soutine exhibition.', 'London - Saturday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4742-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-21 11:15:53', '2018-01-21 11:15:53', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4743', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4747, 283, '2018-01-21 11:36:40', '2018-01-21 11:36:40', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208-123x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"300\" /></a>First off was a visit to the Courtaulds gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the Soutine portrait exhibition. He is famous for his depiction of staff working in hotels and restaurants. He manages through these images to show their shyness and humility as they consider themselves to be servants and almost unworthy to be captured as a painting.', 'London - Saturday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4742-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-21 11:36:40', '2018-01-21 11:36:40', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4747', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4748, 283, '2018-01-21 18:22:52', '2018-01-21 18:22:52', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208-123x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"300\" /></a>First off was a visit to the Courtaulds gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/what-on/exhibitions-displays/soutine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soutine</a> portrait exhibition. He is famous for his depiction of staff working in hotels and restaurants. He manages through these images to show their shyness and humility as they consider themselves to be servants and almost unworthy to be captured as a painting.\r\n\r\nIt is strange how he still manages to capture the essence of the person despite most of the image being distorted.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch we walked from Somerset House to the National Portrait Gallery to see the <a href=\"https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/cezanne-portraits/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cezanne Portrait exhibition</a>.', 'London - Saturday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4742-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-21 18:22:52', '2018-01-21 18:22:52', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4748', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4749, 283, '2018-01-21 18:30:03', '2018-01-21 18:30:03', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208-123x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"300\" /></a>First off was a visit to the Courtaulds gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/what-on/exhibitions-displays/soutine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soutine</a> portrait exhibition. He is famous for his depiction of staff working in hotels and restaurants. He manages through these images to show their shyness and humility as they consider themselves to be servants and almost unworthy to be captured as a painting.\r\n\r\nIt is strange how he still manages to capture the essence of the person despite most of the image being distorted.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch we walked from Somerset House to the National Portrait Gallery to see the <a href=\"https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/cezanne-portraits/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cezanne Portrait exhibition</a>. A strange collection of portraits many of himself or his wife. I find it interesting that rarely, if ever, anyone smiles in portraits. I don\'t understand why not, maybe because it\'s difficult to capture a smile, artists can\'t paint teeth or it looks if held in a pose for too long it becomes an inane grin.\r\n\r\nI particularly liked this pipe smoking farm worker resting his head on his hand looking particularly bored.\r\n\r\nIt was a fascinating exhibition of works for which Cezanne is not famous for.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4741\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" /></a>And so for the evening\'s entertainment and for me the highlight of the weekend a visit to the Barbican to see Antony and Cleopatra by the RSC.', 'London - Saturday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4742-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-21 18:30:03', '2018-01-21 18:30:03', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4749', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4750, 283, '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', 'The Capital has so much to offer and I can see why it acts like a magnet to the young, affluent or rich. One has to ignore the cost of everything for example I had a bacon sandwich in a very popular cafe (they were waiting outside in the cold for a table) which cost as much as the steak and dumpling stew I had in a pub the previous night.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4745\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112208-123x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"300\" /></a>First off was a visit to the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtauld</a> gallery at Somerset House. This is an unbelievable gem of a gallery because there are so many familiar art works from all the major artists. I was there specifically to see the <a href=\"https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/what-on/exhibitions-displays/soutine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soutine</a> portrait exhibition. He is famous for his depiction of staff working in hotels and restaurants. He manages through these images to show their shyness and humility as they consider themselves to be servants and almost unworthy to be captured as a painting.\r\n\r\nIt is strange how he still manages to capture the essence of the person despite most of the image being distorted.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4744\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180121_112223-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" /></a>After lunch we walked from Somerset House to the National Portrait Gallery to see the <a href=\"https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/cezanne-portraits/exhibition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cezanne Portrait exhibition</a>. A strange collection of portraits many of himself or his wife. I find it interesting that rarely, if ever, anyone smiles in portraits. I don\'t understand why not, maybe because it\'s difficult to capture a smile, artists can\'t paint teeth or it looks if held in a pose for too long it becomes an inane grin.\r\n\r\nI particularly liked this pipe smoking farm worker resting his head on his hand looking particularly bored.\r\n\r\nIt was a fascinating exhibition of works for which Cezanne is not famous.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4741\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Antony-Cleopatra-RSC-RST-11-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" /></a>And so for the evening\'s entertainment and for me the highlight of the weekend a visit to the Barbican to see Antony and Cleopatra by the RSC.\r\n\r\nOutstanding doesn\'t cover what happened over the ensuing three hours. Superb orchestration, incredible acting and of course the Shakespeare script.\r\n\r\nI\'d forgotten it was the final performance and when it came to the curtain call many of the actors were in tears because it was the end of something they really enjoyed doing. I walked out stunned...', 'London - Saturday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4742-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '2018-01-22 09:43:35', '', 4742, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4750', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4751, 283, '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', 'An early morning swim at the local Virgin Leisure centre. It\'s nearly 6 months since I\'ve been for a swim and after only 8 lengths I was feeling the strain. I splashed on and managed to complete the half mile that I used to do in 20 minutes but this time it took many minutes longer.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180122_095322.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4753\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180122_095322-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a>The forecast was for it to rain all day but it didn\'t matter because we drove over to Hampstead to get an overland train to the <a href=\"http://designmuseum.org/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Museum</a> in Kensington. We were particularly interested in the Ferrari Exhibition. I\'ve never been a particular fan of Ferrari - too ostentatious for my liking but the early models are iconic and you can see how many of the sports cars of today have replicated the shape of the early Ferraris.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8268.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4754\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>A short bus ride to the Natural History Museum to see the Wildlife Photography exhibition. The images are really incredible however there is so much technology involved it makes me wonder whether it is worthy of the acclaim they get. I guess, as with many things in life, it is all about being in the right place at the right time and knowing where to be is the skill.\r\n\r\nAfter more use of public transport (underground and overground) we eventually arrived back at the car parked in Hampstead. At this point it had rained incessantly all day so visiting exhibitions was the best thing we could have done.\r\n\r\nDinner out at <a href=\"http://www.pashaislington.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pasha</a> restaurant (Turkish) in Islington - excellent.', 'London - Sunday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'london-sunday', '', '', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4751', 0, 'post', '', 3),
(4752, 283, '2018-01-22 09:48:08', '2018-01-22 09:48:08', 'An early morning swim at the local Virgin Leisure centre. It\'s nearly 6 months since I\'ve been for a swim and after only 8 lengths I was feeling the strain. I splashed on and managed to complete the half mile that I used to do in 20 minutes but this time it took many minutes longer.\r\nThe forecast was for it to rain all day but it didn\'t matter because we drove over the Hampstead to get an overland train to the <a href=\"http://designmuseum.org/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Museum</a> in Kensington. We were particularly interested in the Ferrari Exhibition. I\'ve never been a particular fan of Ferrari - too ostentatious for my liking but the early models are iconic and you can see how many of the sports cars of today have replicated the shape of the early Ferraris.\r\n\r\nA short bus ride to the Natural History Museum to see the Wildlife Photography exhibition. The images are really incredible however there is so much technology involved it makes me wonder whether it is worthy of the acclaim they get. I guess with many things in life it is all about being in the right place at the right time and knowing where to be is the skill.\r\n\r\nAfter more use of public transport (underground and overground) we eventually arrived back at the car parked in Hampstead. At this point it had rained incessantly all day so visiting exhibitions was the best thing we could have done.\r\n\r\nDinner out at Pasha restaurant (Turkish) in Islington - excellent.', 'London - Sunday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4751-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 09:48:08', '2018-01-22 09:48:08', '', 4751, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4752', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4753, 283, '2018-01-22 09:56:55', '2018-01-22 09:56:55', '', 'PSX_20180122_095322', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'psx_20180122_095322', '', '', '2018-01-22 10:01:45', '2018-01-22 10:01:45', '', 4751, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180122_095322.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4754, 283, '2018-01-22 09:57:16', '2018-01-22 09:57:16', '', '8268', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '8268', '', '', '2018-01-22 10:02:08', '2018-01-22 10:02:08', '', 4751, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8268.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4755, 283, '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', 'An early morning swim at the local Virgin Leisure centre. It\'s nearly 6 months since I\'ve been for a swim and after only 8 lengths I was feeling the strain. I splashed on and managed to complete the half mile that I used to do in 20 minutes but this time it took many minutes longer.\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180122_095322.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4753\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/PSX_20180122_095322-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /></a>The forecast was for it to rain all day but it didn\'t matter because we drove over to Hampstead to get an overland train to the <a href=\"http://designmuseum.org/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Museum</a> in Kensington. We were particularly interested in the Ferrari Exhibition. I\'ve never been a particular fan of Ferrari - too ostentatious for my liking but the early models are iconic and you can see how many of the sports cars of today have replicated the shape of the early Ferraris.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8268.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4754\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/8268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>A short bus ride to the Natural History Museum to see the Wildlife Photography exhibition. The images are really incredible however there is so much technology involved it makes me wonder whether it is worthy of the acclaim they get. I guess, as with many things in life, it is all about being in the right place at the right time and knowing where to be is the skill.\r\n\r\nAfter more use of public transport (underground and overground) we eventually arrived back at the car parked in Hampstead. At this point it had rained incessantly all day so visiting exhibitions was the best thing we could have done.\r\n\r\nDinner out at <a href=\"http://www.pashaislington.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pasha</a> restaurant (Turkish) in Islington - excellent.', 'London - Sunday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4751-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '2018-01-22 10:05:21', '', 4751, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4755', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4756, 283, '2018-01-22 10:12:06', '2018-01-22 10:12:06', '', '20180122_101129', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '20180122_101129', '', '', '2018-01-22 17:01:22', '2018-01-22 17:01:22', '', 4758, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4757, 283, '2018-01-22 16:05:30', '2018-01-22 16:05:30', '', '2018-01-22 13.57.12', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '2018-01-22-13-57-12', '', '', '2018-01-22 16:51:55', '2018-01-22 16:51:55', '', 4758, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4758, 283, '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639815447.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4757\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639775213-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>The highlight today was the visit to the <a href=\"https://www.postalmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postal Museum</a> at the old Mount Pleasant sorting office and a ride on the Royal Mail underground train.\r\n\r\nMail has been transported around London in a variety of means. In Victorian times there was a steel bullet that was pushed around tunnels using compressed air produced by a steam engine. The underground system that was used until 2003 was first built during the 1930\'s and went through a number of changes but functioned throughout the second World War. It was opened for tourists last year and is fully booked several months ahead so I felt privileged to get to ride the train so soon.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4756\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" /></a>Although it is only a fifteen minute ride the multimedia experience is superb and very engaging. The combined use of video and still photography gives a 3D dimension to the experience as you stop at particular stations and go back through time. If you\'re into trains and/or the history of the Royal Mail then this is an attraction not to be missed.', 'London - Monday', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'london-monday', '', '', '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4758', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4781, 283, '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-4782 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" /></a>I wasn\'t sure about going to see <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Billboards</a> because it was reviewed as a black comedy and I kept thinking \"Can the Americans do black comedy? They don\'t understand irony so what hope is there for black comedy?\"\r\n\r\nI didn\'t need to concern myself. It is supremely dark and very funny with an excellent cast, fine acting and superb dialogue. Being set in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri</a> with all of the inherent prejudices (homophobia and racial intolerance) of mid western USA the backdrop has plenty of gold to mine and it is fully utilised.\r\n\r\nI don\'t intend to give anything away. The film is very funny, extremely sad and that finely balanced mixture of humour and pathos makes this a \"must see\" film!', 'Three Billboards - Film Review', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'three-billboards-film-review', '', '', '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4781', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4760, 283, '2018-01-22 16:51:10', '2018-01-22 16:51:10', 'The highlight today was the visit to the Postal Museum at the old Mountpleasant sorting office and a ride on the Royal Mail underground train.', 'London - Monday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4758-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 16:51:10', '2018-01-22 16:51:10', '', 4758, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4760', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4761, 283, '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639815447.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4757\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639775213-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>The highlight today was the visit to the Postal Museum at the old Mount Pleasant sorting office and a ride on the Royal Mail underground train.\r\n\r\nMail has been transported around London in a variety of means. In Victorian times there was a steel bullet that was pushed around tunnels using compressed air produced by a steam engine. The underground system that was used until 2003 was first built during the 1930\'s and went through a number of changes but functioned throughout the second World War. It was opened for tourists last year and is fully booked several months ahead so I felt privileged to get to ride the train so soon.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4756\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" /></a>Although it is only a fifteen minute ride the multimedia experience is superb and very engaging. The combined use of video and still photography gives a 3D dimension to the experience as you stop at particular stations and go back through time. If you\'re into trains and/or the history of the Royal Mail then this is an attraction not to be missed.', 'London - Monday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4758-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '2018-01-22 17:03:39', '', 4758, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4761', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4762, 283, '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639815447.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4757\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-01-22-13.57.12-e1516639775213-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>The highlight today was the visit to the <a href=\"https://www.postalmuseum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Postal Museum</a> at the old Mount Pleasant sorting office and a ride on the Royal Mail underground train.\r\n\r\nMail has been transported around London in a variety of means. In Victorian times there was a steel bullet that was pushed around tunnels using compressed air produced by a steam engine. The underground system that was used until 2003 was first built during the 1930\'s and went through a number of changes but functioned throughout the second World War. It was opened for tourists last year and is fully booked several months ahead so I felt privileged to get to ride the train so soon.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4756\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20180122_101129-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" /></a>Although it is only a fifteen minute ride the multimedia experience is superb and very engaging. The combined use of video and still photography gives a 3D dimension to the experience as you stop at particular stations and go back through time. If you\'re into trains and/or the history of the Royal Mail then this is an attraction not to be missed.', 'London - Monday', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4758-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '2018-01-22 17:04:41', '', 4758, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4762', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4848, 283, '2018-02-28 14:33:36', '2018-02-28 14:33:36', '', 'alnwick-gardens-fountain(fe', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'alnwick-gardens-fountainfe', '', '', '2018-02-28 14:33:36', '2018-02-28 14:33:36', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/alnwick-gardens-fountainfe.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4764, 283, '2018-01-26 11:19:10', '2018-01-26 11:19:10', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-lunchjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4765\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-lunchjan18-1024x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" /></a>To celebrate Dave and Graham\'s January birthdays we all met up in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melton_Mowbray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melton Mowbray</a> for lunch. The town was interesting and worthy of another visit when the weather is a little warmer.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.theanneofcleves.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne of Cleves</a> was an excellent choice. Home cooked food, well produced, plenty of it and reasonably priced.', 'Family Lunch', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'family-lunch', '', '', '2018-01-26 11:19:10', '2018-01-26 11:19:10', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4764', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4765, 283, '2018-01-26 11:12:57', '2018-01-26 11:12:57', '', 'family-lunch(jan18)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'family-lunchjan18', '', '', '2018-01-26 11:12:57', '2018-01-26 11:12:57', '', 4764, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-lunchjan18.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4766, 283, '2018-01-26 11:18:34', '2018-01-26 11:18:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-lunchjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4765\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/family-lunchjan18-1024x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"220\" /></a>To celebrate Dave and Graham\'s January birthdays we all met up in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melton_Mowbray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melton Mowbray</a> for lunch. The town was interesting and worthy of another visit when the weather is a little warmer.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http://www.theanneofcleves.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne of Cleves</a> was an excellent choice. Home cooked food, well produced, plenty of it and reasonably priced.', 'Family Lunch', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4764-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-26 11:18:34', '2018-01-26 11:18:34', '', 4764, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4766', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4767, 283, '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4772\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" /></a>I\'ve always enjoyed writing, let\'s not get into a debate as to whether I\'m any good at it because that\'s immaterial, so I decided to sign up to a creative writing course.\r\n\r\nDaunting doesn\'t come close to describing how I felt sitting amongst nine other people with varying levels of experience and ambitions. Several felt they had a book in them and were hoping to write a novel. All I wanted to do was capture thoughts and experiences in a way that would invite people to keep reading - what this website is about...\r\n\r\nThe first exercise was to establish a sense of place and so I wrote this:\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4773\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub-200x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" /></a>It’s always a struggle to walk into a pub alone but the moment I entered I felt immediately at home. The open fire at one end warmed the room and within a few strides I was at the bar facing a smiling landlord. The locals gave a glance up from their conversations but were soon re-immersed in their gossip. As I looked around I absorbed the old beams, stained glass screens and the cosy, intimate booths. It was comfortable without being shabby and I thought “this is my local, at last I’ve come home”.</span></em>\r\n\r\nThis was based on the pub in Melton Mowbray where the family had lunch the day before. There\'s plenty of room for expansion in terms of description particularly around the pub landlord and the regulars but that would come in an edit if I wanted to take it further.\r\n\r\nThe next exercise involved mapping our teenage years in terms of place and so I produced this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4769\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided to focus on the shop where I worked several evenings after school, straight from the station, and all day Saturday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Not my decision! My mum had decided I needed to get a part-time job to earn some pocket-money and she even found somewhere that was looking for cheap labour. To start with I wasn’t a willing worker however as I entered the small shop, pretending to be a supermarket, in the mid 1960s I realised this could be fun. Yes, yes even packing shelves could be fun, I know it doesn’t sound feasible but to my great surprise it was fun.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Enter through the back door turn right and up a wooden staircase to the store-room or turn left and immediately down a few steps into the shop. You didn’t need CCTV because from the top of the steps you could look over the top of the central row of shelves and the two narrow aisles. At the top of one aisle were two electric tills with short, narrow counters. Considering its size the range of goods seemed incredible even down to the pickled walnuts only ever asked for by one man for his pregnant wife.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Apart from restocking the shelves very little changed. Same customers at the same time on the same days. In a teenage world surrounded by turmoil this was a place of constancy and ticked along with the regularity of a metronome.</em></span>\r\n\r\nWriting this helped me to go back in time and experience those feelings I had as a teenager.', 'Creative Writing', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'creative-writing', '', '', '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4767', 0, 'post', '', 2),
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(4770, 283, '2018-01-27 16:18:54', '2018-01-27 16:18:54', 'I\'ve always enjoyed writing, let\'s not get into a debate as to whether I\'m any good at it because that\'s immaterial, so I decided to sign up to a creative writing course.\r\n\r\nDaunting doesn\'t come close to describing how I felt sitting amongst nine other people with varying experiences and ambitions. Several all felt they had a book in them and were hoping to write a novel. All I wanted to do was capture thoughts and experiences in a way that would invite people to keep reading - that\'s what a lot of this blog is about...\r\n\r\nThe first exercise was to establish a sense of place and so I wrote this:\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It’s always a struggle to walk into a pub alone but the moment I entered I felt immediately at home. The open fire at one end of warmed the room and within a few strides I was at the bar facing a smiling landlord. The locals gave a glance up from their conversations but were soon re-immersed in their gossip. As I looked around I absorbed the old beams, stained glass screens and the cosy, intimate booths. It was comfortable without being shabby and I thought “this is my local, at last I’ve come home”.</span></em>\r\n\r\nThis was based the pub the family had had lunch in Melton Mowbray the day before. There\'s plenty of room for expansion in terms of description particularly around the pub landlord and the regulars but that would come in an edit if I wanted to take it further.\r\n\r\nThe next exercise involved mapping our teenage years in terms of place and so I produced this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4769\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided to focus on the shop where I worked several evenings after school, straight from the station and all day Saturday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Not my decision! My mum had decided I needed to get a part time job to earn some pocket money and she even found somewhere that was looking for cheap labour. To start with I wasn’t a willing worker however as I entered the small shop, pretending to be a supermarket, in the mid 1960s I realised this could be fun. Yes, yes even packing shelves could be fun, I know it doesn’t sound feasible but to my great surprise it was fun.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Enter through the back door turn right and up a wooden staircase to the store room or turn left and immediately down a few steps into the shop. You didn’t need CCTV because from the top of the steps you could look over the top of the central row of shelves and the two narrow aisles. At the top of the one aisle were two electric tills with short, narrow counters. Considering its size the range of goods seemed incredible even down to the pickled walnuts only ever asked for by one man for his pregnant wife.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Apart from restocking the shelves very little changed. Same customers at the same time on the same days. In a teenage world surrounded by turmoil this was a place of constancy and ticked along with the regularity of a metronome.</em></span>', 'Creative Writing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4767-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-27 16:18:54', '2018-01-27 16:18:54', '', 4767, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4770', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4771, 283, '2018-01-27 16:20:35', '2018-01-27 16:20:35', 'I\'ve always enjoyed writing, let\'s not get into a debate as to whether I\'m any good at it because that\'s immaterial, so I decided to sign up to a creative writing course.\r\n\r\nDaunting doesn\'t come close to describing how I felt sitting amongst nine other people with varying experiences and ambitions. Several all felt they had a book in them and were hoping to write a novel. All I wanted to do was capture thoughts and experiences in a way that would invite people to keep reading - that\'s what a lot of this blog is about...\r\n\r\nThe first exercise was to establish a sense of place and so I wrote this:\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It’s always a struggle to walk into a pub alone but the moment I entered I felt immediately at home. The open fire at one end of warmed the room and within a few strides I was at the bar facing a smiling landlord. The locals gave a glance up from their conversations but were soon re-immersed in their gossip. As I looked around I absorbed the old beams, stained glass screens and the cosy, intimate booths. It was comfortable without being shabby and I thought “this is my local, at last I’ve come home”.</span></em>\r\n\r\nThis was based the pub the family had had lunch in Melton Mowbray the day before. There\'s plenty of room for expansion in terms of description particularly around the pub landlord and the regulars but that would come in an edit if I wanted to take it further.\r\n\r\nThe next exercise involved mapping our teenage years in terms of place and so I produced this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4769\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided to focus on the shop where I worked several evenings after school, straight from the station and all day Saturday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Not my decision! My mum had decided I needed to get a part time job to earn some pocket money and she even found somewhere that was looking for cheap labour. To start with I wasn’t a willing worker however as I entered the small shop, pretending to be a supermarket, in the mid 1960s I realised this could be fun. Yes, yes even packing shelves could be fun, I know it doesn’t sound feasible but to my great surprise it was fun.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Enter through the back door turn right and up a wooden staircase to the store room or turn left and immediately down a few steps into the shop. You didn’t need CCTV because from the top of the steps you could look over the top of the central row of shelves and the two narrow aisles. At the top of the one aisle were two electric tills with short, narrow counters. Considering its size the range of goods seemed incredible even down to the pickled walnuts only ever asked for by one man for his pregnant wife.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Apart from restocking the shelves very little changed. Same customers at the same time on the same days. In a teenage world surrounded by turmoil this was a place of constancy and ticked along with the regularity of a metronome.</em></span>\r\n\r\nWriting this helped me to go back in time and experience those feelings I had as a teenager.', 'Creative Writing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4767-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-27 16:20:35', '2018-01-27 16:20:35', '', 4767, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4771', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4774, 283, '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4772\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" /></a>I\'ve always enjoyed writing, let\'s not get into a debate as to whether I\'m any good at it because that\'s immaterial, so I decided to sign up to a creative writing course.\r\n\r\nDaunting doesn\'t come close to describing how I felt sitting amongst nine other people with varying levels of experience and ambitions. Several felt they had a book in them and were hoping to write a novel. All I wanted to do was capture thoughts and experiences in a way that would invite people to keep reading - what this website is about...\r\n\r\nThe first exercise was to establish a sense of place and so I wrote this:\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4773\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub-200x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" /></a>It’s always a struggle to walk into a pub alone but the moment I entered I felt immediately at home. The open fire at one end warmed the room and within a few strides I was at the bar facing a smiling landlord. The locals gave a glance up from their conversations but were soon re-immersed in their gossip. As I looked around I absorbed the old beams, stained glass screens and the cosy, intimate booths. It was comfortable without being shabby and I thought “this is my local, at last I’ve come home”.</span></em>\r\n\r\nThis was based on the pub in Melton Mowbray where the family had lunch the day before. There\'s plenty of room for expansion in terms of description particularly around the pub landlord and the regulars but that would come in an edit if I wanted to take it further.\r\n\r\nThe next exercise involved mapping our teenage years in terms of place and so I produced this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4769\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided to focus on the shop where I worked several evenings after school, straight from the station, and all day Saturday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Not my decision! My mum had decided I needed to get a part-time job to earn some pocket-money and she even found somewhere that was looking for cheap labour. To start with I wasn’t a willing worker however as I entered the small shop, pretending to be a supermarket, in the mid 1960s I realised this could be fun. Yes, yes even packing shelves could be fun, I know it doesn’t sound feasible but to my great surprise it was fun.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Enter through the back door turn right and up a wooden staircase to the store-room or turn left and immediately down a few steps into the shop. You didn’t need CCTV because from the top of the steps you could look over the top of the central row of shelves and the two narrow aisles. At the top of the one aisle were two electric tills with short, narrow counters. Considering its size the range of goods seemed incredible even down to the pickled walnuts only ever asked for by one man for his pregnant wife.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Apart from restocking the shelves very little changed. Same customers at the same time on the same days. In a teenage world surrounded by turmoil this was a place of constancy and ticked along with the regularity of a metronome.</em></span>\r\n\r\nWriting this helped me to go back in time and experience those feelings I had as a teenager.', 'Creative Writing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4767-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '2018-01-27 16:35:49', '', 4767, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4774', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4775, 283, '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4772\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/creative-writing-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" /></a>I\'ve always enjoyed writing, let\'s not get into a debate as to whether I\'m any good at it because that\'s immaterial, so I decided to sign up to a creative writing course.\r\n\r\nDaunting doesn\'t come close to describing how I felt sitting amongst nine other people with varying levels of experience and ambitions. Several felt they had a book in them and were hoping to write a novel. All I wanted to do was capture thoughts and experiences in a way that would invite people to keep reading - what this website is about...\r\n\r\nThe first exercise was to establish a sense of place and so I wrote this:\r\n\r\n<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4773\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cosy-pub-200x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"144\" /></a>It’s always a struggle to walk into a pub alone but the moment I entered I felt immediately at home. The open fire at one end warmed the room and within a few strides I was at the bar facing a smiling landlord. The locals gave a glance up from their conversations but were soon re-immersed in their gossip. As I looked around I absorbed the old beams, stained glass screens and the cosy, intimate booths. It was comfortable without being shabby and I thought “this is my local, at last I’ve come home”.</span></em>\r\n\r\nThis was based on the pub in Melton Mowbray where the family had lunch the day before. There\'s plenty of room for expansion in terms of description particularly around the pub landlord and the regulars but that would come in an edit if I wanted to take it further.\r\n\r\nThe next exercise involved mapping our teenage years in terms of place and so I produced this:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4769\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/teenage-map-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" /></a>\r\n\r\nI decided to focus on the shop where I worked several evenings after school, straight from the station, and all day Saturday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Not my decision! My mum had decided I needed to get a part-time job to earn some pocket-money and she even found somewhere that was looking for cheap labour. To start with I wasn’t a willing worker however as I entered the small shop, pretending to be a supermarket, in the mid 1960s I realised this could be fun. Yes, yes even packing shelves could be fun, I know it doesn’t sound feasible but to my great surprise it was fun.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Enter through the back door turn right and up a wooden staircase to the store-room or turn left and immediately down a few steps into the shop. You didn’t need CCTV because from the top of the steps you could look over the top of the central row of shelves and the two narrow aisles. At the top of one aisle were two electric tills with short, narrow counters. Considering its size the range of goods seemed incredible even down to the pickled walnuts only ever asked for by one man for his pregnant wife.</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Apart from restocking the shelves very little changed. Same customers at the same time on the same days. In a teenage world surrounded by turmoil this was a place of constancy and ticked along with the regularity of a metronome.</em></span>\r\n\r\nWriting this helped me to go back in time and experience those feelings I had as a teenager.', 'Creative Writing', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4767-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '2018-01-27 16:38:14', '', 4767, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4775', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
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(4782, 283, '2018-01-30 19:24:51', '2018-01-30 19:24:51', '', '3-billboards-film(jan18)', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', '3-billboards-filmjan18', '', '', '2018-01-30 19:24:51', '2018-01-30 19:24:51', '', 4781, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
(4783, 283, '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-4782 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" /></a>I wasn\'t sure about going to see <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Billboards</a> because it was reviewed as a black comedy and I kept thinking \"Can the Americans do black comedy? They don\'t understand irony so what hope is there for black comedy?\"\r\n\r\nI didn\'t need to concern myself. It is supremely dark and very funny with an excellent cast, fine acting and superb dialogue. Being set in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri</a> with all of the inherent prejudices (homophobia and racial intolerance) of mid western USA the backdrop has plenty of gold to mine and it is fully utilised.\r\n\r\nI don\'t intend giving anything away. The film is very funny, extremely sad and that finely balanced mixture of humour and pathos makes this a \"must see\" film!', 'Three Billboards - Film Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4781-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '2018-01-30 19:33:27', '', 4781, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4783', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4784, 283, '2018-01-30 19:33:58', '2018-01-30 19:33:58', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-4782 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" /></a>I wasn\'t sure about going to see <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Billboards</a> because it was reviewed as a black comedy and I kept thinking \"Can the Americans do black comedy? They don\'t understand irony so what hope is there for black comedy?\"\r\n\r\nI didn\'t need to concern myself. It is supremely dark and very funny with an excellent cast, fine acting and superb dialogue. Being set in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri</a> with all of the inherent prejudices (homophobia and racial intolerance) of mid western USA the backdrop has plenty of gold to mine and it is fully utilised.\r\n\r\nI don\'t intend giving anything away. The film is very funny, extremely sad and that finely balanced mixture of humour and pathos makes this a \"must see\" film!', 'Three Billboards - Film Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4781-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-30 19:33:58', '2018-01-30 19:33:58', '', 4781, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4784', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4785, 283, '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-4782 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/3-billboards-filmjan18-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" /></a>I wasn\'t sure about going to see <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Billboards</a> because it was reviewed as a black comedy and I kept thinking \"Can the Americans do black comedy? They don\'t understand irony so what hope is there for black comedy?\"\r\n\r\nI didn\'t need to concern myself. It is supremely dark and very funny with an excellent cast, fine acting and superb dialogue. Being set in <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri</a> with all of the inherent prejudices (homophobia and racial intolerance) of mid western USA the backdrop has plenty of gold to mine and it is fully utilised.\r\n\r\nI don\'t intend to give anything away. The film is very funny, extremely sad and that finely balanced mixture of humour and pathos makes this a \"must see\" film!', 'Three Billboards - Film Review', '', 'inherit', 'closed', 'closed', '', '4781-revision-v1', '', '', '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '2018-01-31 09:17:50', '', 4781, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4785', 0, 'revision', '', 0),
(4866, 283, '2018-03-12 19:03:30', '2018-03-12 19:03:30', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/garden-wiresmar18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-4867 size-medium\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/garden-wiresmar18-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>As the days start opening out, after the snow has melted away my thoughts turn to the garden and the jobs that need to be done before everything starts growing.\r\n\r\nWhen we first moved in we bought two apple trees (Bramley and Cox\'s Orange Pippin) with the intention of espalier training them against the fence however circumstances worked against us and after nearly four years I\'ve put in posts and am in the process of stretching stainless steel wires between them. The idea now is to prune the trees back so they will grow horizontally along the wires. This might take a few years of careful pruning to get them back into shape because they\'ve grown upwards. To fit one level of wire <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nursery-visitmar18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-4868\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nursery-visitmar18-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"276\" /></a>took me two hours but I am getting faster so the next wires should be installed faster but I\'ll have to wait for another dry day before venturing out.\r\n\r\nA weekend in the south of the county with Mary and we visited a <a href=\"http://www.rasells.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local nursery</a> where I purchased a black Hellebore and took a fancy to a Daphne but haven\'t purchased one yet. It\'s a winter flowering shrub with a heady scent that smells of cloves. My garden lacks colour in the summer apart from the green Hellebores which are spreading like weeds - another job is to lift them and move them into a better position in the borders.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mistletoemar18.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4869\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mistletoemar18-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>On a seven mile walk across the <a href=\"http://www.grimsthorpe.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimsthorpe Castle</a> estate with Mary we saw lots of oak trees festooned with mistletoe. I don\'t remember seeing it before in such large bunches.\r\n\r\nAfter all the snow and rain the fields were exceedingly wet and muddy - it was heavy going. There were times when our boots were so thick with mud we were several centimetres taller.\r\n\r\nIt was a relief to get back to a cuppa with wholemeal toast spread with ginger curd. Life can still be full of surprises ;-)', 'Walk and Gardening', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'walk-and-gardening', '', '', '2018-03-12 19:03:30', '2018-03-12 19:03:30', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4866', 0, 'post', '', 0),
(4787, 283, '2018-02-08 18:15:34', '2018-02-08 18:15:34', '<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/u3a-logo.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4788\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/u3a-logo-200x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"98\" /></a>It\'s amazing how much time being the chairman of West Wolds U3A takes up. In the second week of the month I have a committee meeting to prepare for and run and in the final week of the month I\'m running an IT Workshop and an Ethics and Moral Dilemmas debating group. I\'m thinking of starting a <a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/archives/4767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creative Writing Group</a> once I\'ve completed the sessions I\'m attending. I also manage the <a href=\"http://www.westwoldsu3a.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website</a> and with nearly 50 groups it can take some time to make sure it\'s up to date particularly when people change details but fail to tell me and then are surprised when the website is out of date.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4409\" src=\"http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/online-dating-200x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" /></a>Alongside all of that my social life has taken on an exciting  lease of life. Since the beginning of January I\'ve been dating a new friend. We go to the cinema, walking, visit places of interest, eat out quite a lot and cook together. All of this is great fun. We\'re approaching it as an adventure; we don\'t know where it will take us - we\'re enjoying the journey. For the time being her name and photograph remain under wraps however my nearest and dearest will hopefully get to meet her over the next weeks and months. Strong friendships take time to build and it is still early days.', 'U3A and Stuff', '', 'publish', 'open', 'closed', '', 'u3a-and-stuff', '', '', '2018-02-08 18:28:07', '2018-02-08 18:28:07', '', 0, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/?p=4787', 0, 'post', '', 4),
(4788, 283, '2018-02-08 18:00:01', '2018-02-08 18:00:01', '', 'u3a-logo', '', 'inherit', 'open', 'closed', '', 'u3a-logo', '', '', '2018-02-08 18:00:01', '2018-02-08 18:00:01', '', 4787, 'http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/u3a-logo.jpg', 0, 'attachment', 'image/jpeg', 0),
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