I'm not a twitcher BUT I cycled passed a Hoopoe in Swansea Bay a few days ago. It was surrounded by twitchers which is why I noticed the little chap. Going past he raised his crown comb at me which was nice.
Apparently the Vikings DNA isn't prevalent in the UK because they got to Kent and thought blimey we have better birds back home so just stuck to pillaging!!!
Wife used to keep bees. Someone gave her some Buckfast bees, damned things hunted me down in the garage and had me running round the garden to get away, I have that sort of attraction to them! Beware of the Buckfasts!
I used to wear my dad's RAF greatcoat on my Lambretta. He took all the buttons off to wear in civvies and I bought the RAF brass buttons and made it look military to his amusement. Kept the wind out but soaked up the rain.............
I don't think I'm dreaming this but I am sure I saw a pod advertised recently which had a glass top for two people to lie in( bit like a coffin!) and from inside you could switch from oxygen to nitrogen so you both just went to sleep. No one else is involved you could go to music, I can see that...