For those that like to gloat

We arrived here in the Land of the Free with no problems, we even landed 20 minutes early. BUT, apart from our 600 mile trip across to Ohio, which was sunny, albeit a little chilly,(not warm enough to put the hood down on the car) we have had some great thunder storms! Lightning, thunder, heavy rain causing the cancellation of a local event we were going to. No big deal as it is due to run each evening through till Monday.
Looking forward to Saturday night as there is one of the best Beatles tribute bands in the US playing here in town then, so really looking forward to that. Sorry no photo's yet as the weather has not been good enough, but wait until Sunday.
In the mean time look after Chesterton for us!
P.S. Can some please tell me why, whenever We travel overseas uncle Tony has to follow us? Must be that he feels the need to keep an eye on the "SPOOK" to see what he's up to.

Well it's that time again

Due to demand of my many readers I am taking a much earned rest!!!
I'm sorry but its true, Mrs Spook and I are going to the land of the free, to soak up some sunshine, get a bit rusty in the rain and see some very dear friends.
Apart from maybe a "Letter from America" (if they will allow me the priviledge) the blog will be left to vegetate for about 2 and a half weeks. I know my readers will be gutted at this but there you go.
But watch out for some stunning photographs when we get back, well I think the're stunning and that is the important bit, you are free to make up your own mind when you see them.

How to earn big money and do nothing!

Become deputy prime minister of the UK!
Just think if you have a bit on the side and are totally incompetent you to can be paid in excess of half a million pounds a year. That does include your free car and and a couple of rent free houses but I'm sure you could cope with that.
But apart from that, the weather has been super over the last few days. The weekend is coming so that will change.
Hopefully by now there should be a link to this blog from the HHS web site, if it's not there yet it soon will be (I've been told)
In the mean time I will carry on making my useless comments and hope that someone will post a reply within the next few days, before I go off on holiday for two weeks to see how the other side of the pond put up with incompetent government and the like.
Speak to me somebody, its getting very lonely here on my own.

Whose sorry now?

With due apology to the song writers.
I guess old Tony is smarting a bit today, still never mind he got out the big stick and beat a few of his minions over the head. Does it not occure to him that maybe it could be his style that is at fault.
I guess not, egomanics always blame everyone else.
Did anyone notice the almost complete absence of auntie Prudence over the last few days? Usual ploy, keep your head down and maybe the flying brown stuff coming off the fan will pass over your head!
I am not particularly political,but I don't like be spun a load of BS and this lot have been at it since day one. I not sure if any of the others would be any better, but for sure they can't do any worse and maybe not add so many stealth taxes to our already over taxed lives.
Have you checked out some of the new proposals that have surfaced over the last few weeks.
You know the ones that aren't announced at the budget!
Our local lot are not much better, imagine the chaos on Elizabeth way with Victoria Avenue closed to traffic? Mind you if you ever get to speak to one of out local bunch of wasters, its not their fault, it's the County Council. So why do we have them I haven't worked it out yet.
I think my son summed it up several years ago when asked by one of our prospective local members how he was going to vote. His reply was "the Monster Raving Loony Party" when told by the fallguy "isn't that a waste of a vote" his reply was "No! I just haven't made up my mind which one yet!"

Out of the wood work

Isn't it strange, as soon as it gets to local election time, every Tom, Dick or Harriette suddenly pops up from where ever they have been hiding since the last election! Telling you just how good they have been and how much they have done for YOU.
If you work out how long they have been in office and how much they say they have done, it ain,t much.
OK! they spend a lot of time spending our money and then working out how much they are going to squeeze out of you next time round.
Just think, a stone has only so much blood. What with local and national government wanting more and more, it won't be too long before the stone will crumble into dust. Even quarries run out in time.
If your working, do you get an annual pay rise to cover all the increases? I doubt it, unless you are a politition that is.
Still the cat has been studying some of the gumph that has come through the door as you can see.