Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Remembering the Flower Pot Men

OK, folks, how did every episode of the Flower Pot Men end? (I'm not talking about the pop group here, but Watch with Mother)

With them all dozing quietly in the summer sun (Weeeeed!)

We've been doing the same today, making the most of the last decent day for a bit in this endlessly frustrating summer. If anyone's got a handle on the jet stream, could they please heave it back north to where it should be?

Thanks.

A walk into the village this morning got a paper and some bread (phew) and apart from that we've hardly even been pottering. Once the weather breaks, ie tomorrow, we may well turn to and do some stuff indoors, like glueing carpet tiles to the hull side alongside the side berth, and the stern greaser needs filling.

Meantime, here's a couple of photos to illustrate the local wildlife:

Someone told me these were Ghost Carp, but I think they're common myself

Common Blue damsel fly

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8 comments:

  1. No Direction20 June 2012 at 17:40

    Monday - Picture Book, Tuesday - Andy Pandy, Wednesday - Flower Pot Men, Thursday - Rag Tag and Bobtail, Friday - The Wooden Tops, proper kids TV.

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  2. Tom and Jan20 June 2012 at 18:15

    You mean Bill & Ben!

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  3. John and Louise20 June 2012 at 20:04

    The one on the left is a Common Carp Bruce, but I reckon the other is a Mirror Carp. Get your rod out and catch them, then you'll know for sure.

    Trumpton, Chigley and Camberwick Green for me every time (but then I'm probably a bit younger...) I've actually still got the LP records somewhere - must give them a spin.

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  4. Anonymous21 June 2012 at 11:04

    Hey you missed out Tales from the riverbank

    Trev Jones

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  5. Bruce in Sanity21 June 2012 at 11:22

    Gosh, that's stirred some memories! Tales from the Riverbank and the stuff Blue Moon lists were children's TV in the afternoon, not part of the WWM set.

    I recently found some T from the R on YouTube; seems it was a Canadian series originally, and Johnny Morris re-voiced the lot.

    Blue Moon, I'm not a worm dangler, so that's not an option, but Lloyd on Alice caught one the other day, that's when he called it a Ghost Carp.

    I didn't think they looked any different from each other when I photo'ed them, but there are so many varieties, and Mercia used to be a stocked fishing lake.

    All the best

    Bruce

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  6. Unknown21 June 2012 at 11:51

    Do my eyes mistake me but is that a tiny pike on the damsel fly photo??

    We moor at Mercia and its a lovely its unlike any Marina we have actually ever seen.

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  7. Bruce in Sanity21 June 2012 at 14:03

    Gosh, well spotted. You are absolutely right; I've just had a look on the original photo.

    Apparently the lagoon between Finch pontoon and the Shakespeare pontoon is popular with spawning pike.

    Cheers

    Bruce

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