Zeppelin, sheep, pubs and gardens

Earlier today I saw a zeppelin flying over central London. Luckily, it didn’t drop any bombs.

(picture "borrowed" from The Times)

It is a new, expensive form of sightseeing with prices going from £185 to £360, depending on the route. See Star Over London if you have some cash to spare.

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The Bromley News Shopper is a local weekly newspaper delivered for free to every home on our estate (whether you want it or not):  it is often so bad that it can be rather good!

Lynne contacted them about the Penge ice-cream-ettes and Pride, but they replied far too late. However, they said that they would be interested “in covering the Penge Ice Cream-ettes in the future” and  asked to keep them informed of what we are up to. I shiver at the thought of what the headline could be!

 

But I’m digressing. Yesterday, I read this very amusing article on the on-line edition

Sheep sex suspect barred from farmyards

(of course I feel sorry for the sheep but it brightened my Monday)

 
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This year we haven’t entered the local garden competition (after winning for two years running, we decided to quit while we were ahead!) and instead we’ve been asked to become judges.

Adrian has been out yesterday and today, judging the business category and he’s been to a number of pubs, one hotel, one library and a Mc Donald’s (which scored a total of 0, due to the total lack of flowers).

I got a text from him that read “the beer garden is like a nuclear holocaust!! And pub as rough as badger’s arse!” Will the rather nice hanging baskets make up for it? I doubt it.

Penge was famous in Victorian times for the number of drinking establishments (25 pubs to the square mile). Sadly not many are that safe to frequent these days.

The on-line comments about the nearest to home vary from “My mate got called 'gay' and threatened for having a carrier bag.”  to “tend to get quite few local "hard men" in there, boxers, etc. Which is not a bad thing.” and “Warning, don't try and maintain eye contact with anyone, you'll be on your back in moments - it really is like a pack mentality in there”. There are also some very polite replies left by some of the regulars “Who does this "twat" tonto (or was it Tonyjo) think he is!! He obviously talks through a different part of his anatomy to normal human beings.”