I rolled my eyes as I peered into Facebook this
morning. I follow a Facebook page which is all about supposed sightings of big
cat in Kent. But unlike a lot of other Facebook pages, this one actively
exposes the crackpot conspiracy theorists. There was one such post today about
a chap claiming he had been mauled by a leopard in nearby Surrey. The
lacerations on the chap looked nothing like those left by real leopards (evidenced
by attacks in India). And suspicions are always raised when the one being
attacked is reluctant to give their name.
And Kent County Council were getting some stick.
They’ve published a consultation asking what people what them to spend their money on. The bew Reform UK
council has made a great show of their Department of Local Government
Efficiency so you would think they’d sorted the finances, wouldn’t you. They might
make a go of it, they might not. But for a political movement that has for many
years (under different names) just sat on the sidelines throwing rocks,
the worst thing that could ever happen to them has happened. They've now got to
do something... Will they? It’s three months since I wrote to my new county
councilor about the flooding at the Asda underpass…
I took the dogs down to Orlestone for today’s walk. In
the past I’ve mentioned that their behaviour is worse there than in Kings Wood.
They weren’t *that* bad really but were certainly slower to come back
than they usually are. We saw a huge bird of prey as we walked. It flew a few
yards over our heads, but was gone by the time I’d pulled out the camera.
We came home. I did a little heavy lifting in the
garden getting the gnome platform into place, then made us both a cuppa, Munzed
a bit and took the girls to the doggy dentist. Both were surprisingly well
behaved there – Doggy Dentist lady said she could see that the chicken’s feet
they crunch every evening were doing some good.
We came home again, and I went into the garden and
started painting up those gnomes I bought on my last trip to Whelan’s. I got
them half done before the rain started. The rain that wasn’t forecast, and the
rain that came when both the BBC and the Met Office said less than ten per cent
chance of rain.
I retreated inside for a bit of dinner and a Wordle
session until the rain stopped.
I got Wordle on the second go – I was impressed.
With the rain stopped I got the gnomes finished, then
got the slate into the gnome platform, and got the gnomes in place. That was
supposedly this week’s project… I’d better find something else to do for the
rest of the week. I have something in mind…
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