Lost and found

I hope that you’ve had a good week, I know it’s really hot there I hope it cools down for you. Here Wimbledon has started and it will come as no surprise to you so have the thunderstorms. It’s pretty typical Wimbledon weather.
In the news their has been an appeal for the return of a bird tracker that fell off an Oyster Catcher wading bird. Whoever picked it up was then tracked, first to a campsite then to a pizza restaurant. Definitely not the Oyster Catcher.
The scientist from Exeter Life and Environmental studies offered a reward of £100 for the tracker worth £1000. I’m pleased to say it was returned. The Oyster Catchers are considered an endangered species, the birds usually wade along the Dublin coast. When the tides are high the birds go inland to forage, the purpose of the research is to find out where they go so the land can be protected.
There are other interesting lost and found articles, two skulls were found on a tube in London. The police were informed, fortunately it wasn’t a grisly murder. The skulls belonged to a professor who used them as a teaching aid.
Yo-Yo Ma lost his £2.5 million violin, he left it in the trunk of a taxi. Fortunately it was returned so he could continue playing.
Not lost and not returned were the Antwerp diamonds valued at £100 million, they were stolen. The diamonds have never been recovered. I’d like to find them.
Bloggers have a good week keep hydrated over and out London.
















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Sociable animals


I do hope that you have had a good week, the rainy season for you I know the humidity, to put it mildly, can be very unpleasant. London has had a mini heatwave London on Friday was 34 degrees not pleasant. Lots of people gobbling ice creams. I’ve had to have a bit of a news embargo, as there are so many very places globally, where atrocious events are taking place. So predictably I turned to the animal kingdom to look for some cheer. I did a bit of research into friendly animals.
The obvious choices would have been dolphins, elephants and dogs, they are but there are many others.
The Capybara is considered by scientists to be one of the most friendly. It is a large animal belonging to the rodent group. They can be a stall as two feet and weigh up to 65 kilograms. They live in groups from 10-30, the most dominant male is the leader and it’s his job to keep the herd safe. They have calm and compassionate dispositions, they adopt stray animals and provide transportation to birds and monkeys. They are grass eaters and need to drink a lot of water. They have webbed feet and can swim and are found in central and South America.
Llamas, one of my favourites, are very friendly, they are curious and clever. Llamas are taken into hospitals to provide comfort to people. Llamas don’t like being solitary they will adopt a group of sheep or goats as their own hers. One of their ways of communicating is by humming. I’d love to hear a humming llama.
Sheep are considered to be the most friendly farm animals. They like human company and are the most common animal to be found in children's petting zoos. In fact in the Uk, one vaccination centre set up a petting centre, for children waiting for their covid vaccine to keep the children calm.
The bearded dragon lizard is considered to be the friendliest reptile, scientists say they like interacting with adults and many people keep them as pets. Apparently they enjoy going for a walk on a leash. Can’t say I fancy having one. So I feel more optimistic and hope humans can learn something from the animal kingdom.
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Two very different types of boats

Well bloggers end of Jubilee celebrations were last Sunday, there was a big concert Saturday night and a Pageant on Sunday. It was lovely that the Queen managed to make an appearance on the balcony at the end of all the ceremonies. So two very different faces.
Little Prince Louis was seen making lots of faces some cute and some not. Kate his mum looked very disapproving at one face, he must have been very bored he’s only four. The Queen looked lovely in her green outfit.
So back to reality I went to the Mall this morning, I wanted to see all the flags however there were only a few left on The Mall.
Well Japan’s very own octogenarian hero has been in the news, Kenichi Horie.
He’s the oldest person to sail solo across the Atlantic, he completed the nonstop voyage in 69 days. He travelled from San Francisco to the Kii Straits Japan. He completed this voyage in the reverse order in 1962. He is quite a remarkable man.
Another boat that has been in the news is a crewless ship, it was designed and made to recreate the Mayflowers historic journey across the Atlantic 400 years ago. It sailed 2,700 miles from Plymouth to Massachusetts but it needed to be diverted to Canada. The AI boat developed technical issues which prevented the completion of the trip. The boat is a solar powered trimaran and was created to show the development of technology since the Pilgrim Fathers set sail.
The AI boat set sail on 29/4/22 and was supposed to take three weeks, however due to the fault this didn’t happen. The original Mayfair took two months in 1620.
I know that I’d rather sail with Kenichi. Wouldn’t you?
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