The fourteenth book in the Discworld series is Lords & Ladies. It takes place in the Kingdom of Lancre and primarily centres around the witches, with a guest appearance from the wizards, but nothing too substancial.
One thing I did like about Lords & Ladies was the good use of humour, especially when it came to describing the many facets of Lancre society.
On the way back from Flamborough we drove up to Filey to explore the brigg.
As Richard Littlejohn would say, you couldn’t make it up. Credit.
In an age where you can fly to Barcelona for £30, Bridlington is not faring well.
Last year, I went to Finland to escape having to hear all about the Queen’s Jubile. This year, I went to Finland to avoid having to hear all about the royal baby. But as I took a stroll down Helsinki marina, what did I see? This…
Here are some photos from my trip to Flamborough earlier this month.
Flamborough Head
Bempton
Bempton Cliffs
Earlier this month, Atheist Socety headed to Nash’s Fish & Chip Restaurant for a meal.
There didn’t seem to be many people in the restaurant and by the time we left, we had been the only people in there for a while. We found out why as we walked out at 9pm – they close at 8pm, and had been keeping the restaurant opened just for us!
I was torn between the various desserts they do, so I opted to get the strawberry ice cream as a starter and then the strawberry trifle for my dessert – a perfect metaphorical sandwich to wrap round my fish and chips.
While in Flamborough we stayed at a bed and breakfast known as The Manor House. It was perfectly located right in the centre of the village and offered a large garden with hedges that entirely cut off the outside world.
The house only had two bedrooms, and we had the master. This contained a large double bed and ensuite bathroom. You can see pictures of it on their website.
Positive points: it was very quiet. The bed was comfortable and I slept really well. Our hosts, Leslie and Jeffrey were lovely. The traditional furnishings were nice, we had a beautiful view of the garden from our bedroom and the breakfasts were very tasty – the home made plum jam in particular! The living room slash library was a great place to relax on an evening, especially as we had it to ourselves.
Points for improvement: no showers in the bathrooms, we only had a bath, which made washing our hair difficult. It was rather dusty and a little cold, even in the warm weather.
Overall, a lovely stay and I think we’ll go back again.
A bill is currently making its way through the various structures, to pardon Alan Turing.
What a load of nonsense.
Alan Turing was guilty of homosexual activity. He was. Of course nobody for even a moment would pretend that is something that should be a criminalise offense! But to pardon one person is essentially saying “you did wrong, but you did a lot of good so we’re going to let you off”.
Is this the message we want to put forward? If so, I think it’s time we pardoned Julian Assange for those rapes he may or may not have committed. Clearly, we’re not going to be doing this.
What we we should instead by saying is “this law was nonsense, and anyone convicted of it is now exonerated of any wrong doing, regardless of how many German codes you broke”.
Don’t pardon Turing – pardon everyone. They never did anything wrong.
