Category Archives: News

Get Over It

Posted on July 2, 2010 by PaulB

Well, the world moved on in the last fortnight, didn’t it. The weather has shimmied and jostled from overpowering heat to moist and warm – at a pace quite alarming to most. I have gone from spending one night sleeping … Continue reading →

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Call Out the National Guard!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by PaulB

I love my pets as much as the next pet-lover (our family includes three cats, four gerbils, three hamsters, a fish, and a sea anenome), but… I can’t help feeling two Fire Engines coming out to rescue a lost hamster … Continue reading →

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When Spiders Attack!

Posted on February 12, 2008 by PaulB

Apparently, the Steatoda Nobilis, Britain’s only biting spider, has claimed another victim in Devon, where some poor soul disturbed a nest and got a nasty bite on the neck. No… don’t ask me how. Maybe he was in the attic … Continue reading →

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