By way of a short interlude from all the laughs and frivolity, don't worry there is lots more to come! Millie and I decided to take ourselves off out for the day to nearby Mistley. If you don't know it, it is a wonderful sleepy village on the banks of the Stour river. Whilst there, we spent most of the time in Mistley Place Park, a lovely little animal sanctuary where you can get right in the middle of all the animals, well apart from the ferocious looking pigs, but that's enough about me! Whilst Millie was in her element making friends with the various feathered and cloved hoofed friends, I was happy enough to snap away with my camera. Hope you like the snaps, I am not a pro, but I think they give you an idea of how lovely the place is, the egg & chips were nice too, all washed down with a nice hot cup of tea..... I won't put too many photos of the feeding, as I am sure Millie will be updating her blog also, so I will post my "scenic" ones instead.....

This is Mistley Lake, a beautiful, if not duck infested lake in the heart of the park. Happy are those with a full belly, and to be sure, there were plenty of happy ducks and geese!












So, onto Mistley Quay, a picturesque little spot, where I happily snapped away, trying to get some birds in flight! (you may need a magnifyer, but they are there!)











And as I love boats, here are a selcetion of photos of some lonely vessels waiting for the tide to come in....

And if that wasn't enough, we was just in time to catch a glorious sunset....




And last but by no means least, I even managed to feed the most beautiful bird of all.... Millieus bloggus.........

One giant leap...........

Into the wibbly wobbly web! So, what's all this about? I hear you ask! Well, actually I didn't hear you of course, but it's what I would be asking. The answer of course if far too diverse to explain in a short sentence, and I don't much care for long protracted answers either, so let's just say as a fan of british humour, film and music this is my chance to pay tribute to all those people that have made me laugh, cry and sigh over the years, and of course my memories will be added alongside too! Oh and just in case you get bored with all that, then I am going to add some photos that I have taken too, not that I am an expert, or go out of my way especially to take them, but when I do I think they are pretty good! So sit back, relax and enjoy, and if you can't do that, go and make a nice hot cup of tea and watch the telly instead!

Right then, where does one start? (now I know how Adam felt when he first clapped eyes on Eve)Anyway, my lovely wife is always complaining that I am much older than I really am, I am 45 but she thinks I must be at least 70, so just for her I will start way, way back to a comedic genius of 1930's and 1940's. I'm starting here because my dad loved this man, and I can recall sitting as a youngster in front of the radiogram listening to his old 78's (There's one for the teenagers!) So here he is, the irrepressible Mr Max Miller!



Don't you feel that the so-called "comedians" of today could learn an awful lot from people like Max, a man ahead of his years! Don't worry, I will have some more up to date stuff later, but these clips are for our more mature surfers.

Moving swiftly on, or not as the case may be - if you have got so fed up with my blog, you're now enjoying that nice hot cup of tea and watching the channel 4 news (pah!) Don't ask me how, 'cos when I were a lad being dragged up in sunny South London, we didn't have dvd's, videos, or much else for that matter, but remember three names being brought up time and again by both my Mum and Dad, and these probably even pre-date Max Miller, however I now have pleasure in submitting to you the most excellent Wilson Kepple & Betty, ok, this time I'm off for a nice hot cup of tea!!



So where was Betty? Probably making a nice hot cup of tea! Keeping up with the theme of music & comedy, I now come to two of the funniest men to have ever have hit the silver screen, no matter how many times I watch this clip I end up in stitches, the one and only Laurel & Hardy (Should that be the two and only?) Oh well you decide! A



I can hear the kettles going off all over the place, so for now I will leave to go and browse someone else's blog (pah!) I'm off to research some more material, and hopefully in the next post, will have some, er more up to date material, I am thinking along the lines of my earliest memories of comedy, the like of Monty Python, Dick Emery and any more... I hope you have enjoyed this taster, I have certainly enjoyed do the research and watching many old clips, here's to the next post, oh, and in case I forget, I hope you enjoyed that cup of tea.........