19th August 2019 Wet and US dirty tricks.

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Monday 19th 59F-64, overcast and rather windy with rain promised for 10 o'clock. Except that it was early and was already tipping down as I readied myself for my morning walk. I decided to go anyway as the deluge slowed. Now I need a hat with a brim to stop the rain running down my neck. Heavy showers later. Shopping in the car.

Tuesday 20th 59-64F, overcast and raining. It was raining quite hard when I left for my walk. An anticlockwise circumnavigation of the rural block of about 3 miles. When I first started tricycling seriously [?] I would thrash around once and then need an hour to recover in bed. Saw a kestrel and a larger bird of prey. The rain soon stopped and I was treated to a patch of blue sky and even some sunshine. Crossed a stubble field to cut off a corner where the traffic spoils the route. Being sprayed by 7-axle intercontinental trucks, with nowhere to escape them, is not my idea of fun!

Wednesday 21st 56-63F bright sunshine and a calm start to the day. The news is that Chumpy has gone on Junior Twatter. [As he frequently does.] To tell the world that he is throwing an infantile tantrum over Denmark's refusal to sell Greenland. The savings for Denmark in not having to pay for all that police overtime, for the cancelled state visit, will probably pay for several new hospitals.

The real news about Greenland is that scientists have found warm water under the ice and changed wind patterns. The headlines claim we should be retreating from the coastlines now. Rather than later.

The Danish police have caught 5,300 motorists driving too fast in only one week in August. Averaged out, that would 1/4 million speeding offences in one year.

A stubbled field gave me the opportunity to explore a wooded and  overgrown, marshy valley. Reserved for pheasant shooting in season. Normally it is cropped right along the edges. So access is difficult for most of the year. The pond showed no signs of birds leaving their tracks in the floating weed. It was rather warm in the sunshine. There might be a ride today but it will be this afternoon now. I was roped into high altitude hedge clipping by THG.

Afternoon ride to more distant shops. Sunny but with rather a strong crosswind. 14 miles. I have to replace the chain and give the drive components a thoroughly good clean. The new chain has been sitting in the shed since last year. I have even discovered thin rubber gloves since last year. The nitrile gloves were crap and went into holes as soon as look at them. The latex by the same maker are fine. Strong and stretchy.

With the US and Greenland in the news: Just look at these pictures and weep: Or use Google Translate if you want all the sordid details:

The Americans have left a poisonous inheritance behind in Greenland.

 Amerikanerne har efterladt en giftig arv i Grønland - se billederne her - TV 2

Diesel oil dumped into lakes to kill midges. It still stinks to this day. Countless barrels of oil, aviation fuel, vehicles, buildings, tanks and chemicals just left where they remained.

Radioactivity from a crashed B52 carrying four hydrogen bombs. The conventional explosives ignited sending the radioactive materials down through the ice into the sea below.

The image is credited to Denmark's TV2 and the article linked to above.

A nuclear power  station where the radioactive waste still sits waiting to be removed.

Toxic chemical dumps left behind with a thin covering of bulldozed soil [US dirt] over the top. Bases were even built without waiting for Denmark's approval.

The US have had over 50 bases scattered around Greenland and just left their crap and scrap to rust and rot behind them as they abandoned them. Abandoning a guilt [sic] Chump Tower wouldn't be the worst thing they could leave behind!

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