5th August 2019 July was the hottest month, globally, ever recorded.

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Monday 5th 60-72F, a rather grey day with light showers in the late afternoon. The news is that they are "falling like flies" in The Capital to the onslaught of errant, electric scooters.

Today I circumnavigated the stubbled prairie. Returning by the direct route from the wooded summit. A pair of Hares sat almost invisibly at 200 yards but were easily spotted by my special visual powers. I was spared a tricycling shopping trip on the grounds of lardorial adequacy.

The image shows a huge fungus under a vast willow tree in the corner of Her Garden. The washing up bowl was posed to give a sense of scale. Two other "mushrooms" sit nearby. Presumably these are Puffball fungi in a state of late disrepair. The piles of twigs are yet another, deliberate wildlife sanctuary by The Head Gardener. The somewhat disheveled bowl is used for baling rainwater for irrigation. In case you were wondering...

I am formally requested to try and capture Her Majesty's excessive bee population on Her wildlife flower beds by some means technological. There is certainly a prodigious variety in all their myriad, shapes and sizes. My offer to dangle upside down from a large stepladder has been excluded in case I disturb the bees. It seems I must try harder.

Alas, I can hold no claim to the perfect image of what We are tentatively calling "The Carpenter Bee." The image was captured by no other than SWMBO Herself. With Her own Fayrest Hand.  Anyone with more certain knowledge in these matters is welcome to put me right on a more exact identification. I may then pass on your missive to the Good Lady with as much reverence and obsequiousness, as I can muster.

As the post title says: July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on a global basis. Beating the  previous record from 2016 if memory serves. There was no other news worth mentioning here. We are all doomed! 😱

Tuesday 6th 60-72F, calm, but an untidy sky, racing from the west, had brought overnight rain. I walked to the lanes and back. We are now being treated to brief glimpses of sunshine. An afternoon shopping ride. Headwind coming home. Only 7 miles.

15,000  drivers in Denmark, who were under the influence of a mobile telephone while driving, have escaped a "clip" on their driving licenses because the police IT system is not ready.   

The law changed in JANUARY when the politicians demanded a stronger penalty for driving under the influence of a mobile telephone. The IT system may be ready in SEPTEMBER. A case of sending a strong message to drivers? Not today. 

In only a little over one month 918 drivers in Denmark were above the permitted alcohol limit while driving. A doubling compared with last year.

These were only those who were caught and probably represent only the tiniest tip of a vast, unseen iceberg. I only see a police car perhaps once or twice a year in our rural area. I may see five, driving mobile phone users per day on my walks and rides.

Many of whom are heavy goods vehicle drivers. Coping with 7 axles and 40' vehicles while taking sharp and completely blind corners on a highly unsuitable twisting and humped road, with only one hand free.

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