28.01.2022 Morrison claims his coal suppositories are good for Oz.

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Friday 28th 35F. The sky is clear with a bright crescent moon low in the south. Wind dying down before another blast tomorrow. The storm Malik is going to cross Denmark tomorrow and continue overnight into Sunday. Gusts could reach 60mph from the W-NW. 

Today' walk lasted well over an hour. Climbing up to the woods by the steep track in bright sunshine. As I reached the plateau in front of the forest I discovered countless hundreds of foraging Redwings. They milled about but seemed reluctant to leave. So I walked very slowly until I could enter the forest edge and leave them in peace. 

Where I promptly disturbed a hare. Which dashed off. I returned by the equally steep edges of the fields. While busily snapping away at the landscape from fresh perspectives. A pair of birds of prey were squabbling out on the field below me. Or whatever it is they do when they are having a scrap. Too distant for decent images. My boots were well caked in sticky mud by the end.

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  Australia's temporary prime minister intends to cover The Great Barrier Reef with coal. So, he claims, nobody can complain about it any more. Climate change denialist, "Sleazeball" Morrison, claims it is the only way to amply reward his mining suppository manufacturers. "If we hide the coal out of sight then we can't be accused of increasing global CO2." It seems, despite everything, he's still talking out of his arse.

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 The UK government is sinking ever deeper into corruption. Under the leadership of the Commons Circus Evil Clown Official Party Entertainer. They have no replacement if they do try to get rid of him. So are in absolutely desperate straits. Busy drowning their sorrows, at taxpayer's expense, in yet another Party-party. The electorate is of the opinion that the parties never seem to stop. It's always one clown after another. Only the colour of their greasy, old boy's, school ties changes periodically.

Denmark's brain dead, TV2  advertising priority management places its adverts well above a serious, national, storm warning. They quite obviously don't value their readers health or safety. A click bait storm warning headline link read: "See where the worst winds are:" 

Promptly interrupted by a leisurely advert for a leisurely outing at a stately home. Before the weather person in front of the map could even speak! Let us hope the TV2's advertising priority management don't read their own storm warnings. Then take a leisurely trip to the stately home. Preferably via a ferry.

Meanwhile, the DMI, the official weather forecasting service, has no wind gust speeds! They were showing earlier but have now vanished. Perhaps they don't want to frighten anybody? 

The gust numbers are now back and it looks bad. Peaking at 29m/s or well over 65mph now and affecting areas much further south than before. I have tidied away anything which might catch the wind.

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