Running with bruised knees. Stowaways. And illegal re-wilding.

 A runner with bruised knees, I took myself out for a run this morning. On the same principle as getting back on your horse after you fall off, I decided that after falling over my feet I should get back on them. It seemed to work. I examined the place where I ‘face-planed’ the pavement (my eldest grandson’s terminology) and, yes, as well as being slightly uphill there was a hole in the already uneven pavement, quite big enough to catch your foot in. So there it is, I’m not just a silly old besom who falls over her own feet - well, there might be a bit of that too!

It’s a fine sunny day here today. In fact, yesterday also turned into a crisp sunny afternoon after a quite inauspicious start. 

My snowdrops are coming on nicely.

Here’s a link to an article about a woman who tried to stow away on a plane from the USA to Paris. Well, she actually managed to get onboard. Discovered some time into the flight, she was arrested on arrival in Paris. It’s not the first time she has done so. Maybe she has decided she doesn’t like being in the USA, despite having permission to be there (she is an unemployed Russian) or maybe she is making her own protest against Trump. Or maybe she just enjoys international flights but has no money to indulge her “hobby”.

Our friend Colin comments from time to time in his blog about wild boars in Galicia. Here’s a link to a report of increasing numbers of sightings of wild boars on Dartmoor. Apparently it is suspected that someone might be taking the law into their own hands and doing a bit of unauthorised re-wilding. Wild boars used to abound on Dartmoor but were hunted to extinction in the 17th century. British hunters presumably were more successful than Astérix and Obelix in France! 

There seems to be trend for releasing animals into the wild without authorisation at the moment. There have been lynx and feral pigs in Scotland. As far as I know, nobody had released wolves but I know that some people would like to. Who are these people who can afford to purchase what I assume are expensive animals and then set them free?  

It’s a funny old world.

Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!