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Good morning. From the redwoods

How did the cycling in amongst them work out?

It turned out “the cycling” was a kind of pedalled individual mini e-train thingummy along the old Skunkrail timber train tracks. Cheesy and touristy but fun - and it delivered me right into the heart of a lovely redwood grove (hence the pics)

But honestly these redwood forests just get more and more spectacular - every time you’ve seen the ultimate they outdo themselves. Laced with mist, exploding with light, cedar-scented visions of the sublime, with some nice coffee stops

I’m off to another now. Jedediah Smith on the Cali Oregon border. Said to be maybe the best. I can’t see how it can be better than stuff I’ve already gasped at. It let’s have a go….

I see. I've been pondering doing some cycling in the US. I'm no great cyclist but I do enjoy it. The Erie canal looks a strong possibility, but was interested by your reference.

What I can say, for sure, is that despite the timorous declarations of the PB centrist dorks - cancelling all their US vacations - you don’t actually get thrown in jail by Trump-goons checking your social media, as soon as you land at LAX

Honestly. The bed-wetting

Well, you don’t.

Looked at his post history and immediately granted him US citizenship.

Good morning. From the redwoods

How did the cycling in amongst them work out?

It turned out “the cycling” was a kind of pedalled individual mini e-train thingummy along the old Skunkrail timber train tracks. Cheesy and touristy but fun - and it delivered me right into the heart of a lovely redwood grove (hence the pics)

But honestly these redwood forests just get more and more spectacular - every time you’ve seen the ultimate they outdo themselves. Laced with mist, exploding with light, cedar-scented visions of the sublime, with some nice coffee stops

I’m off to another now. Jedediah Smith on the Cali Oregon border. Said to be maybe the best. I can’t see how it can be better than stuff I’ve already gasped at. It let’s have a go….

Without a dog for scale, they are just a few trees as might be found in any British park.

Evening, P.B.

My relative-in-law quite upset today. A large family tour of impeccably liberal, anti-Netanyahu relatives of my wife went on a large family tour to north-east London for retrace the roots and steps of their Jewish ancestors.
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All was going well, and a lovely family day out in the autumn sun, until a passer-by, possibly from Somalia or somewhere in the same region, overhead that the group was Jewish. He started swearing and threatening the whole group, and screaming at them to stop bombing the Palestinians, in between spitting on them. Two of the group were very liberal healthcare workers who calmed him down, from both a professional and political point of view, before he got violent.

Family day partially ruined. The hatred out there is still very raw and real, particularly after two years of the conflict.

I guess in the coming months the IDF troops will sit around drinking coffee, while an international force takes their place on the battlefield trying to destroy Hamas.

I'm sure when an international force made up largely of Muslims from countries opposed to Hamas are killing Hamas fighters the Gaza mob will find a way to blame it on "the Jews" and be out protesting every weekend as usual.

There does appear to be a total lack of celebration from the people who have spent the last two years banging on about “Peace”, now that an actual deal for peace has been agreed.

I’m sure some of them just don’t want to give Trump the credit, but for many of them it does appear that “Peace” and “Palestine” were not top of their list of their actual grievances.