Had a recent encounter with the NHS via mother in law and it was ... not good. I won't go into the gory details but I have it on good authority from external sources that the ward in question is… (View Post)

I thought this was quite telling: (View Post)

Taking Tokmak would cut the land bridge to Crimea. Governor has ordered civilians out. Very interesting... (View Post)

Yes. Being a colliery site there is a local community but the facilities there are already stretched and the nearest town with decent shops is indeed about 3 miles away. There is a solar array on the… (View Post)

I helped survey a mining pit tip a week or two ago. There were more than 200 plant species and plenty of butterflies, including several uncommon ones. The place is used as open space by the locals an… (View Post)