I woke up at about 7.30 and thought it was still the middle of the night

I discovered the same thing when I got to know someone who lived there for 10 years. "-pal" to rhyme with, well, pal.

Today, Great Yarmouth. Tomorrow, Greater Yarmouth - watch out Norwich! And then...

Does it mean that the Azores are the richest part of Portugal?

No, you just have something really worth posting about

Glad I remembered the alt text on this one 🙂

My most used words on Bluesky: nothing to stir the blood really. Top 10 range from "road" (20) to "remember" (16). "British" also 16, "Birmingham" 14. Must try to be more interesting in the future

It hasn't come back with anything, so does that mean that I've managed to self-censor effectively or that it's still counting them up?

Yes, I get that. I'm just curious about the park!

Ordnance Survey has it as "Public Park or Garden" so maybe "Rock Park" is an unofficial name? My sister's family used to live right next to it so I must ask them what they call it

I do know. I used to play this on the organ at weddings, while guests were arriving

Now consider a committee of 16, all politically motivated. It should make for some "interesting" meetings

One of our boys once attended a small school where a new governing body needed to be formed. 14 parents stood for 7 places and someone "helpfully" suggested that the body should be expanded to 14. I immediately realised that this would allow multiple factions to form and that is indeed what happened

In our house we hedged our bets and watched both Magpie and Blue Peter. As it happens, I only recently discovered the meaning of the rhyme that formed the Magpie theme song - I'd just never thought about it before

Would need some provision for cars that arrive/leave the UK during the year, unless they are going to be exempt (do foreign registered cars pay VED?). Puts off the day when we have road pricing based on sensors/black boxes, which will drive the Mail/Telegraph etc nuts

I think it was Hancock himself who sometimes threatened to fetch someone a punch up the bracket

It would be appropriate if they put the whole thing in a trailer in a lorry park in Kent