TOP RUBBISH

There is a good article in the Grauniad, here, on EU regulation vs. corporate greed/lies.

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation

But hey, we left that bunch of losers....

TO VOLUNTEER OR NOT

A story for all mankind.

One twat has spoiled it for everyone. 

Some knob took the MCI to court, to claim more pay & benefits for Coastguard team members and ended up costing them all their remunerations. 

 BBC News - 'It's hit people hard': Coastguard volunteers no longer paid for callouts - BBC News

thousands of Coastguard Rescue Officers (CROs),  have been affected by news that they will no longer be paid for responding to emergency callouts following a court ruling.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it needed to make changes after the Court of Appeal upheld a judgement classing responders as "workers" while they were carrying out their duties.

What a dick! These guys have been giving up time & effort for years, for the unselfish desire to help others. In return, they happen to have been given a peppercorn payment to help cover wear & tear, fuel, and lost wages. About £11 per hour. They didn't do it for that, they did it for the desire to do the right thing. I know several of these guys, and can attest to this. Now this action is actually going to penalise them for helping out. What a shitshow.

DOWN ON COX'S FARM

 Back home, driving along the mumbles road, past this :-

PIVO TEDNA DEVETINSTIRDESET

 

CIAO TRIESTE!

 Bye Bye Trieste

Eataly

Floating city

Caffe Degli Specchi

My new 'Go-to' - Cappuccino Triestini

Another classy brewery tapd

St Spiridion Serbian Orthodox church

IN-TRIESTE-ING

The "canal" 

Catedrale 

Roman town gate

Old church 

View from citadel 

Venitian style 

Kim & James

Carabinieri parade time

I'm a poet...

Stylish

Brew pub / restaurant on steroids 

 

More snaps

CHEZ MAX/MAXIGRAD/CASTELLO DE MAX

 More snaps from Italy.

Brekkie

Lush old cafe

Bike parking spots

Miramare castle 

The frowned heads of Europe 

A cold one

Wales, Italy, Slovenia & Croatia

(Don't judge me, I'm a pensioner)

OFF TO ITALIA!

 

Leaving Ljubljana & Slovenia for a spell in Trieste, in a very green Flixbus. 

Very glad we were not on the bus infront of us, going to Zagreb, where all chaos ensued between the driver & his mate, and two Malaysian travellers. So much so, that the police and ambulance attended! Quite a bit of street theatre!

When we left, their bus didn't look as if it was going anywhere fast....

@ Trieste now, very Venitian.

JASON WAS 'ERE

 

So, apparently, according to local legend, (and we know how reliable those are) the Greek hero Jason stopped off in Ljubljana, killed a dragon & fecked off. Or something like that. Thus the city coat of arms has a Dragon on it, and an industry of cheap tourist themed gifts for the simple minded was spawned. 

More snaps to follow!

Local pivo

Faux Boticcelli

View from Grad

Grad

Oldest townhouses

Rathaus

Cathedral 

SPAWNY GITS!

 

That's how to do war! WTG Slovenia! 

BTW, Population 2.1m & doing very well in the EU. Just saying......

Want some holiday snaps? Well alright then!

Postojna caves

Predjama Castle

Bled castle 

Lake Bled

Dragon Bridge

Ljubljana 

All in a day's work