YACHTS & YACHTING

 I have come to realise I will never have a yacht 

ZUGUNRUHE

 

Closest I get to flying - Kim has forbidden me to retake up paragliding as a hobby:-)

FATHER'S DAY MODEL

 

Well I wanted to know what I looked like on my bike! A super Father's Day present from my Son. 

TWO WHEELS GOOD, FOUR WHEELS BAD

 

It struck me today that sitting inside a moving box on something akin to an armchair, off-set to the inside, speeding along at a rate of knots is a strange thing.

Sitting astride a pretend horse, (with many more horsepower) seems far more natural.

To paraphrase Orwell, Two wheels good, four wheels bad?

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.