and European rules don’t say anything about whether it can be used in the wet. You have the UK government to thank for the rules reported in the Yorkshire Post on 23 October that farmers are not allowed to use their combine harvesters in waterlogged fields. We leave those sort of decisions to Member States.Continue reading “I’ve got a brand-new combine harvester”
Monthly Archives: October 2008
The lights on Embankment like jewels on chains
It was nice to have a day in the office yesterday, which meant I could trawl through a week’s worth of e-mails, do our regular planning for the weeks ahead and prepare for the various interviews I’m doing this week. One was today on the good old pesticides issue that is keeping us so busyContinue reading “The lights on Embankment like jewels on chains”
These are crazy crazy crazy crazy nights
Sorry it’s been so long, but the last few days have been a bit mad. On Thursday and Friday I was up in the North-East, representing the European Commission at an event for local authorities, universities and businesses in that region, to highlight possible sources of European funding and where to fgo for assistance and adviceContinue reading “These are crazy crazy crazy crazy nights”
Oye como va
Pretty busy day today. It started with heading out to my old stamping ground of Notting Hill Gate (I lived there in my second year at LSE, which is not as glamorous as it sounds – there were four of us in a two-bedroomed flat, with no central heating and directly over the tube, soContinue reading “Oye como va”
Madagascar
I had a very lovely day on Saturday with the Anglo-Malagasy community, which I mentioned I was going to in my Friday post. To give the backstory – my father was British ambassador to Madagascar from about 1998 to 2002. I went out there for four weeks at Christmas/New Year 2000/2001 and was absolutely enchantedContinue reading “Madagascar”
Hunting high and low
Got sent this pic today – love it!
The sound of silence
Sorry, have been very negligent in my blog-writing duties. It’s not even that we’ve been totally swamped with work. It’s been quite busy, but in a very bitty way, doing a lot of admin and financial procedures for the various events that we have coming up before the end of the year and doing aContinue reading “The sound of silence”
It’s the end of the world as we know it
Or is it? Loved Charlie Brooker’s take on it. Like one of the people who commented, my spending all my spare cash on holidays and having a good time is beginning to look like a sensible decision – at least I’ll have some lovely memories to keep me warm. Part of the problem with theContinue reading “It’s the end of the world as we know it”
Knitting, talking and dancing
Something strange has happened to me since I arrived in London. I have started talking to people I don’t know. Not in a crazy-lady kind of way, but if there’s something to say. And you know, it’s really working well. Take last night. I was on the tube travelling back from an event in theContinue reading “Knitting, talking and dancing”
The Beagle has landed (sorry)
I think I’ve mentioned that my parents are taking in Bailey the Beagledor (half beagle, half lab). A chill must have gone through them when I sent them the link to this video, which turned up on my favourite website, Cute Overload. Isn’t it great!