Had a lovely evening out with family yesterday at Marwell Zoological Park.
Here are just a few snaps ….
Glow @ Marwell Zoological Park
Tag: Hampshire
I See Wild Animals
Do you ever see wild animals?
Do I ever see wild animals ? Yes, I do !
Living in a semi rural location means that on occasions, we are visited by various types of wildlife.
Focussing on our garden, we are regularly visited by foxes, hedgehogs, and squirrels.
Just today, maybe an hour ago, we were visited by this albino squirrel.
You would think that albino squirrels are rare, but we have had several visit us over the 30-plus years that we have lived here.
Other visitors to our garden, over and above the usual garden birds, we have had the occasional sparrow hawk and even a couple of pheasants.
Outside of our garden, I have seen badgers, foxes, and regularly see deer.
And last, but not least, here is a slow worm that came out from under our new deck last year.
Halloween Display
https://app.portsmouth.co.uk/full_page_image/page-5-1932/content.html
Earlier in the year, I responded to a clarion call for polystyrene boxes, of which I had a few.
My boxes, along with many others culled from the local area, have been transformed into a Halloween Display with a charity collection. The proceeds of which are going to The Rowans, a local hospice.
Well done to Becky and her friends and family.
Take a look at the following pictures
Free speed cameras in east Hampshire
BBC News – Free speed cameras offered to curb dangerous drivers in east Hampshire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-66934570
Twenty speed cameras are being offered to community groups in a bid to put the brakes on dangerous drivers. The discreet, solar-powered devices can track vehicle movement, speed and number plates, and are up for grabs for locations across east Hampshire.
This is good news and positive action from the authorities. but I have two points to make
- This is only going to tackle the boy racers. This technology isn’t going to deal with the noise nuisance. How about deploying some noise cameras
- This is East Hampshire so it doesn’t include my local roads
To be quite honest, I couldn’t care less about drivers breaking the speed limits. And yes I can hear the protests now. Speed kills, what about the emergency services that have to deal with the aftermath ? What about the families of victims ?
But they don’t encroach on my home life. Whereas the noise nuisance impinges on my life, right inside my living space.
Was It Worth The Magistrates Time ?
The act of discarding a cigarette butt in the street led to Paun Paun appearing in court
Surely, this was a waste of the courts time and would have been better dealt with by way of an on the spot fine / ticket.
The Right Decision
It’s great news that the courts have further punished this guy.
Detective Superintendent Nick Plummer, Head of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: “The outcome of this hearing demonstrates how we will continue to pursue drug dealers for the assets they obtain as a result of their criminal activity. Drug dealing usually involving the exploitation of the young and vulnerable and causes harm across our communities.”
I agree that criminals should not profit from their crimes. All monies and property gained on the back of others’ misery should be forfeit.
Well done to the police and the courts for ensuring this guy pays in full.
Police seize bikes in behaviour patrols
Police seized one Sciron bike from a rider who had no licence and no insurance. Another bike was confiscated after the rider was found to have been disqualified from driving.
They were summoned to court for a later date. Officers also chased a rider who was travelling on a moped which was believed to have been stolen.
The vehicle was recovered and the investigation is ongoing. Police were also involved responded to other offences including people driving through red lights.
https://app.portsmouth.co.uk/2023/09/24/police-seize-bikes-in-leigh-park-and-havant-thicket-area-in-anti-social-behaviour-patrols/content.html
Great news. Although these may not be the hoons disturbing my neighbourhood, I congratulate the police for curtailing their activities.
Keep up the good work. Now go get the morons disturbing my life.
Hooning About
Saturday night / Sunday morning, and the hoons are at play. Judging by the different engine notes, there are three or four different vehicles out there on the B2150/A3(M) intersection.
They started around 00:25 and as I write this it is 01:19 and they are still out there. We get a little respite, and then they come back again.
They have no consideration for anyone with their high engine revs, loud exhausts popping and banging, and the squealing tyres.
I don’t believe they have a single brain cell to share between them.
I won’t call 999 as it isn’t an emergency situation, I tried calling 101, but it is not much use when you are placed in a queue. And then, even if the police were to deploy a car, the hoons would scatter.
I wish this country had hoon laws like they have in Australia. Give the police the power to confiscate cars used in an antisocial manner.
Just Deserts
It never ceases to amaze, the lengths some people will go to evade capture.
I feel for the lurcher that was left behind following the vehicle roll. Its owner is now minus a car and his dog.
It makes no sense to me to risk life and limb just to avoid a fine.
Well done the police.
Portsmouth residents to have say on electric vehicle parking and charging around the city
I hope this study will look at general parking and not just focus on EV.
The strategy will include a review of parking in the city centre and district centres and encourage sustainable and alternative travel for some journeys where possible. It’s reco gnised that this will mean some people will leave their cars at home more often and will need access to parking spaces nearby.
Working for a housing association, my daughter needs her car for her job. As part of her job she has to visit various housing association properties both in the city centre but also in the suburbs.
She already experiences parking issues and quite often cannot park near her home. Finding a space near home is something of a lottery. If the council intends to implement strategies to persuade people to use alternative means of transport, leaving their cars at home, won’t this exacerbate the problem.
Lets assume you change cars and get an EV but you cannot park outside your own home, where are you supposed to charge your new EV.
Only 100 charging points in a city with a population in excess of 200,000. The council needs to be looking hard at the overall strategy for all forms of transport. The infrastructure isn’t there for folks to switch over to EV. It’s no wonder Rishi and the UK government are back pedalling on the banning of internal combustion engine powered vehicles.
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