Having Norovirus for the second time in less than 12 months and not being able to have any of the roast pork and crispy crackling we bought for dinner today.

A peacock butterfly photographed in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.

Not a great photo, but I had to take it quickly before he got off the bike. This is in Zeebrugge, Belgium.

No way! After endless repeats on BBC a series I once found quite amusing became dull and tedious and predictable – that idiot running round yelling “don’t panic” and that line “you stupid boy” uttered in every episode, not to forget “we’re all doomed” being another one which cropped up too much. The programme should have been laid to rest decades ago, and a film should be consigned to the dustbin. There are far better TV series which have never been repeated, let alone made into a film.

I don’t bother with TV as it is mostly rubbish. I have a DVD collection of favourite programmes which I watch every night. My absolute favourite is ‘Secret Army’ but at the moment I’m watching the ‘Walking With…’ Programmes. I started with ‘Monsters’ and finished watching ‘Dinosaurs’ last night and tonight I’m watching ‘Beasts’.

Instead of always blaming dog owners, some parents should educate their brats on how to behave around dogs. For example, parents should teach their brats that dogs are not playthings, dogs should not be grabbed from behind, dogs should not have their tails and ears pulled, dogs should not be jumped on, dogs should not have sticks waved in their faces. Every time a kid is bitten by a dog the owner gets the blame, but when you look into what caused the dog to bite you often hear that they have been teased by the brat while the parents looked on.

Happy CHRISTMAS

Happy CHRISTMAS (I refuse to use the word “holiday” when talking about 25th December). (And if you look over on Luchtzak, I am the person who answered your post on there too).

“Enemy Coast Ahead” by Guy Gibson.