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Jim and his mate are in Scotland for a few weeks, set off at 6am yesterday and reached Ben Nevis at 4pm. Got set up, bbq and beer and rested ready to climb to the summit today. They got a brilliant show of the Northern lights. He just sent a pic from the top, cold beer and a snowball fight.

Boring work for some but being surrounded with birdsong and not a person in sight or sound is bliss to me. I couldn't work indoors.

I was out on a sheep farm in Richmond North Yorkshire after foxes, didn’t see a fox but it didn’t matter when this was my view, even had a few shooting stars as well

We're gonna take the kids to Beaghmore Stone Circles tonight it's high up in the hills and one of the least light polluted areas in the north of Ireland, if the northern lights puts on a show like last night it'll be a spectacle from there.

I speak Scottish fluently. There are many head scratchers for beginners. For example: ya fenian,bead rattling bass. ( You are a Catholic b*****d who habitually prays whilst clutching rosary beads) Where the f**k are ee frae? ( Where on earth are you from?) Div ee fancy your chances big guy? (Tall fellow, Would you like to engage in a no holds barred fight?) f**k off hame, the famine's o'er ya Kunt! ( Please leave Scotland you of Irish and Catholic descent, there is no longer a famine in Ireland you vagina.) The only king Billy is Billy McNeil. ( We do not recognise the Dut

Early start but no bass this morning

Some from near the Russian border last year

In an ancient native woodland

I once spent an entire long haul flight trying to converse in my pidgin Italian with a steward , he kept me well supplied in drinks and was very pleasant, but as I disembarked, he whispered “ by the way, I’m Spanish”, I replied “ ces’t la vie” and he laughed…. Cheers.

I speak English, well, as much as a Geordie can ! And also get by in Arabic. I can have very basic conversations in a couple of other languages, and can manage a menu in a few other languages. Interesting that Spanish is a Romance language, but the Germanic/ Anglo Saxon “carnage” isn’t to far from the Spanish for “ butchery “. My grandson is fluent in spoken, written and reading English and Arabic and is learning Japanese. Three massively different languages. He’s won his school spelling bee two years in a row against older children, so I’m guessing he has an aptitude for it !

My old phone vs my wife's new phone lol

Visable every where in the uk

Dos cervezas, porfavor, amigo!!

My two children went to school in the Middle East in an English/ American school curriculums and learned Arabic as their second language, but when my son went to boarding school in England for his final few years, he was taught German, for some reason that escapes me ! My two nieces who are New Zealanders we’re taught Japanese and Chinese as second languages. Id say these days, just in my opinion, mind you, the languages a youngster would need are, in order of importance are; English, Chinese, Spanish, ( because of the South American countries that speak it), Arabic, Japanese, Frenc

The cnut will probably turn up at Dover and claim asylum

The protesters in Ireland are constantly being called , far right , racist,head bangers, knuclke-dagger, etc,etc. Because there is a large number of women, children and older people at these protests ,the far right label does not stick .

The rod I normally use is a 4 piece made by Maver, not sure of model.. I use ugly sticks on the boat, 12lb and 15lb class had them for at least 20 years and still not much better for light to medium boat fishing imo I've borrowed one off a mate for this trip as its a bit shorter and good for off the kayak, he brought it in Singapore, will check the make but its been nice to use...had a barracuda off the beach tonight, only about 3lb or so but good scrap on light gear..

Son took these pics

A couple of lil flounder I took from a local river. This spot bout 1/2 mile up from a local estuary, well away from the sea water. Get small brownies here too. Hardly think there be any fish in it, not much of a river. Garden worms for bait. These lads went back not a bother on em.

Just some of the pics. Taken from Knockbrack Hill, highest hill in North County Dublin, first time ever seen the Northern lights. Knockbrack has an ancient history, going back to the neolithic. I'll definitely chase a view of em again at different historical sites, something awe inspiring about em tbh.

My Mrs says I speak a lot of bollocks and it's about right to be fair.. probably like most English folk!

I use wood wool , they have wax in them . Can get them cheap in bulk online. I light them with a map gas torch. Just poke four or five in to the top of charcoal let it catch with vents open lid open and no grill then once going place in grill ,heat deflector and shut the lid. I normally let it come up to 200f and then close the vents down I like to put low and slow meats on at about 250, if I'm doing wings or thighs/steaks I'll probably let it come up to 300f

Got crappy charcoal so last cook and I'm gonna leave it burn out overnight....

I was bartering for this in the old suq in Jeddah in my poor arabic and the guy wanted SR300, then my son spoke to him in arabic , showed him photos of his Saudi wife and his son and suddenly the price was SR100 ! Cheers.

Not me,I can say “Excuse me,how much for a blow-job off your sister?” In Punjabi,and this morning I made an old ex-Gurkha smile when I asked his name in Nepalese.

I hailed a taxi in Madrid and told the driver in Spanish we wanted to go to the airport. He understood and with a 'si senor' he sped off. I sat back smugly, thinking I was an international jet setter. Unfortunately he misunderstood my lousy Spanish and took us to the 'puerto' (port) and not the 'aeropuerto' (airport). Doh!

I'm no good at foreign languages (apart from, like most, a smattering of french) but I learnt BSL when I was getting into teaching. However, I've always been good at imitating voices and accents. When I went to Paris in the early 90s during my Fine Art degree I took along a phrase book and simply read the phrase I needed before going in each shop. My girlfriend at the time was from Coniston and had an accent half way between George Formby and Orvill the duck. Everywhere she went it was immediately apparent that she was NOT french. Because of my french accent everybody assumed I was a loca

The brits seem very embarrassed to try even basic words in foreign countries. I don't mind having a go and can get by in French and Spanish. My Mrs refuses to utter a single foreign word. I kid her on that she thinks she's an upper class English woman to posh to speak to the natives. I don't mind making a complete arse of myself in a foreign language, I've had a lifetime experience of making an arse of myself. Takes me a while to get back to English when I get home. I'm still in gracias ,por favor and driving on the right mode for a few days.

I found it mad how it all appeared to converge like that.

Well not a Swallow but was up the garden last night and I noticed a blue tit go in the box on the house with food. Didn't even know they were in there as I never cleaned the box out these year because of all the shit weather earlier in the year. So theres a camera in the box which hasn't been cleaned so remembered where all the wires went and how to set the TV. There seems to be about 8 young, sorry about the quality but still good to watch live . Cheers Arry

Only Northern Lights we get in Oz is the weed strain named after it and it's not that good.

3 weeks later....

Cost me a fortune to see these on Iceland lol

Stylish,slick,entertaining 8.5/10 The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Love a bit of sushi and sashimi Short rib beef rendang

I think animals can sense that certain people have no side / ulterior motive to them. Most 'normal' people have a thousand different faces and motives, most of them not very pleasant. Animals suss out that certain people are the real deal and they can relate to them better. I prefer the company of basically one dimensional people. What you see is what you get. Doesn't matter if they have a low IQ or a problem. They make for relaxing company.

Pretty crap pics as using an old Samsung phone.

A decent working terrier chooses to do combat under the sod,too the death, against an opponent sometimes 4/5 times its weight/size,no space, limited oxygen etc ...when dogs are matched their the same weight as the opponent?...the terrier does it and relies on its owner to get down to it... Can sometimes take DAYS.....if a pitbulls getting bettered by his opponent...the owner throws in the towel and saves it INSTANTLY...Its a no brainer imo... I would bet,that a terrierman with a kennel full of workers will lose more dogs doing their job in a 12 month,than a man that matches his dogs? To clai

3+ hours of smoke and into the Dutch oven braising pot for a few more hours

I was dick Whittington, ventured to London sans cat (we brought lurchers) and found the streets were indeed paved with gold.

Grilled tandori and vedge ......you just have got to have lime with it

The simple shot xx hammer slingbow arrived . First impressions a very well put together and sturdy frame it is, bit of a faff putting bands on then some practice shots and soon found my anchor and reference points, totally totally different to my normal shooting of a 90mm catty frame. I seem to pic it up pretty quick . The bands are very heavy to draw back so I got a cheap Amazon archery release aid trigger. That was a faff till I got used to it. Must admit this is good fun.

Theres Not an animal on this planet that compares to a working terrier under the sod for bravery/gameness,call it what you want... I've a terrier bitch here now,keeps picking fights with my wheaton bull bitch..put 30 plus staples into the dopey cnut last night,3 tubes of drycow cream,after the big dog drilled it like a fox smashing it around my yard...big dog stopped,little dog straight back into it...no fear,next time if no ones there,its brown bread brave? Silly? Or Gameness?

Just had 2-1/2 hours tonight , had a dozen jacks and 7 perch all on the pinky/purple nimble copy . Annoyingly I had about 20 small perch grab the lure just by the legs behind the hook . I could see them doing it in the clear water which was frustrating and it didn’t make any difference what I did with the retrieve