Sunday, 30 September 2007

Blue Tongue Blues


As well as the Foot and Mouth disease, we now have more then a dozen cases of Blue tongue disease in cattle (mainly around a rare breeds establishment in Suffolk). This often fatal disease has until now been confined to the continent. It is transferred by biting insects including gnats and the involvement of these ubiquitous flying transmission agents will make eradication rather difficult,

Planes and Trains and Old Folk

My trip home from Honolulu to Swansea simply cemented how difficult travel has now been made for the elderly (especially if they have a mobi...