On the coast of South Africa, west of Cape Town a resident found a giant squid washed up on the beach. Not the sort of thing you expect to find on your morning stroll especially when the creature weighs over 700 pounds and measures thirteen feet in total length. Looked pretty large in the photo and I was wondering what the circumference of the head was but it didn’t get a mention. I think we can safely say that there would be some substantial fried squid rings there. Experts said that the squid grows very fast and only usually lives about five years and that the one found was probably only about two years old. Ir was deceased when found by the way.
Restrictions for entering Spain will be lifted from 21st June so if you are waiting to plan your holiday you can now do so. Better get in quick before Ryanair put the flight price up. It does state also that two week quarantine is still in place until 1st July and if the UK continues to impose it after that date Spain will follow suit. Tit for tat. On the subject of travel, new seating arrangements are being tested where there would be a two tier system so that all passengers could lie flat in a sort of bunk bed on long haul flights. There would still be two/four/two across the plane so if you wanted to do a pee in the middle of the night and were stuck in the middle and top bunk…. oh dear, I really don’t want to think about it. Might have to remove the hand luggage storage as well. Nope, take it from me, it won’t work.
BoJo is once again having Brexit talks or Brexit arguments or Brexit double talk. We have an ally in the EU Parliament in the shape of Finnish MEP Laura Huhtasaari. She shouted during a Brexit debate that she wanted their money back and congratulated Great Britain who she said has just saved around eighty billion Euros. She demanded that the Euro be abolished and condemned the Brussels block and their institutions. She also predicted that it won’t be long before no one in the UK will admit to having voted against Brexit. Interesting theory. I think part of her anger was because of the Union’s failing recovery package in the wake of Coronavirus pandemic. We Just might be better off out of the Union after all, at least we’ll only have our own debt.
Talking of debt, the military plane used to fly the prime minister to his meetings is to be painted in more patriotic colours. It is being tarted up at a Cambridge airport at a cost of nearly one million pounds. Now I know a few artists he would have done it for less and nothing like letting terrorists know exactly which plane the top man is travelling in. Someone needs a few lessons in security.
I nearly forgot, a fond farewell to Dame Vera Lynn, I wonder if we really will all meet again? Good night, sweetheart. 😴💤😴