The Extreme Staycation

Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown It's amazing how long you can put up with something that is broken or has ceased to work in exactly the way it should.  The work-arounds you find.  The small sacrifices. This was the case with our very hardworking Humax remote control. I think the first feature to stop working was the  MEDIA  button to take you to recordings - never fear there was the  MENU  option to resolve this, but it meant 2 pressings of a button, but that's ok. The  SKIP FORWARD  button stopped working a while ago (probably 6-8 months at a guess) so we used  FAST FORWARD  instead. PLAY  and  PAUSE  gave up at some stage -  OK  it is then Then  STOP  stopped working -  EXIT  will do... Finally,  FAST FORWARD  stopped and an arrow button was used to fill the gap. Now, this just shows how clever a simple remote control is.  It's also...

Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Is nature takings it's revenge on us? That's a pretty bold statement and the short answer is that clearly I don't know. Nature is pretty awesome - the way it can be destructive and regenerative. The huge bush fires that devastated Australia recently were unprecedented in their scale but fire is normal there and part of the cycle.  Nature should hopefully kick in and the plant life at least should soon start to recover.  The scale and damage to the wildlife population though is not yet fully known. What's my point?  Well the video below is an example.  As populations and their demands have grown, we have spread further and further into the habitats of many animals and plants, cultivating the land for ourselves and our selfish needs.  Now some of the animals are tentatively venturing onto land that was once their home. As air travel has reduced our air is clearer and clea...