Yes, once again it's another stormy weekend at Lesley. Yesterday the sea flooded the road again and the 50 mph winds destroyed two caravan decks.
I can't help thinking that Mr. Bunn and his planned sea defence project has upset the Gods!
At least the sun is out today but the wind continues to howl off the sea, albeit at a reduced 25 mph!
At least the sun is out today but the wind continues to howl off the sea, albeit at a reduced 25 mph!
Not sure who the"turn" is tonight but having had Billy Ocean two weeks ago it wouldn't surprise me if it was Johnny and the Hurricanes or the The Tornados!
No entry would be complete without a contribution from the Welsh Bard, so here's his response to Thames, Southern and Anglian Waters announcing the lifting of their respective hosepipe bans:
No entry would be complete without a contribution from the Welsh Bard, so here's his response to Thames, Southern and Anglian Waters announcing the lifting of their respective hosepipe bans:
At Selsey stands a caravan wherein a bitter twisted man
(Who didn’t get where he is without thinking)
Considers how the world’s gone mad, that things have gone from good to bad...
The wonder is he hasn’t started drinking!
(Who didn’t get where he is without thinking)
Considers how the world’s gone mad, that things have gone from good to bad...
The wonder is he hasn’t started drinking!
For weeks he’s suffered storm and flood, inhabiting a world of mud,
And never once did Baltzer start complaining
That Southern Water’s hosepipe ban – declared just as the floods began
Remained in force til now... when it's stopped raining!!!!
And never once did Baltzer start complaining
That Southern Water’s hosepipe ban – declared just as the floods began
Remained in force til now... when it's stopped raining!!!!
In fact Selsey is supplied by Portsmouth Water who did not have a hosepipe ban.
And talking of "Deja Vu", in 1978 when Bob Dylan was playing at the Blackbushe Festival, I was at an Army Band Extravaganza at Hawley House.
Now today I'm in windy Lesley and just across the water on the IOW Bruce Springstein and Tom Petty are topping the bill.
Hey Ho!
Which leads me nicely in to this:
Now today I'm in windy Lesley and just across the water on the IOW Bruce Springstein and Tom Petty are topping the bill.
Hey Ho!
Which leads me nicely in to this:
and, hot off the press from the Welsh Bard, here's the first two verses to sing-along-to!!
So, Johnny and the Hurricanes are on the Isle of Wight,
But Chris and Janice Baltzer won’t be going there tonight;
Anchored in their caravan, they’ll both be safe and warm,
Stuck on windy Selsey Bill, shelt’ring from the storm...
And though Joe Meek’s Tornados may be playing at the camp,
Chris and Janice won’t attend – they’ve suffered too much damp;
Though music be the food of love, they know the weather’s form –
They’re staying in their caravan, to shelter from the storm.
