30/06/2008 by admin.

Another crop circle highly relevant to ‘The Haymakers Survey’ has appeared in Wiltshire.  Amazingly, we have a circle in the design of a diamond! What’s more, within the diamond are three circles which magnify parts of the diamond.  This is highly curious given Sarah’s detective work with her magnifying glass ahead of the mysterious re-enactment of the Beatles song, Lucy in the sky with diamond!

Perhaps this explains why several recent crop circles appear to resemble images seen when looking through a kaleidoscope (see example below) … especially as Sarah had difficulty seeing through her magnifying glass, ‘It’s like looking through a kaleideoscope’ she said (image on the right).

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28/06/2008 by admin.

In a recent posting, we commented on the success and fame of the controversial and troubled pop artist, Amy Winehouse. We noted how an anagram of her name is HAY U WIN SOME.   Curiously our novel records that the term ‘Haymaker’ also means being capable of delivering a hard punch - a knockout blow.  So, should we be surprised to find that the infamous singer chose to strike a fan whilst on stage at Glastonbury?  By no means do we advocate violence, but the incident might be seen as a covert message to inspire those who care for our planet to ‘fight’ for the cause!  Take a look, if you wish…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IN7yJWi21E

Posted in Q56 Do you believe rules are there to be broken?, Q75 Have you ever put on a show?, Q40 Can you play a musical instrument?, Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you?, Q11 Do you believe in justice?, Q.9 Do you feel in control of your life? | No Comments »

25/06/2008 by admin.

Ben’s delighted that previously unseen film of The Beatles’ visit to Plymouth Hoe in 1967 has been discovered.  Here’s the incredibly rare footage of the band’s Magical Mystery Tour!  Bring back the Summer of Love!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7474139.stm

A timely celebration - as it’s 41 years to the day since the Beatles became the first band globally transmitted on television to 400 million viewers world-wide. The song, ‘All You Need is Love!’ 

Plymouth Hoe is most famous for the story that the controversial Sir Francis Drake played out his famous game of bowls at the Hoe before sailing in his fleet to face the Spanish Armada.  Sarah’s view is that bowls represents a larger version of marbles - a game which she holds with all fondness.

Posted in Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q54 Do you enjoy a bit of a mystery?, Q45 Are you good at marbles?, Q41 Do you like surprises?, Q40 Can you play a musical instrument? | 1 Comment »

20/06/2008 by admin.

In June 1938 the comic book hero Superman first appeared in Action Comics.  Seventy years on and some 40,000 superman fans have descended upon Metropolis, Illinois the superhero’s home town.  Superman’s widely considered the most famous and popluar of superheroes.  He lives amongst humans as a mild-mannered reporter for the ‘Daily Planet’. Here’s a video of the winner of this year’s ‘best superman’.  Pity, Ben Whittenbury’s nowhere to be seen. Perhaps that’s because Julia made clear that he’s not a superhero.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W643-Tixzao&feature=related

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18/06/2008 by admin.

Scientists have found that Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year.  Much of the sea ice is so thin that it warms very easily.   The pace of melting is likely to leave the Arctic with ice-free summer’s by 2012.  The consequences are far reaching - accelerating the rate of warming and sea level rises.  The ocean’s are also warming substantially faster than previous worst-case predictions - at 50 percent faster in the upper 500 metres.  At this rate 30 percent of ice cover in the Antarctic is likely to disppear within 40 years. The impact on wildlife will be significant. Take the whale - warmer seas mean less krill, the main food for the majestic mammal. 

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13/06/2008 by admin.

The crop circle season is in full swing. As in 2007, a number of the circles appearing in the UK can readily be matched to the questions in the Survey.  We now have one near the White Horse at Uffington which resembles a lock into which a key might go!  A KEY is clearly of much significance in the story - could it be we now have the opportunity to open the door to the hidden secrets revealed by ‘The Haymakers Survey’? After all, the circle’s structure contains the formation for Pi!

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12/06/2008 by admin.

The unicorn has always been a creature of mythology. Well, in a nature preserve in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Rome, visitors are amazed to see fantasy become reality. Okay, the animal is a deer with a single horn at the centre of its head.   Experts say, single horn deer are rare, but one with a horn exactly in the centre seems almost unique.  Take a look:

This is yet another ’Haymakers’ curiosity given that, when discussing the lion head statue, Captain Lewin told Charles Lamb,”it was either a lion or a unicorn, but the lion beat the unicorn all around the town.”  Most odd!

Posted in Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q68 Does the Earth have a spirit?, Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you?, Q12 Is our Earth enchanted?, Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? | No Comments »

10/06/2008 by admin.

Hot on the heels of the Paddington Bear celebrations is a story about another animal that has a fondness for wellington boots.  Bizarrely, a North Yorkshire piglet called Cinders has an aversion to mud.  In desperation, her owners provided her with some specially made wellies. She loves them and now happily walks in the mire. Bless her!

Now, if our memory serves us well, this is the same breed of pig that had a lovely heart shaped marking on it last year.  Curious all this given Ben’s wish to restore the pig sties at Noblin Green farm to their former glory.  

Posted in Haymakers: Watch Wonders, Q43 Do you believe in happy endings?, Q20 Have your eyes ever deceived you?, Q12 Is our Earth enchanted?, Q.6 Do you believe in fairy tales? | No Comments »

09/06/2008 by admin.

Charles Lamb’s journal suggested there were in fact 100 questions in ‘The Haymakers Survey’ yet only 80 or 83 were found within his journal. Does this explain why a crop circle in the shape of the letter S has been discovered at West Kennett, each with 50 serations or segments on each of its two arms?  The arms within the S are also designed to present a spiral - a pattern which features heavily within the story.

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04/06/2008 by admin.

As we mark the 41st anniversary of the celebrated The Beatles, Sgt Pepper album, an endangered elephant beetle named Billy has become a member of the lonely hearts club band.  Billy, who is about the size of a hamster, was discovered by fruit importers in London after a 3,000 mile stowaway journey from Costa Rica.  The beetle is being cared for by Linton Zoo in Cambridgeshire, but is now exhibiting mating signals. The zoo has issued an SOS for a mate - but time is running our for our fine specimen, as the endangered breed normally lives just 4 months. All he needs is love!

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?id=319776

Meanwhile, there’s been a heated debate on the BBC’s Apprentice programme about the use of the apostrophe.  In a challenge centred on greetings cards, the contestents on Sir Alan Sugar’s show struggled on where the apostrophe should go in National Singles’ Day.  There was a three hour debate on the subject, which led to a phone call to the British Library.  See the video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L9J2B4y4Fg

Interesting all this given Caleb’s views [footnote 15] about triviality and how it can stand in the way of genuine progress.

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