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Look North!

From time to time we speculate on possible explanations for the curious coincidences between our project and events on our Watch. In one of his crazy outbursts the ever sceptical Bill Darvill joked that, “Maybe its aliens trying to warn us. Hell look at the strange things happening in space - on Venus, Mars and Jupiter - could they have done it? Do they know how much we’re at risk?”  He spoke in jest of course but look at this from ‘Look North’ (to the Polar region perhaps?).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8186289.stm

Albino Blackbird!

Yet another example of an albino animal caught on camera in Hertfordshire! This time folk in Woolmer Green (which sounds like Warmer Green) in Welwyn photographed an albino blackbird. 

 albino-blackbird-in-welwyn.jpg

Local residents have delighted at the bird’s antics.  For the benefit of new visitors our novel - and Charles Lamb’s journal - reveals that the appearance of so many albino creatures is a reminder to us of the need to do all we can to preserve the diversity of life on planet Earth.

In another twist, ‘Blackbird’ is of course a much loved Beatles song. Here’s a quirky and most entertaining performance from Sir Paul McCartney…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqGCqMYaHQ&feature=related

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