16/01/2008 by admin.

In a near repeat of the summer floods of 2007,  Britain is enduring heavy rain and hurricane-force winds once more.  Interestingly, the media are again quoting from Samuel Coleridge’s poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner.    

One of the Fab Four, Sir Paul McCartney, is launching an exhibition of photographs by his late wife Linda to mark the tenth anniversary of her death.   They include a picture of Sir Paul in reflective mood - just like the Thinker. The photos will be exhibited at the Hyman Gallery in London.

Climate change is having a major impact on Britain’s coast, the seas around the coast, and the life in those seas.  The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership says seas are becoming more violent, causing coastal erosion and a higher risk of flooding.  Higher CO2 levels in the atmosphere are making oceans warmer and more acidic, affecting plankton, fish and birds.  2006 was the second warmest year in coastal waters since records began.  Our wildlife is suffering and the trends are set to increase.

The ‘darkest ever’ matter known to science has been made in a US laboratory.  The material was created from carbon nanotubes.  Researchers say it is the closest thing yet to the ideal black material, which abosrbs light from all angles and over all wavelengths.

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15/12/2007 by admin.

The surprise winner from this year’s X Factor was 18 year-old, Leon Jackson.  It was a remarkable victory, beating the hot favourite, Rhydian Roberts.  A bookmaker described his win as, “The biggest shock in the history of reality TV betting!” Leon only started singing in January - when we started our Watch - after his mum bought him an ipod. He entered the competition on a whim and often appeared nervous on stage. In fact, Simon Callow told him, “You look like you’ve seen a ghost!”  In a later show, Sharon Osborne reassured him saying, “You’ve got heart in your eyes”.  This all sounds very familiar?

‘When You Believe,’ the song released to mark his success, is certain to be the Christmas Number One.  In describing his horoscope, the X Factor website says, “Leon has a far-sighted earthliness that is likely to take him far!” Odd that, as the chorus to his first single could have been written to promote, ‘The Haymakers Survey’:

“Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe.”

What’s more, there’s a strong sense of deja vu about the winner’s name - last year it was Leona, and this year it’s Leon! Oh, we almost forgot - Leon loves contemporary jazz too - now that’s a jamboree!

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23/11/2007 by admin.

Is it just coincidence that on a day when plans to build a further runway at Heathrow Airport were announced, a cruise ship, the MS Explorer, struck an iceberg in the Antarctica?  The incident was a chilling reminder of the fate of the Titanic nearly 100 years ago, although this time all the passengers and crew, including 24 Britons, were rescued.  Another curiosity was that the liner hit the ice off King George Island - and a certain King George features in Charles Lamb’s journal! What’s more, the survivors were rescued by the Nord Norge, a Scandinavian liner.  Funny that, given  Charles’ account of where the Goblin Tree came from!  

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27/08/2007 by admin.

Today, Julia looked afresh at the crop circles. She found to her great surprise and delight that a circle in Wiltshire had been designed to spell out her birthday – August 18. Most strange as no other circle this year has specified an exact date! There are 8 and 8 circles with one small circle in reverse = 818!  Even more curious was that NASA Space Weather watch reported a series of x-ray flares emitted from the sun every 3 hours on 18 August. Though not especially strong flares, some unknown force caused our sun to oscillate every three hours! We know how significant three is for the Haymakers Survey – and the part the sun played on the equinox.  Question 39

http://cropcircleconnector.com/2007/northdown/northdown2007.html 

Oh, for those with a deep curiosity, the report on the crop circle connector website about the 18 August circle links to the strongest evidence ever about crop circle formation. It’s from a Norwegian film maker called Terje Toftenes who witnessed a circle formation on 7 July – Live earth day! Do you still doubt us?  See Question 74 on our You Tube site.  

All the while, forest fires have been raging in Greece – the worst in living memory – taking over 60 lives. Strong winds and a parched landscape have fuelled the flames, which some say were started by arsonists as a way of getting round laws preventing development on forest land! Question 76 

Whilst in Britain some 18 million cars were predicted to be on the country’s roads as summer paid a fleeting visit for the last Bank Holiday of the season. That’s 1 million cars for every letter in the survey. Question 60

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