Once upon a time we used to take the rug-rats to the park. This was not as you may think primarily for their entertainment, in fact this was just a happy byproduct of the real reason. What we managed to do in a park was get them out of our hair for a few minutes. …
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One day we were asked to go out to a remote station in the middle of the bush veldt. We drove and soon we were in amongst long grass following a small bumpy sand road towards our destination. We parked up when the road ended and got out. My colleague headed off towards the station …
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As part of our mandatory first aid training we had area specific training. One of these were on identifying snakes, snake bites and treatment of snake related injuries. One of the procedures when bitten was to try and identify the type of snake that had done the biting as different venoms had different effects and …
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It had just finished with a summer downpour in the bush veldt. The hot tar roads were hazy as the water turned into steam. Dusk had just crept in and we were driving back home from shopping a hundred miles away. Noticing a small lump in the road I made no effort to avoid it. …
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Living on a small mining community in the bush veldt far away from civilisation I discovered life was a bit different from the city. There were interesting and deadly animals. Lions, crocodiles and snakes were just a few I encountered. I discovered this quite quickly when I returned home from work one day and my …
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Once upon a time there was a father whose wife had wandered off overseas to visit family, naively leaving him in charge with two modes of transport to choose from. Being a sunny morning and feeling slightly adventurous he asked his eldest child if she felt like using the two wheeled form of transport. She …
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Once upon a time a father decided to go to the shop to find his poor children some food as the cupboard was bare. His wife very bravely had left him in charge whilst she was away and this included feeding the hungry animals that resided in their house. A quick trip to and search …
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One morning a father came down from his cave after a good sleep. He felt a bit hungry and investigated the fridge to see what was there. He found that there was a packet of bacon and some eggs. His young daughter volunteered (Sort of) to make the bacon and shortly she started to prepare …
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India is a fascinating country with cows in the street, four people on a motorbike and traffic that would make the British cry. The plane trip to India was reasonably quite. The only incident was the lady behind me angrily pushing my chair rapidly forward and backwards when she decided that I had gone to …
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I thought that it might be nice to do something different. As I love food I decided maybe a baking course but that turned out to be fully booked. So what options available… Turns out we have a great semi-local cooking school at Ashburton in the UK. So being my normal impulsive self on Friday …
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