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I must admit that I do not like any sports that involve animals. However, I take my hat off to Rachael Blackmore who rode Minella Times to victory in yesterday's Grand National at Aintree, Liverpool. It is the oldest and most famous annual steeplechase in the world. In coming home first, Rachael Blackmore - a 31 year old Irish jockey - became the first woman in history to win the race.. After 182 years, to see a woman on the winners' podium was something really special. Afterwards, she told a TV Interv iewer, "I don't feel male or female right now. I don't even feel human." By the way, only one horse had to be euthanised  after yesterday's taxing four mile race - a seven year old (gender unknown) called The Long Mile. May he or she rest in equine peace. from Yorkshire Pudding https://ift.tt/3uAydZy

This is a therapeutic and easy supper dish  I made it from scratch today Here is my masterclass  You will need 2 potatoes Garlic Chilli x 1 red Butter 1 cup flour Nutmeg 1 egg 1 courgette Seasoning Parmesan  Mash 2 potatoes and allow to cool Grate one courgette, chop three cloves garlic and finely cut one red chilli ( this is for the sauce)  Measure out Half a teaspoon of grated nutmeg Put one cup of mash into a bowl add nutmeg Add One cup of plain flour  Add one egg Mix and kneed into a dough Cut into quarters  Roll into rough rolls Cut into 3/4 inch pieces and flatten sides with fork  Boil a saucepan of water and drop gnocchi in. Meantime fry off chilli, garlic in a little oil and large knob of butter. Season well. Wait for gnocchi to float Add courgette and fry gently until cooked Add gnocchi and ensure all is heated through Season well if needed , add Parmesan cheese and Basil  Eat wit...

  The ruins of the Elizabethan house Siamber Wen located just a stones’ throw South of the centre of the village According to the village Facebook page there was going to be a 41 gun salute to the Duke Of Edinburgh at midday. I went to collect eggs from the livery stables and managed to snap a brief video of the “ excitement” from the centre of the village. The salute took place on top of the Gop  You can here me and villager Mandy discussing the spectacle On my walk I bumped into Affable Despot Jason who is a staunch republican. “ 100,000 dead from covid and they are shooting guns off the Gop for Philip...makes my piss boil” he commented ....not his usual smiling self. Mrs Trellis passed with her over erect bobble hat on, and she waved  Jason and Mrs Trellis ( with Blue) Jason invited me for a drink in the garden. More sporadic gunfire echoed over the valley as I headed for home. The sun is shining and the sky is an azure blue  I’m...

The political leader of this great country is an inveterate liar. Lying comes as easily to him as breathing does to most people. His lies have been well-documented and yet he continues to get away with them. It is as if his life is charmed. He's like a roguish young lad with tousled hair denying that he scrumped the neighbour's apples even though his satchel is stuffed with the stolen fruit. In June 2019, as Great Britain was  heading towards a general election, Johnson was asked by Talk Radio's Ross Kempsell how he likes to spend his spare time This was Johnson's bizarre response: “I, well, I like to ... paint. Or I make things. I like to ... I make, I have a thing where I make models of, when I was mayor of London we built a beautiful – I make buses. I make models of buses. So what I do, no, I don’t make models of buses, what I do is I get old – I don’t know – wooden crates ... Right? And then I paint them. It’s a box that’s been used to contain two wine bottles, ...