News from Little Britain/I want THAT!!!

[reidalpine]

at first sight picture 1 can look innocent enough .but hold on!!


PROOF. what we have here is actually Malcolm in his MG "off for a rally"as he said-knowing full well we'd all tell him off buying this R5 on the trailer..
He even tried tarting up the MG as Going to a rally-Pheew!
"it's a keeper-basically sound -just need a good wash&clean he says...
Even David N came all the way from Frankfurt in his F6 Smurfmobile to try talking Malcolm off this!
(seen around the corner to the right talking to some female-well chatting her up actually!)
Here they met up with Stuart D who puffed up from London to see what Malcolm was raving on about-Stuart seen trying to locate cylinders 3 and 4 on his Citroen Dyane.
On the hoist we see Le Gorde having it's motor put in again I hear Malcolm
fastens it down with wing-nuts... just in case

picture 3 shows another probably very guilty character namely Pepper in BB trying to avoid having his picture taken fast reversing behind the trailer..
"I'm just here for the petrol" he says....

Now it's up to the Gang to identify other villans so we can put a stop to this madness!! -R.

 

[ian Stanbury]

..Reida dear boy..

..I / we think you out to get out more..

Perhaps 6 months in the Tundra living with a Sami family and helping them with some rather more serious problems that may effect us all, rather that spending your time in toy shops!!

Apparently the plants cover most of the ground even if the snowfields last into mid summer and permafrost are common. On the highest, the ground is dominant by bare rock, snow and glaciers, with few plants. The tundra is always part of the Arctic Desert.

The Sami people live in the bare, cold tundra in northern Scandinavia. Those people are nomadic reindeer herders whose lives are shaped by the movement of the reindeer. The snow and the wind conditions determine in turn the movement and the route of the reindeer flock. The Sami people can spend up to nine months of the year in the mountains.

The Sami is believed to be one of the last indigenous groups in Europe. They live in Sapmi, an area that crosses the borders of four countries. Their territory stretches from central Norway and Sweden across the north of Finland to the east of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

The exact number of the Sami people is unknown. However, some sources estimate the numbers of Sami who live in Sapmi between 60.000 and 70.000. Most of those people live in Norway.

The Sami has more than 400 words for reindeer, used to describe gender, age, colour, shape, etc. Although relatively only a small percentage of the Sami are now living a traditionally reserved Sami-life, so reindeer herding remains an essential part of their culture. Shepherds have irreplaceable and invaluable knowledge about the mountains and the snow-covered landscapes of the Nordic countries.

Due to climate change, so their traditional means of knowledge is no longer as reliable as it once was. Rising temperatures and mild winters have made the ice unsafe, and forests have spread into the reindeer grazing areas. In winter, the rain falls instead of snow, posing new problems for the Sami and their herds. When the rain hits the cold ground, it forms an extra layer of ice that prevents reindeer from reaching down to the low, as they feed.

The Sami are already living with the challenges thrown up by the global warming. The anticipated future rise in global temperatures poses a serious threat to both the reindeer, the Sami families and the world in general - SO TAKE NOTE EVERYONE

Look at this pic - a traditional Sami breakfast of Reindeer hocks all washed down with Pyhä-Nattanen lake water.

 

[pepper]

I used to have "that" garage!!!!1

I even found the work ramp whilst clearing my fathers house out!

 

[angel]

On picture 3 you can also see that my Jogging is available for sale after I just exchanged it with that wonderful Parisienne on the lift (bargain!)

 

[reidalpine]

why do they need 400 words to describe a friggin' reindeer for?? a bit slow maybe...
Fact is the biggest population of Lapplenders now live in Oslo working in Boots etc
It's only the last few days we've seen anything of that long promised -and overdue
rise in temp up here-Me?-I'm all for it!

good to see I could rise some good memories in you pepper!!

So Athens is where all those nice Parisienne's going to-think I'll pop down there to check it all out-You didn't take the R5 off Malcolms trailer at same time then?