I spy . . .

A friend of Mike's is clearing out his shed and asked Mike if he would like a couple of old telescopes! This is the larger of the two, it's 37 inches long, has a wooden barrel and sliding covers over each end. Unfortunately one of the lenses is cracked, but it can be replaced. It's a beauty!

On an altogether sadder note there was a tragic motorbike accident here yesterday evening. As we headed out for our meal we were overtaken at terrifying speed by a couple of bikes, then more gingerly by another who was unsteady and had a flat back tyre. He parked up just ahead of us and about 5 minutes later we came across the other two bikes, pulled in to the side of the road. Mike told the two young lads about their mate with the flat tyre and they thanked him and headed back towards him.
As we were going in to the restaurant, about 15 minutes later, we heard sirens and both remarked on them as they are such a novelty here. Coming home later the barriers were closed, there were lots of blue flashing lights and under a tarpaulin there was a motorbike. A dreadfully sad end to a bike ride on a spring evening.