Tattoodave

Arriving at De Montford Hall Leics. for an allnighter only to find we were a day early and Emerson, Lake and Palmer were on.

They might think that they are not missing out on anything, and be disinclined to investigate further.

Exodus - Biddu Orchestra, might do it, though I'm sure there's some hairs on the back of the neck moments going on right now

Happy Christmas to all, Happy Holidays to those not on this continent, Nappy Holidays to the incontinent and a Happy and Healthy New Year to one and all. Let's get this thing beat and get back to the dancefloor. Dave

I joined the army in November of 1976 and went to St Ives and Peterborough nighters up to that date as well as Wigan and Cleethorpes regularly, and can remember Betty Boo being played at St Ives and Peterborough Wirrina, I can't remember the Flamma Sherman track, but then my mind isn't what it used to be.

Malus is the scientific name of all apples, wild crab apples are about 1/3 size of apples, the cultivated varieties have tiny fruit, usually in profusion. I'm amazed at the variety available, I'm collecting fruit at the moment to grow as small bonsai from seed.

It's a crab apple (Malus), wouldn't know the variety though, might be "Evereste", there's plenty of varieties. The grass is difficult to identify too, as I'm not sure it's a grass, this time of year there's a plethora of plants in seed that have lost their leaves, rendering identification difficult without actually examining them.

With all the rain it could have been a beaver.

A nice one to own too, bit pricey now though

But did you know that there's a wasp that actually preys on the larvae of the oak gall wasp by laying it's egg in the gall to eat the larvae when it hatches? Nature is fascinating, but sometimes not that pleasant.

A cork oak in Central Spain with alien looking fruit created by an oak gall wasp, which can be used to make ink, though it's probably easier to buy ink elsewhere.

Another one of Salamanca, the Cathedral

Since moving to Lancashire it's "On a day when it's raining" - The Superbs

Another big surprise on the trip was seeing cotton being grown in fields in Spain.

On my recent trip back from Spain I stayed in Salamanca on route to Santander, and was surprised at it's beauty.

It was up on YouTube for a while, your memory has similar holes in it to mine. It's worth a watch, if you get the opportunity.

Not quite as bright as the one in the film Saving Grace, but quite eerie looking all the same

Looks like a Chinese Water Deer, but not knowing the scale I could be way off

I'm afraid I was fast asleep when the clues were revealed, but would never have gotten them even if firing on all cylinders. I concede defeat, and applaud the valiant victor (Grrrrrr!!!)

Thanks Steve, have to catch the end of Keith's set, but might just sit through the lot tomorrow.

I dreamt emojis last night, f***ing nightmares, I'm keen to know the answers but my minds frazzled

You win!

Russian Standard, £7 a litre in Gibraltar and nearly all gone

44 There's a ghost in my house Hamlet is a play, and has a ghost in it and a bed is most often in a house, I know I'm clutching at straws, but the vodka is getting hold

60 You Didn't Say A Word