Good morning everyone it's a cloudy morning and it's cold and a little windy. Thank you Velvet 
Enjoy your day everyone 
Good morning everyone
Cloudy but dry here.
I've mentioned before that various gargoyles have been being made for Gloucester cathedral. Gargoyles have been used for centuries on buildings such as cathedrals for collecting rain water from the roof and pouring through the gargoyle is a spout so try and stop rthe rain from going down the walls. Generally grotesque in appearance. This is the last one of the six made in recent years. This time it's of a cheese-roller in reference to the contest down Coopers Hill. It supposedly is the one for Tewkesbury though Coopers Hill is much closer to Gloucester than Tewkesbury. A previous gargoyle was of a rugby player so the Gloucester choice had already been made.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-54567349
I hope everyone has a good day
Not easy to find pictures of all 6 gargolyes and the draft sketches of them I found don't look like the ones created.
Gloucester's is a rugby player and Cheltenham's a horse jockey, the connections are obvious,
Tewkesbury's the cheese roller, no reason other than cheese rolling is the one Gloucestershire unusual event which is world famous.
Stroud's is a suffragette representing the active suffragettes there who were linked to what were the cloth bills in that area.
Cotswolds' is a sheep shearer. The origin for the word Cotswold is âsheep enclosure in rolling hillsideâ.
Forest of Dean's is what is known as a free miner. There were the times where the free miners would go to mines in the forest to get coal for their families.
I've driven through there.
Chelts should be banned. Don't agree with it one bit.
What's your answer to that?
Horses weren't designed to jump.
Velvet, I've never been to a horse race in my life and don't watch them on televison. Don't like it that horses can be injured or killed. Only time I went to the racecourse at Chaltenham was having my very first unofficial driving lesson - there are some roads on the ground outside the actual racing areas for people to use to park there. So the roads were empty at the time I went.
The remants of a long lost monastery in Gloucester have been discovered. Historians knew roughly where it was but not the exact location. It's under what was the multi-storey carpark near the railway station but has recently been demolished. The monastery, Whitefriars, was demolished in the 16th century.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-54568796
There are other monasteries in Gloucester in various states of ruin such as Blackfriars, Greyfriars, Llanthony Priory and St Oswald's Priory but Whitefriars was the one historians knew least about.
@El Loro posted:Velvet, I've never been to a horse race in my life and don't watch them on televison. Don't like it that horses can be injured or killed. Only time I went to the racecourse at Chaltenham was having my very first unofficial driving lesson - there are some roads on the ground outside the actual racing areas for people to use to park there. So the roads were empty at the time I went.
I love you El. Till my dying day
@Moonie posted:A good away win for Cheltenham today El
Yes 
Cheltenham has won all three away matches in the league so far this season. It's their home matches where they've had problems - 2 losses and 1 win. Up to 3rd place in the table. Next two matches are at home.
Gloucester City football club are having a very good start to their season, 3 matches so fae, Won their first match at home 3-1, Won their second match away 1-2. Today they were at home to Blyth Spartan. Blyth Spartan scored first and Gloucester retaliated and eventually won 6-1. Top of the National League North table, After many years, Gloucester have been able to play at their Gloucester ground. It had been devasted by the great flood of 2007 and since then they had to play their home matches elsewhere. That league is two below League Two. Gloucester City are a small side compared to Cheltenham and because of the rugby has a lower profile. In past seasons their form has been rather inconsistent, at times doing really well, then almost disintegrate and just manage to avoid relegation.
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Cloudy but dry here.
I've mentioned before that various gargoyles have been being made for Gloucester cathedral. Gargoyles have been used for centuries on buildings such as cathedrals for collecting rain water from the roof and pouring through the gargoyle is a spout so try and stop rthe rain from going down the walls. Generally grotesque in appearance. This is the last one of the six made in recent years. This time it's of a cheese-roller in reference to the contest down Coopers Hill. It supposedly is the one for Tewkesbury though Coopers Hill is much closer to Gloucester than Tewkesbury. A previous gargoyle was of a rugby player so the Gloucester choice had already been made.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-54567349I hope everyone has a good day
EL love gargoyles-the ones on York minster are awesome
night moonsie EL squiggle velvet
yogi summer
Good morning everyone it's supposed to be dry with some sunny intervals today but it's still very chilly so wrap up warm if you venture out.
Enjoy your day everyone
@Moonie posted:Good morning everyone
Overcast and cold here. A 10% chance of rain. A high of 10° expectedA little washing done but no point in putting out currently
Enjoy your Sunday everyone
Heatwave here - forecast high of 13° 
I hope you can get your washing dried sometime
Moonie's alright. I know he is
@velvet donkey posted:Moonie's alright. I know he is
Not watching BBC One's new drama series "Roadkill" which starts tonight. Quite a few people in the cast that I've seen in other things over the years but when I saw who wrote it, I realised that I wouldn't enjoy it. David Hare is the writer. So, although I would expect it to be well written, intelligent and well acted, it's not going to be cheerful watching. Films where he wrote the screenplay include:
Plenty (1985) in which Meryl Streep played an English woman who spends 20 years of her life making whatever kind of life she wants at the expense of others
Damage (1992) in which an MP (Jeremy Irons) has an affaiir with a half-French woman (Juliette Binoche)
The Hours (2002) that's fictionalised account of part of Virginia Woolf's life and suicide (Nicole Kidman, also Meryl Streep again and Julianne Moore)
The Reader (2008) another affair and a WW2 war-crime trial (Kate Winslett & Ralph Fiennes)
If you've seen any of those films and like it, then watch Roadkill though I won't.
Evening all.
Apologies for my absence but I havenât been very well. Still a bit ropey but better than I was.
Iâm afraid I havenât read back so I hope you are all doing well and have had a good weekend.
@Yogi19 posted:Evening all.
Apologies for my absence but I havenât been very well. Still a bit ropey but better than I was.
Iâm afraid I havenât read back so I hope you are all doing well and have had a good weekend.
Hi Yogi
Sorry youâve been poorly but glad youâre feeling a little better now. Welcome back
Thanks Moonie
Have you had a good day?
Mr Yogi said the same todayOff to try to get some sleep. Goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Hug for any night owls
night yogi( lovely to have you back) moonsie EL squiggle velvet summer
Good morning everyone it's a cold and windy morning. Welcome back Yogi I'm glad you're feeling better.
Enjoy your day everyone