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Hello, Elle!
If Andy knocks back a knighthood he may not get asked again.
Trotty deserves something for being GB's greatest female Olympian.
And Jason is up there, too.
Me and the rest of the cycling world will have to stop calling her "Trotty" if she becomes a Dame!
Is this book about a real crow?
They are not favourites of mine.

Hi, Rusty!
Sorry, I perhaps put that badly....
I don't think that Andy meant that he would refuse an honour......just that he didn't expect to be offered a knighthood at his age!
Leastways, that is how I interpreted the article. I might have it wrong?
I think Andy would be very pleased and delighted to be offered a knighthood.
Look how proud he looked when carrying the Union Jack at the Olympics!
I remember remarking on his smiling!
The book is about "real" birds , yes.
It began with the writer keeping doves.
Then she graduated to having a rook, a magpie.....I am only half way through. the book........who lived en famille.
I had never liked rooks/ crows either, but this has opened my eyes a lot to their individual characters.
I am being educated!

Hello, Elle!
I think Andy is a tad old-fashioned, so maybe that is his thinking regarding his age and a knighthood.
And I mean "old-fashioned" in the best possible way.
I do not think he would turn it down.
I hope not anyway,
Dame Trotty and Jason are in Manchester seeing "Aladdin" this evening!
I think crows are clever birds.
I was impressed by their diversionary tactics when trying to steal a trout from the ospreys during the summer.

I used to know someone who had a pet crow he had rescued. It couldn't fly, though was quite free to go where he/she wanted. Its name was Chips. Anyone like to guess why?

Yes, me.
Chips rescuer was called Rafferty?

Mycrowchips!

Good morning, Rusty!
We have yet another beautiful day here with blue skies and sunshine - but it is very cold (-2C) and frosty!
And the pavements are slippy under foot.
Great to be out walking in the fields though!
What is your weather like?
There seem to be some very strange threads on the forum this morning?!
We are shortly going out to collect the printer from Argos....they have already sent me two texts - one last night and one this morning to remind me - business must be bad if they need to chivvy their customers!
(And I shall have a quick look in M & S!
You never know what bargains I might find......)

That is quite witty Rosalind!

Hi everyone!
Hope you had a nice Christmas and are getting ready for New Year; I gather it is less of celebration nowadays ? Here, it has not changed and is just as important an occasion to have a feast and stay up at the very least until midnight - but more often well into the wee hours of New Years day particularly among the younger and middle age generations.
A lot of dancing goes on and the tradition in Paris on the Champs Elysees used to be to kiss a gendarme at midnight, (I have done so myself!) while all the cars toot like mad. With high protection against possible terrorist attacks, I am not sure it is still welcomed!

Minus temperatures and very hard frost today - everything still all white now, at 11.30!

Good morning, Elle!
Not too bad a day here.
Texts seem to be the way of it nowadays.
I get them from optician and GP surgery, too.
Yes, have a look at M&S.
Our local LIDL is giving away free lumps of coal for the New Year first footing!
I am off out to see my local computer expert.
Windows 10 has given up the ghost on laptop.
So, shall I get it fixed or get a Chromebook!

Thanks pigale! I don't think anyone else noticed. Homophone, all! It is also true.

We used to do first footing etc but now I just retire to bed with a good book long before midnight.