28 July

It was a scorcher
with a nice surprise call from the skyping canadians first thing in the morning.
No special news however - just heading off for a swim in Stanley Park.

Onions - well here they are :
supposedly such an endangered species as they hold drifting sand dunes down
that there is supposedly a division of Onion Police to stop people from picking them
it seems however, that in this somewhat remote location with abundant onion fields
that are grazed by the cashmere goats and the fat tail sheep
(and there is a small plate of onions on the dinner table every night),
that the law is flouted here - so this is what will happen to your Sonid holiday home if you eat too many of those onions

Dont tell Helen as she would not approve - but the army here has a division called the Gold Army - yes, and I know it to be true as I spied a big derrick type looking drilling rig near our prospect and to confirm my suspicions - a big stack of the mother core trays stashed in the yard of the local barracks .... point proven .... the core boxes were designed to be moved by the chinese army. I am a bit confused though as it looks like it might only drill a vertical hole - and lot of the gold might come in somewhat vertical structures?

And did I mention the internet police, and the TV police ....... after a while it starts to add up why you cannot get certain websites or english speaking channels !

better go in case i get snapped
al