Bric-a-Brac

The Royal Standard being raised over Windsor Castle

A Bungee Jump taking place at Brighton Marina UK with The UK Bungee Club

2022 Luton Vs Harrogate in the FA Cup. The return also saw the return of Assistant Manager Mick Harford to the dugout after a period away battling cancer

Taking the Ferry to Brownsea Island, Poole in Dorset. Brownsea was the location of the first Boy Scout camp snd where the Scouts movement began.

A walk down my favourite path, at night the light and shadows like to combine making it a little spooky. If we were a little later in the year Bats tend to buzz overhead picking off insects attracted to the light. I was just eating out the video camera feature on the Galaxy S21

This looks to be a rehearsal for Trooping the colour in 2015 with the coaches arriving at the palace.

Outside Buckingham Place, The Horse Guards arriving at the Palace it feels like a rehearsal for Trooping the Colour June 2015

Alfie Boe and the Songs of praise fans choir, sing the FA Cup anthem Abide with me accompanied by The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas, with fans in attendance from both Arsenal and Aston Villa Fans.

Smoking the hive, The two tools placed on the top of the hive are hive tools which are used to dislodge frames and clean off excess wax. Once the hive is open just above the brood box is a wood and metal frame. This is known as a queen excluder. It enables the bees to move through the hive, but the queen is too large to fit through. If the queen has free run of the hive she would lay brood throughout the hive and make it more difficult o harvest the honey. The frame which is puled out is from the brood box and we can see new wax is being drawn out by the bees on the outer edge frames of the hive. We usually inspect the frames to see the progress of the hive. make sure the queen is laying and that there are no succession activities in place such as the appearance of queen cells.

Smoking the bees, this is done to help the bees from stinging. It does not subdue the bees. The smoke replicates a forest fire and the bees will fill their honey stomachs full of honey ready to leave the hive, just in case they need to find a new home. This, in turn, has the benefit of making it more difficult for the bees to bend and stick there Barb into you. There will also be a number of bees who are either returning to the hive or are guarding the hive who won't stuff themselves full of honey and will still be more than capable of stinging you.

Some video of the views from the top of the i360 tower in Brighton.

Checking the Frames. These frames are in the honey suppers where the bees deposit their honey and the beekeeper's Harvest. Below the honey suppers is the Brood box where the queen lays her eggs to maintain hive operations. The white lump on the crown board is bakers fondant which is used to feed bees over winter or during bad weather when they are unable to forage.

Teams walking out at the start of the Game

The Guards and Band Arrive at Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guards.

Luton Town walking out at the start of the game at Kenilworth Road

The Bands Guards playing Abbas Dancing Queen before the changing of the Guards.

A Bumblebee foraging on a sunflower

Guards and Bands passing the palace on the way back to the barracks

The video was taken after the match when Chelsea was confirmed as Premier League Champions.

Came across two Bumblee bees mating. When I first came across the scene I did wonder what was happening.

A Steam Training arriving at the station at the Gloucestershire, Warwickshire Steam Railway in Toddington. This is a volunteer-based steam heritage centre found in the Cotswolds for more information please visit https://www.gwsr.com/

A trip up in the i360 Brighton to get a view over the City