Fire - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

For interested parties I have added a reply to 'Franks comment' of 3 days ago. Simply 'right click' on the word comments at the end of this post.

Yet another lunch date today with a couple of disappointing sights en-route. As most readers know the Melcombe Regis Cemetery is considered a 'local patch' as far as birding is concerned so was unhappy to receive notification during my absence of this act of vandalism there.

 

Even given the prompt I was not ready for what met my eye on my way to the bus.

One of the Chapels of Rest has been completely gutted by the arsonist - IS NOTHING SACRED?

Further on at the Westham Road underpass there was something far more pleasing as the 'illegal graffiti had been replaced by a far more artistic version that I can only guess has the blessing of the Borough Council. Depicting the 'white horses' (waves) that crash onto Weymouth Beach from time to time and the towns vibrant Music Scene was just a started for ten.

There were also designs relating to the upcoming Olympic Games and our local Tourist Trade

along with an etching of one of our favourite Public Houses the Rock Hotel and a flashback to the days when a Steam Train plied a nearby route. Irony of ironies followed as it was noticed that even despite the unwritten rule among graffiti artists themselves, never to deface anothers work some lout had methodically scratched the motto Olympic S**te along the full run of the painting - WHY OH WHY?

Always guaranteed to lift my spirits a pleasure to see the HOODED MERGANSER.

Anyway, it's an ill wind that doesn't blow some good, and I soon arrived at the tiny village of Nottington, lunch being with my friend Lesley and some of her friends. Lesley's new home can just be seen peaking through the trees, so how coincidental that along the line of tree once stood my first home in Dorset. Back in 1959 there stood on this site an old and leaking World War II Nisan Hut which we called home for a year.

The friends Trevor and Teresa Scott, on holiday from South Africa and local lady Liz Nash were already arrived,

so it was just left to me to join them in the kitchen.

After a lovely lunch we took a stroll over an area that as a boy I knew like the back of my hand - another great day. Finally, an update on the Stat Counter highlighting numbers of readers throughout the world. Numbers have continued rise at a great rate, with 2 countries well into the 'thousands' while a further 42 sit firm in the 'hundreds'. It would be fantastic to see those in the lower reaches 'further up the chart', so why not take this opportunity to highlight 

The Bagsy Blog Link on your Facebook Account, Twitter, E-Mail Addressees etc.

Thank You in anticipation.

	Num	Perc.	Country Name
	53598	71.54%	United Kingdom
	5275	7.04%	United States
	1037	1.38%	Canada
	830	1.11%	Australia
	830	1.11%	Germany
	709	0.95%	Estonia
	696	0.93%	France
	689	0.92%	Japan
	655	0.87%	Italy
	609	0.81%	Netherlands
	527	0.70%	India
	513	0.68%	Spain
	504	0.67%	New Zealand
	481	0.64%	Taiwan
	472	0.63%	Philippines
	400	0.53%	Korea, Republic Of
	399	0.53%	Brazil
	339	0.45%	Sweden
	295	0.39%	Thailand
	287	0.38%	Poland
	270	0.36%	Belgium
	255	0.34%	Russian Federation
	205	0.27%	Romania
	186	0.25%	Malaysia
	185	0.25%	South Africa
	178	0.24%	Ireland
	170	0.23%	Turkey
	163	0.22%	Switzerland
	160	0.21%	Finland
	155	0.21%	Mexico
	148	0.20%	Indonesia
	136	0.18%	Czech Republic
	135	0.18%	Greece
	135	0.18%	Peru
	129	0.17%	Denmark
	128	0.17%	Portugal
	120	0.16%	Norway
	114	0.15%	Hungary
	112	0.15%	Israel
	109	0.15%	Saudi Arabia
	105	0.14%	Singapore
	103	0.14%	Sri Lanka
	101	0.13%	Ukraine
	100	0.13%	Pakistan
	98	0.13%	Argentina
	94	0.13%	Bulgaria
	94	0.13%	Vietnam
	92	0.12%	Colombia
	86	0.11%	United Arab Emirates
	83	0.11%	Hong Kong
	78	0.10%	Slovakia
	71	0.09%	Chile
	67	0.09%	Croatia
	58	0.08%	Oman
	54	0.07%	Austria
	53	0.07%	Anonymous Proxy
	52	0.07%	Serbia
	51	0.07%	Costa Rica
	49	0.07%	Lithuania
	47	0.06%	Egypt
	44	0.06%	Malta
	42	0.06%	Ecuador
	42	0.06%	Europe
	41	0.05%	Qatar
	39	0.05%	Venezuela
	35	0.05%	Madagascar
	34	0.05%	Asia/pacific Region
	31	0.04%	Bangladesh
	30	0.04%	Luxembourg
	25	0.03%	Satellite Provider
	24	0.03%	Palestinian Territory
	23	0.03%	Guatemala
	22	0.03%	Lebanon
	22	0.03%	Georgia
	21	0.03%	Slovenia
	20	0.03%	Lao People's Democratic Republic
	20	0.03%	Iraq
	19	0.03%	Mongolia
	19	0.03%	Belarus
	18	0.02%	Jamaica
	18	0.02%	Latvia
	17	0.02%	Guernsey
	17	0.02%	Cyprus
	16	0.02%	Morocco
	15	0.02%	Kenya
	15	0.02%	Macedonia
	15	0.02%	Trinidad And Tobago
	14	0.02%	Yemen
	14	0.02%
	13	0.02%	Isle Of Man
	13	0.02%	Jersey
	13	0.02%	Belize
	11	0.01%	El Salvador
	10	0.01%	Algeria
	10	0.01%	Bermuda
	9	0.01%	Gibraltar
	9	0.01%	Kuwait
	9	0.01%	Moldova, Republic Of
	9	0.01%	Armenia
	8	0.01%	Maldives
	8	0.01%	Jordan
	7	0.01%	Azerbaijan
	7	0.01%	Montenegro
	7	0.01%	Aruba
	7	0.01%	Namibia
	7	0.01%	Panama
	7	0.01%	Tunisia
	7	0.01%	Reunion
	7	0.01%	Puerto Rico
	6	0.01%	Tanzania, United Republic Of
	6	0.01%	Cambodia
	6	0.01%	Netherlands Antilles
	6	0.01%	Nigeria
	6	0.01%	China
	6	0.01%	Bahrain
	6	0.01%	Brunei Darussalam
	6	0.01%	Zimbabwe
	6	0.01%	Virgin Island, U.s.
	5	0.01%	Bosnia And Herzegovina
	5	0.01%	Uruguay
	5	0.01%	Barbados
	5	0.01%	Nepal
	5	0.01%	Ethiopia
	5	0.01%	Dominican Republic
	4	0.01%	Bhutan
	4	0.01%	Albania
	4	0.01%	Honduras
	4	0.01%	Iceland
	3	0.00%	Mauritius
	3	0.00%	Gambia
	3	0.00%	Guyana
	3	0.00%	Zambia
	3	0.00%	Dominica
	3	0.00%	Bahamas
	3	0.00%	Virgin Islands, British
	2	0.00%	Faroe Islands
	2	0.00%	Gabon
	2	0.00%	Syrian Arab Republic
	2	0.00%	Iran, Islamic Republic Of
	2	0.00%	Fiji
	2	0.00%	Sudan
	2	0.00%	Macao
	2	0.00%	Uganda
	2	0.00%	Andorra
	2	0.00%	Grenada
	1	0.00%	Turks And Caicos Islands
	1	0.00%	Cayman Islands
	1	0.00%	Cameroon
	1	0.00%	Kazakhstan
	1	0.00%	Martinique
	1	0.00%	Afghanistan
	1	0.00%	Seychelles
	1	0.00%	French Polynesia
	1	0.00%	Uzbekistan
	1	0.00%	Suriname
	1	0.00%	Botswana
	1	0.00%	Cote D'ivoire
	1	0.00%	Saint Lucia
	1	0.00%	Ghana
	1	0.00%	Guam
	1	0.00%	Bolivia