I'm still alive, but dying

Oh! I'm so ill, I'm dying. I think it's swine flue.

Cough.

Cough, cough cough-co-cough.  Retch.

Here's a filler blog post, just to reassure you I'm not dead. Yet.

The autumn before last, some wag painted lock mooring bollards to look like redcap toadstools.   Ha ha.  It could almost have been Banksy, couldn't it?

It served as entertainment for boaters, runners and all towpath users - even the four ladies perambulating their children had a jolly good chuckle.  

Somewhere I have a picture of this particular  bollard from below.  I'll fish it out for you.

Actually, this was likely a publicity stunt by BW London.  Certainly their press release at the time suggested as much.

Anyway, one interesting thing is you can actually JUST see these bollards from space, if you zoom in.  I've  centred the map here on the bollard in the picture.

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Sorry for the inconsequential nature of this post.  It's just filler. I hate doing fillers almost as much as I hate blank days.

Oh, I'm dying, coughcough, COUGH.  Khkhretch. Might stay in bed all tomorrow.

Comments

[Witzenstein]

It's been done in Antwerp before. In 1993.
http://witzenstein.blogspot.com/2007/07/who-told-you-not-to-believe-in.html

[Paul Savage (NB Adreva)]

Go offline, concentrate on getting better, then come back firing on all cylinders, I am sure your readers can wait a bit. BTW have you had any interesting dreams lately. I only ask as whenever I get a cold/infection, I look forward to the unusually vivid dreams/hallucinations that these give me (and no I don't do drugs)

Good luck and get better soon.

[Dan]

Oink Oink!! get well soon Button man!

Dan

[Andrew Denny]

Of course it's Man Flu!  It's deadly serious, don't make light of Man Flu to a man :-)

[Sue]

Aww... You sure it isn't Man Flu Andrew!.. I jest.. hope you are feeling better soon. We will be up GB's way next week, we were hoping you might be

Sue

[iain smith]

much nicer way to paint bollards,the should adopt it country wide.

[Halfie]

Get better soon, Andrew. And, filler or not, keep blogging!