park – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

A Cuckoo Pecks the Tree Outside Our Bedroom Window!

Sutton: A Woodpecker Outside Our Bedroom Window! (6.11.2025)

06/11/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Whilst getting ready for school – our youngest daughter (Kai-Lin) – heard a “knocking” outside our bedroom window in our first-floor flat (the window is more or less in-line with the treetops nearby). When Gee pulled-back the curtain (it was around 8 am) to everyone’s surprise – there was what looked like a juvenile Woodpecker attempting to develop a head of steam through its inexperienced pecking! Normally, we only ever hear these birds “out of sight” as it were, but even then, only at a considerable distance (usually in woodland or nears forests) – but I have never seen such a rural bird landing within a city context.

England: The 120-Year-Old Bristol Downs Football League – Every Game a “Home” Match! (7.11.2024)

07/11/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

How many football leagues can count a former England cricket idol, an England football captain, an EFL referee, and a serving councillor among its past and present players?

Dating back almost 120 years, the Bristol Downs League, in many ways, is just like every other amateur Saturday afternoon league played up and down the country.

But it is unique in that all four divisions play on the same set of pitches at 14:00 every Saturday afternoon. Every game is a home game.

The sprawling 442-acre open parkland of the Clifton Downs on top of the city’s Avon Gorge hosts 41 teams, more than 1,500 players, and over 400 matches a season.

BBC Radio Bristol spent the 2023-24 campaign there to find out about the people, players, officials and teams that make the league so special and part of the sporting fabric of the city.

St Albans: St Germain’s Block! (30.5.2024)

30/05/2024 Adrian (釋大道)

We walked to the Verulamium Museum through the “Verulamium Park” – from St Albans Abbey. This boundary wall was built using Roman materials – but not until the 11th century. It was part of St Germain’s Chapel – an element found within the grounds of St Albans Abbey. Today, around 30-feet of what is left of this wall forms an isolated structure situated in the middle of the park. This was part of the original Roman Fortifications (designed to keep the British Celts out) – which were abandoned during the early 5th century – with the ruins incorporated into the later buildings of St Albans Abbey. Indeed, there is little evidence of Christianity being present in Verulamium during Roman times.

South Devon: Galmpton Bolt Hole! (24.12.2023)

24/12/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

If the average reader knows anything about South Devon and the political complexion of many of its people – Arabic channels would be the last type of media that would be expected. Still, the place is near where my parents live and is not far from major shopping centres. For the time-being – this is our family headquarters and the place we will be spending Xmas Day 2023. We are not religious (as we are Scientist-Socialists or more specifically Marxist-Leninist-Maoists) – but we do wish the whole of humanity peace, love, security, self-determination and endless prosperity! Long Live Palestine – and may ALL the Zionist War Criminals be bought to a swift Justice!

Sutton: Commemorative Mural Remembering Two Sets of Twins “Kyson & Bryson” and “Leyton & Logan” – Collingwood Recreation Ground! (14.8.2023)

14/08/2023 Adrian (釋大道)

Meanwhile, I was told that the four bodies were laying on the road with signs of life still present whilst local hospitals ‘refused’ to take responsibility – citing Tory government Covid-19 guidelines. Apparently, the Tories issued a ‘D’ Notice which automatically prevented any further reporting on this matter – a turn of events which explains why no further details about this incident has occurred in the media. Furthermore, I was told that ALL photographs and video footage of the bodies lying on the road have been ‘seized’ and ‘destroyed’. I suspect this has been an operation designed to down play the racism of the reporting and the insanity of the Covid-19 guidelines which prevented four seriously ill children from receiving treatment.

Yunnan: China Protects Asian Elephants! (13.9.2022)

13/09/2022 Adrian (釋大道)

The Management Bureau of the Reserve said that monitoring data showed that the baby elephants born during the northward journey are growing up and finding independence. In January, another baby elephant was born at the Reserve. Since then, the herd of elephants have moved deep into the forests in Mengyang and are rarely seen.

Chen Fei, Director of the Asian Elephant Research Centre under the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, said that the efforts made by the Chinese government and local residents have served as a vivid example of China’s determination to promote harmony between man and nature, providing a warm-hearted example for global wildlife conservation.

“Helping the herd go home does not signal the end of our efforts. There is still a long way to go to protect Asian elephants and their habitats,” said Chen, adding that Asian elephants have been included in the list of 48 critically endangered species under emergency protection during China’s 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).

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