Heavy Horses Toil the Dust!

Rutland Farm Park – The Visit! (28.10.2025)

Unlike the City Farms or the bigger commercial entities – the atmosphere is relaxed. Indeed, a cadre of very alert geese provide the security detail – patrolling the grounds and showing the guests which way to travel in and out of the park! I remember once reading in a book at school (a very long time ago) that Celtic people used to live on the top of mountains and hills – and that it was geese (and not dogs) that used to warn the inhabitants of any approaching strangers! Geese “honk” really loud, and are physically brave, being willing to protect their owners with their lives! Brave little fellows they are!

Email: Mr Huu Can Tran – Innocent Until Proven Guilty! (23.1.2023)

OK – so this is a Chinese-language comment left on one of the articles concerning Mr Huu Can Tran (innocent until proven guilty) which reads:

‘一个人走过海旁,看见另一个人想跳海自杀。 他走上前去劝说「先生,不要跳下去!」 那人问道:「为什么?」 他说:「生命是美好的嘛!你是无神论者还是有宗教信仰?」 那人答:「我有宗教信仰。」 「佛教、道教、回教还是基督教?」 「基督教」 「罗马天主教还是新教?」 「新教」 「我也是新教呢!圣公会还是浸信会?」 「浸信会」 「太好啦!我也是浸信会,你是Baptist Church of God还是Baptist Church of the Lord? 」 「Baptist Church of God. 」 「真是太奇妙啦!我也是,那你是原教旨的Baptist Church of God还是改革派的? 「改革派的」 「1879年的改革派还是1915年的?」 「1915年的改革派。」 那人朝他屁股一脚把他伸进海里:「异端!去死吧!」’