Crop Circle Scam Exposed!

July 16, 2010

tags: Crop Circles, Currencies Direct, Living In France, Moving To France, Sunny France, Valbonne

Dog food at £7 50 for 2 kilos? It’s an outrage! We are staying with the aristocratic Scotts in a tiny Wiltshire village, where supermarkets are unheard of and the community village shop, the only commercial outlet other than the lovely pubs, is manned this morning by the vicar.

Whilst I would never deny venerable, old and faithful retainer, Max the proper dog, the occasional top quality meal, it is different with Banjo, the malevolent cocker who is a completely different kettle of fish, who needs and deserves nothing more to stuff into his overweight frame.

He is still ignorant of the most basic commands. His excuse that he does not understand English is just not acceptable.

Like the french, his propensity to effect his ablutions “drekkly” and without warning where one intends to walk is as irritating as it is predictable. No doggy bags required for the proper dog Max, of course, but shovel, scraper, marigolds, plastic bags and disinfectant required for the horrid imposter who will sh#t anywhere in one’s path, apparently deliberately to keep one on ones toes.

Before leaving Shaftesbury I see this sign in the Mitre pub, and find myself concurring. There certain necessities that need to be taken care of.

Good point, well made

We go to view a very intricate crop circle which has appeared in a field near Cley Hill. I want to believe it is aliens, but Rupert Scott spills the beans. He denies that crop circles are the invention of the tourist board, but the imposition by the farmer of a £2 charge to view it raises my suspicions, especially as the posters promoting it went up a day before the mysterious circle appeared.

We battle across Western England braving gales and squalls, stopping several time for monsoon like conditions to abate, and this is still the temperate south, the intemperate north awaits.

After a nice lunch at the Trout at Tadpole Bridge on the Thames near Witney, where we sat before a roaring log fire to help dry the sodden clothing, we set off for Buckinghamshire to see if the weather was better.

It wasn’t.

As I write this we are in my brothers conservatory, watching the steaming barbecue being deluged by rain, and have just decided to retire to the house as we cannot have a conversation above the sound of rain smashing against the conservatory roof. In other words, a typical English summer, Oh how I long to feel the sun on my back again back in Valbonne.

This is in Buckinghamshire, the same county where Simon Barrett resides. Simon of course continues to claim that this is a wonderful summer. I arrived in UK on 4th July and it has rained every day since. Delusion is an early form of Alzheimer’s, or perhaps he is putting into effect the slogan “adventures before Alzheimer’s” as I saw on a sign on a camper van on the drive up. He used to be so lucid before these imaginings of sunny weather began, its such a shame when the old ones powers begin to wane.

Nothing from Mr North who must be thrilled with his picture yesterday. I am available for golf tomorrow, but so far all my friends are either chicken, or more likely privy to the weather forecast!

Chris France

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