Cowfish

The Lactori Cornuta (Cowfish) has a bovine appearance with growths reminiscent of horns. Dig those lips! The species occurs throughout much of the Indo-Pacific Ocean and the Red Sea although these fish were in the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.

Well Met

Although we are a couple of months into Autumn, you might be interested to know the difference between the Astronomical Autumn and the Meteorological Autumn. If so, then Click Here to visit the Met Office Website (opens in a new tab). Also find out about solstices and equinoxes.

Riddleday

Eddie: Tell me Mary, what is more foolish than sending coals to Newcastle?

Mary: OK Eddie, tell me the answer.

Eddie: Sending milk to Cowes, of course.

Source: “A Thousand and One Riddles with a Few Thrown In” published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.

Remembrance Sunday 13th November 2022

Local Remembrance Day Services:

  • Conwy Town: 10.40am – Service at the Cenotaph Bodlondeb followed by a service at 11:30am at St Mary’s Church, Conwy.
  • Llandudno: 9:45am Service at Holy Trinity Church; approx 10.25am the Parade will head to the war memorial for service and wreath laying.
  • Penrhynside: 10.15am – Service of Remembrance at Penrhynside Village Hall followed by a service at the war memorial.
Llandudno War Memorial 2021

Armistice Day 11th November 2022

Image “The Blitz, London, 1940” by Life Magazine photographer William Vandivert (taken from “The Great Life Photographers” by The Editors of Life, Published in UK by Thames & Hudson 2004)

Visit your local Town Council website for detailed information if you want to attend any of the Remembrance Day Services that will be held in Conwy County on Sunday 13th November 2022. Remember 2-minutes silence today 11:00am.

Testing Times

Chesil Beach is a shingle bank 18-miles long, running from the Isle of Portland near Weymouth to West Bay near Bridport. It forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The stretch between the Isle of Portland and Abbotsbury (photo on Left) is backed by the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon. From September 1942 to March 1943, experiments with the Barnes Wallis bouncing bombs were made off Chesil Beach.