Eric, Sometimes I wish that I could swap places with some of those animals, but only if I could have a full life and not turn up as lunch for someone !!
I enjoyed that and can relate to it, as when we are in the UK we live in the countryside and are surrounded by such animals including an alpaca in a neighbors field. I am back from Spain at the moment with tons of footage showing my brother around our area in the sun, so a lot of editing to do. I am having to live on pain killers at the moment as I find it impossible to walk without them ! As someone that thinks he is still a teenager but nearing 80, I am going to have to have a rethink of my life from now on.

Gordon - That's not good.  I hope your situation improves quickly.

I'm the other side of 80.  90 will be my next big one.  No pain killers, just an assortment of medicines every day.

But living in a Retirement Village (Independent living) I've come into contact with something you don't see much of outside - dementia.  I've seen residents go downhill with it and quite quickly.  I don't know which is worse, have your body go on you, or have your mind go.  It's very sad.

Thanks Gordon, I do hope that your back is starting to get better.

Last Wednesday we made our way to Nymans, a NT property in West Sussex. This year they are doing a Narnia theme for the garden with various wardrobes, white witches and lions scattered around the place, it was quite magical, It carries on until January 5th, if you get the chance to go I can thoroughly recommend it.

Please enjoy my video of it.

  https://youtu.be/vYI2AWK9Xko

Thanks Albert, well done and something different.  The only thing missing was snow

Thanks Eric and Alfred.

It should have been a "nice day trip from Essex", but unfortunately the M25 was partly closed due to an accident, which meant a trip which should have taken about an hour, took us almost double the time. Instead of arriving at around 11.15, it wasn't until just before 1.00pm when we did eventually get there. We were not happy bunnies!! Still it was worth it in the end.

You're quite right Alfred, I didn't really think it through did I.

BTW, I'm surprised that you didn't mention my spelling mistake on a caption, or were you too polite to mention it?

Yes I also spotted the misspelling but like Alfred wasn't going to say anything.  Albert are you going to correct it?  If it was me I would as otherwise it would forever annoy me.

It is very easy to make spelling mistakes on videos, especially if you are adding the captions as you go along when editing. I find it best to do all the captions in one go after you have got to the end.
I have a foolproof method as far as spelling is concerned, it's called   " Sue", that is my wife who ran Tonbridge public boys school for over 30 years that I get to scan it through before I render it.
Her father was a Headmaster and she is one of those annoying people that can't walk past a shop or restaurant or "anywhere" that has a misspelt word or bad grammar on any sign or paperwork that is advertised ! She even carries a marker pen with her and alters things ! I love her to bits and the fact that she speaks 4 languages has always come in handy, but I'm sure she upsets a lot of people !!

Gordon, I also have a "foolproof method as far as spelling is concerned, it's called   " Sue",", only my one is called Jill!! The trouble was that I had already uploaded the video before Jill had a chance to watch it, and as soon as she saw the offending caption gave a little squeal and pointed out the error of my ways. I got confused because the word forty does omit the 'u', and I had made a mistake a few year back by spelling it "fourty", so I thought I won't make the same mistake again!! Sometimes you just cannot win...

Hello Ali, it's good to see you here.

William