The link below states why the movie makers like to use British accents, don't you know, for film villains. Damn, I'm to old now.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/reason-british...

I have spent hours this evening trying to complete my returns to maintain my licence to tickle dormice. At the end the other computer rejected them twice. As this is a priority for me, I shall have to keep trying at this when I have time so Bike is on hold until I get it right. Thanks for your patience, I'm sure you'll enjoy the next twist in Cathy's story when I get round to writing it.

I've done some of the next Bike but just too tired to continue tonight. One more day to work then I'm off for a week.

I'm going to watch Tom Hanks' latest film, 'Sully' tonight, so I'll probably be too late to write Bike. Had a nice day for my birthday and the fresh cream sponge I ordered to take to my committee meeting was really good.

Sorry folks, I ran out of time trying to verify some stuff for the latest Bike. Hopefully I'll get it sorted tomorrow.

I also ended up with a boot full of mud and dirty water when I slipped into a ditch while out doing fieldwork with the RSPB. Took me ten minutes to get my sock clean enough to wash and my boot might be dry by Christmas! Oh the joys of fieldwork.

It appears after the child of a divorced parent was removed from her custody because she allowed the child to dress as a girl has encouraged other separated or divorced parents to challenge the diagnoses of transgender children and the custody of the child with the sympathetic parent.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/22/parents-fear...

A creditable review of last night's Channel 4 documentary about two children attending the Tavistock Clinic for gender dysphoria.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/nov/17/kids-on...

Oh well, all good things must come to an end so it's back to the grind and colder weather. I can't believe that two days ago I was struggling with the heat as I tramped around El Hondo, a nature reserve outside Elche near Alicante. Now it's catch up time, do washing and other chores ready for work tomorrow. The latter is becoming increasingly difficult to psyche myself up to do, especially when there are things I'd prefer doing like chasing dormice or watching birds. However, going on holiday is definitely a luxury that my working pays for.

None of those I'm pleased to say, but two twelve hour days have pretty well wiped me out and I can't settle down to write this evening. Hopefully will finish earlier tomorrow and have enough energy to scribble.

Angharad

I shall be out with the bat group until quite late so won't have time to write, I'm afraid. This being a part time ecologist is hard work and we only had one dormouse yesterday, which ran up the tree, so we didn't get to sex it or weigh it. Thankfully, it wasn't me who let it escape. We did have a couple or more nests in the boxes but that was it.

As it's a fairly quiet night, windwise, we might get some bats. I'll let you know.

Angharad.

From the Guardian, an article about the stand taken by a Pakistani transwoman who was raped and who demands the prosecution of the rapist.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals...

Sorry folks got a bit distracted tonight, will try and do one tomorrow.

Yet more sad news on the vulnerability of our sisters in other countries.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/23/murder...

From the Huffington Post. I love this story, nothing like a bit of schadenfreude to cheer us all up.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/evangelist-who-said-natu...

What a tit!

Interesting article in the Guardian which is about a transgender woman who stayed married and thus never got female legal status and so missed out on the right to a pension. It has been referred to the European Court for an opinion.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/aug/10/supreme-cour...

I'm so glad this didn't happen to me.