We’ve been having more droughts than usual the last few years too. We rely on getting plenty of rain in spring when it’s also warm.

30 C is too hot here because it’s much more humid, especially away from the coast where I am.

Thanks Lee. I’m glad it’s still nice so far north!

Edward II wasn’t physically weak – he’s portrayed that way because he was gay. Both he and his lover Piers Gaveston were big, tall, handsome men. Edward II was not a good general, but he was a brave one. Wallace never met Edward II’s wife, who was just a young child at the time of his execution.

I could’ve lived with the woad and the kilt, but those character things were integral to the plot.

You know what is said about that awful Mel Gibson movie “Braveheart” and its historical inaccuracies regarding William Wallace.
“Five hundred years too late for woad and five hundred years too early for the kilt”
Not sure about the accuracy of this statement either but sounds about correct, I should verify it!
The Scottish Nationalists loved the movie however for boosting their following.

Somebody needs to catalogue all the mocking titles – it would be the greatest list ever, just the best.

After the r.e.s.i.s.t. resignation letter last week, there was an i.m.p.e.a.c.h. resignation letter yesterday. Who wants to run a sweepstake on what the next one will be?