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Appy days are here again

18th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, surveillance, transport

I recently drove to Halifax to visit the spectacular Piece Hall. I found a parking space almost adjacent, but the

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A bigger boy did it and ran away

11th July, 202226th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments politics, women

I’m currently reading a novel called A Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. Its protagonist, Connie, is

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A knee-jerk response to women’s safety

8th July, 202224th June, 2022 Cat James 0 Comments iwcp, surveillance, women

Two mainland authorities, plus the Isle of Wight Council, are offering free licences for the StaySafe Lone Worker app. Possibly

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The Wasp Piñata

11th September, 20111st April, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments hymenopterans, invertebrates, wasps

Wasps! Urgh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing! Well, you’d think so by the amount of cursing they get

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Giant water bug from Ecuador

17th February, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments

We heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply gigantic water bug. So here it is. This is

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Glum councillors

28th August, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Of course, this would never happen on the Isle of Wight. No, sir. And even if it did, it would

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So why are clouds classified anyway?

18th June, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Great news, friends, those crazy scientists have discovered a new type of cloud! Actually, it’s not even scientists but some

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Insect Sex Education and much more

28th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Sometimes one just has to step back and applaud. Now’s one of those times: The Ranger has just spent a

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No, honestly, I didn’t mean that.

25th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Interesting follow-up to my previous post “When gorse is in flower it’s the season for love“: Thanks Google, but I

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Not quite one million pebbles

18th April, 20085th August, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 74 Comments coastal, hampshire, mystery, pete codling, solent, southsea, stones

Through The Ranger’s inbox this week came an appeal from a visitor to Southsea Beach, Hampshire. A gentleman was on

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