There are many things my ageing brain struggles to remember, usually where I left my house or car keys, but I am blessed with a whole grey cell drawing room filled with Eddie Izzard quotes.
From "There must have been a death star canteen" and "Cat, are you drilling?" to "Das Orange and Pears can Fuck Off", if ever I need cheering up, a quick Eddie fix does the trick. And if you're one of the few people who's never seen the Lego version of the Death Star Canteen sketch watch it now, it's a work of genius.
Today, walking along the riverbank, it was with delight that a chance sighting of a fox and a scout around to see where it might have gone led us to discover this collection of hives.
For the past 2 years we've seen the owner head down the farm track without knowing where he kept them - he always has a couple of hives on the back of his truck, he doesn't drive around wearing a beekeeper uniform to identify himself. Next time he passes I'm going to try and find out where he sells the honey so we can buy some that is truly locally sourced, not just Norfolk honey, Roxham honey. Will suggested leaving a note on one of the hives. Given the number of bees we could see buzzing around today I think I'll pass on that approach and stick to waving down his truck like a mad woman.
I wonder if his father was a beekeeper and his father before him? Maybe he wants to walk in their footsteps "and their footsteps were like this - covered in bees!". Like I said, a temporal cortex filled with quotes.
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