"As Time Goes By" - Sat Sept 13th 2008

A glorious day this in the southern part of the UK. It could easily have been a Summer's day again.After a swim at the Pyramids, at Southsea, Hampshire, I went on my usual walk along the Esplanade at Southsea, but stopped suddenly when I noticed a butterfly, fluttering south across the Solent in the general direction of the Isle of Wight some 5 miles away. Good God I thought. There we have a brave creature willing to pit itself against the elements to reach a distant shoreline against all odds. As the butterfly fluttered off into the distance, I wished it "Bon Voyage" and a safe crossing.  Not so lucky earlier on in the the day was the sad sight of the mangled remains of a hedgehog in the middle of the road where I lived. It had obviously attempted a crossing the previous night, but tragically had been run over by a vehicle or vehicles unknown. Such is life.