Covid-19

Covid-19 is a new illness that affects your lungs and air ways. It's a virus that has spread all around the world. The symptoms are similar to if you had the flu or a cold. At the moment, all over the world, over 590,000 people have covid-19 and there are 27,367 people dead.

Covid-19 also affects me, for one we have bad internet connection here and as most schools have shut down thousands of kids will go on internet, so it has gone from bad to terrible. Me and my sister have been limited to 2-3 hours on the internet by my Nan because she needs to work.

Nanny has had to close her online shop because she can't guarantee that the things she's sold will get to the people who have bought them because of so many people being sick and self isolating so we won't have as much income.

I think people are being stupid though I saw some of it on the 11th when I went shopping, everyone was panic buying things like bread, meat, bottles of water and toilet roll like they were going to die of hunger, also I don't get why people are buying bottled water when there is water in the tap drink that instead of wasting money on something that is killing the earth.

We have made more recipes or altered our usual recipes to make them go further we don't have as much food as we normally do. Nanny is hoping to only go out once a fortnight but we probably will have to go out more for milk because most shops are limiting you to one carton per visit.

Some people are going out like nothing matters and are letting there kids walk around the streets this actually proves that some people don't care that they could be spreading the virus and potentially killing others. They are being selfish and are a risk to other peoples health.

Coastal Landfill

I think we can all agree that the sea is becoming more and more polluted every day.
So much so that there's now plastic pebbles floating in the sea and the beaches are covered in rubbish like plastic bottles and tin cans.

Some of this is down to the 1200 or so coastal landfills in the UK that are at risk from erosion.
Some are already spilling tonnes of waste into the sea leading to a pollution time bomb around the UK coastline.

Powerful storms and rising sea levels mean once-hidden waste could be exposed to pollute oceans and beaches, according to coastal policy expert Mark Stratton.

"One of the biggest risks of doing nothing at these sites is that the defences will fail and you’ll potentially have former landfill either eroding out onto the foreshore or leaching into the water. Alongside that there’s a potential impact on human health depending on what’s in the sites" he said.


Landfill sites before the 1990s had basically no restrictions about what rubbish could be dumped in them, therefore not a lot is known about what they contain so it can be very dangerous.

Many landfill sites were on the coast and some were used to raise land levels and even as part of flood defences, but as climate change is bringing higher sea levels and stronger storms the flood defences are weakening and in some cases bursting.

There's probably over 77,000 tonnes of waste in all those landfill sites combined. Leaking landfills may also be the source of the bizarre plastic pebbles that are being found on beaches, experts say these lumps of plastic are formed from burnt waste dating back to the 1980s.

Book Review: All The Things That Could Go Wrong By Stewart Foster

Ok so all the things that could go wrong is a great book. It is about
two boys, one called Alex and one called Dan here's a little preview of the book.

Dan is angry. Nothing has been the same since his big brother left and he's taking it out on the nearest and weakest target: Alex.

Alex is struggling. His O.C.D. makes it hard for him to leve the house, especially when Dan and his gang are waiting to get him at school.

Then the boys' mums arrange for them to meet up and  finish biulding a raft that Dan had started with his brother. The two enemies stuck together for the whole of the school holidays- what could go wrong?

ok so I'll give that a ...



for being so good and giving me a view of what being bullied feels like.

Book Review: Blitzcat by Robert Westall 📖

Blitzcat by Robert Westall is a great book. As soon as I started reading I was absorbed ( that could be because I'm a bookworm though ). Any way I'll tell you a bit about the book.  Ok to start of with its about a cat called Lord Gort who tries to find her old master. By travelling many miles and  having many new masters she succeeds in her goal.

But her old master didn't recognise her which made me cry a little bit at the end. Over all its a good book and if you like emotional stories this book is for you. I give this book ...

rose theatre: Hamlet

yesterday we went to Shakespeares rose theatre, which much to our surprise, opened again. you can see my older post by clicking here .

ok so hamlet is the play we saw. we also went to Cliffords tower were me and abbie fought to the death (well almost).

Four Leaf Clovers 🍀

🍀lucky🍀

Last week I found a four leaf clover but I have just found another one today while walking the dogs. I think that they are super lucky. You have a one in 10,000 chance of finding a four leaf clover so to find two in two weeks is very rare. Here's some info about four leaf clovers:

my second four leaf clover

Each leaf on a four leaf clover represents something: The first represents faith, the second hope, the third love and the fourth luck. Someone once found 21 clovers in her back garden after she prayed to on of her old friends (who had found a four leaf clover) to send her a sign. 

People used to hang four leaf clovers from their doors to ward off evil, some children believed that if they carried a four leaf clover they could see faeries!!!  If you ever find a five leaf clover drop it and run as they're very unlucky and will bring illness if picked

Edinburgh🏢

On Tuesday we went to Edinburgh with the usual people. This time we went by train and it was a three hour train ride. After three  long hours we finally got to Edinburgh. From the station we went to Edinburgh castle the views were fab. The castle was ok but we couldn't see the crown jewels because the queue was so long, there are also some things to do with the war and a prison camp.

 

Edinburgh Castle is a historic land mark I'm not sure when it was built but there has been a royal castle on the site since at least the 12th century.

After that we went to the Museum of Edinburgh and on the way there we saw a street performer  called the mighty Gareth and we saw him swallow  a sword well I didn't because I'm screemish. There wasn't much to see in the museum of Edinburgh but in the National Museum of Scotland there were lots to see we saw lots of   dead animals (which spoiled it a bit for me poor rhino) films and games and there were so many floors   five but that's still that's a lot of floors

My Birthday 🎁

Nikki's cake

Abbie's cake

         Today is my eleventh birthday here's how it started. I woke up had breakfast and then opened some pressies. The first thing I got was a designabear and it is called cupcake, and the second thing was some books by R J Anderson I've got the first two books of one series and one of another.  I then saw Abbies unicorn cake and it looked grate.

Then grandad went to cut down my cabin bed so it was normal bed but part of a present was that grandad put up a wall TV in my room  he also rearrange things. Later my friend came around as well as some of her family  they must have had seven presents including: a pare of unicorn pyjamas, a Rubik cube, sparkle creation, a orange spiky squeaky ball and colour your own messenger bag. Then I saw my friends cake. It's very good here are some pictures

The Rose Theatre

The Rose was built in 1587 by Philip Henslowe and a grocer named John Cholmley. It was the first purpose-built playhouse to ever stage a production of any of Shakespeare's plays. The theatre was built on a messuage called the "Little Rose," which Henslowe had leased from the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark in 1585.

The Rose was the first of several theatres to be situated in Bankside, Southwark near the south shore of the River Thames. The area was known for its leisure attractions such as bear/bull-baitings, gaming dens and brothels. It was located in the Liberty of Clink, a liberty outside the jurisdiction of the City of London's civic authorities.

The Rose contained substantial rose gardens and two buildings; Cholmley used one as a storehouse but I don't know what Henslowe used his for. North of London, professional playhouses like the Curtain Theatre and The Theatre had already been open for over a decade.

In York they have built a replica of the rose theatre and that is were me, Abbie and nanny went yesterday. The play we saw  is called a midsummer nights dream and it is very good in my opinion  it made me laugh and the fairy's were dressed up as trees. They were doing things like one fairy took someones bag and dumped it in front of the person it belonged to.  I don't think abbie liked it though because she was hardly looking at it.The theatre is like a pop up one  but more impressive  especially on the inside  but sadly after the second of september it will be taken down as it was only open for ten weeks. 

A Special Trip To York

Yesterday we went to York. When we got there we went to York castle museum which we went in because it's the  hundredth anniversary this year and they have something on which is good for me because I'm doing a WW1 project  (you can go to my previous post which is called York museums by clicking here).

After we went up to Clifford's tower. It wasn't as good as I hoped it would be but we saw York Minster and Shakespeare's rose theatre. Next we went to a place with Ice cream that we knew we liked  we were going to go to pound stretcher but a street performer  was doing some funny things  in the end we needed to run to the rose theatre so we wouldn't miss the start of mid summer nights dream.

Oh almost forgot on the way to York castle museum we past the jorvik centre and opposite  it there were two people who were from the jorvik centre and they were doing charm bags  me and abbie did one to and I picked lapis and blood stone for my two stones and yarrow and rosemary for my two herbs. 

New Ussuri Brown Bears At Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Four Ussuri bears were rescued from Japan.Two of the four were cubs when they were snatched from their mum who was shot by hunters. These are brothers are called Riku and Kai  they are now 17.The other two are called Amuro and Hanako and they are 27. The trip from Japan to the UK  lasted two days and they travelled 5,400 miles. In there old home they were living exhibits and the cages were 6 foot long and 9 foot wide and there were only three inches of water in there cages.

I am glad that they have been rescued by Yorkshire wildlife park because it is only about eleven miles away so we can get their easily and we have annual passes we can see them till the passes run out  and when they are open for public I will update and put pictures and videos on.

Camera Project 4

Today I did camera project 4 it is called "one object, five ways", you've got to choose a colourful object and photograph it five ways, I chose my bike and I got pictures of the handle bars, the wheel, the seat, the sprocket and a side view of the bike itself. What will your object be?

  

Camera Project 2

On Wednesday me and my nan went round the lake and I did a project on the way round . the project was from The Camera Book the project is called Focus On One Thing and I needed to find something called macro. Nanny couldn't find it but I found it !!!I did a white flower on a bush, the picture isn't as good as it could have been but its ok for my first time

Puppy party

Last night our fourteen week old puppy called Finn went to a puppy party at the vets, when we got there a puppy was waiting outside with its owner. The puppy was a Jack Russell called Charlie, a Jack Russell that was yapping it's head of for half an hour or more and all the noise upset Finn. About ten minutes after we got there another puppy came with her owners that puppy was a Golden Retriever called Lily, she was nice and quiet. 

When we went in (with Charlie still yapping) to the vets there were a pile of toys on the floor, this was to show what toys puppy's should play with. There was a nurse and a vet there the nurse past round a sheet with pictures of the way a puppy could do to interact with you.  The puppy's played with each other for a bit and after that we played pass the puppy. This was to get the puppy's used 

to other people. next it was time to look around the vets.

First we went to the kennels and saw Alfie who is one of the vets dog, from the kennels we went to the x-ray room Finn didn't like it much, then we went to the operating theatre there was a small toy dog on one of the tables and I learnt wear they check the  pulse of a dog, then we went to room 1 and there were worms and ticks in tubes on the table I guest that the ticks were female and the vet was surprised that I was right (I have read about ticks though). Finn hated it in there too. When we went back into the main room there were six goodie bags two for each dog oh good news too Freya's five and Finn was on the lead for the first time 

Clumber Park

On Monday we went to Clumber Park with my sister my friend and my friends mum and brother. At Clumber Park we had a picnic and there were greylag geese and they wanted our food. There was also a young squirrel who took some of my sandwich I gave my friends brother some of my sandwich to give to the squirrel after that we went to a woodland play area and me and my friends brother blew
bubbles and saw who could blow the biggest bubble.We went on a boat that had information on like when the river is low you can see the remains of a old boat that sank.

 We went on a brige that has been wrecked because some one drove back and forth and wrecked the brige there were lodes of notes saying things like we hope it is rebuilt soon and that kind of thing.
Clumber park brige is over 250 years old though

A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah lean

I got A Dog Called Homeless from my public library and it is the  longest book I have read.

This is how the story starts, My name is Cally Louise Fisher and I have not spoken for thirty-one days. Talking doesn't always make things happen,however much you want it to. think of the rain; it just happens when it happens. when the clouds are ready, when they're full, they drop the water. It's not magic; it's just putting something back where it belongs. 

Cally can see her mum who has been dead for a year but no on believes her so she stops talking. she sees her mum with a wolf hound and a tramp called Jed in the end it turned out that the wolf hound was a gift to cally from her mum and Jed looked after the dog and was trying to find Cally     

 I think it is lovely book and the best one yet I think it would be for 8 up and give it 5 out of 5

my dog likes reading it to

2017 Round Up In Photos ( And A few words)

Last year was a busy year we went to lodes of places and we got lodes of photos so here are some of my favorite photos from 2017

Sherwood forest  have an activity park and it is fun  

skate board park February  

my first visit to the railway museum 

Grate creased grebe 

                                                                                       

snow drops 

 

Newsted Abby 

    

ginger bred house 

we did snail racing 

                

                                             

me at parkor 

   

the lake 

Easter in the dark

  

 brodsworth hall

counting the rings on a tree 

bee hive 

 

wetlands 

Sherwood forest January 

a library in a phone box Letwell 

doing rock panting 

solving a misery the deep  

fungi 

                                                                                     

me using my camera 

me at the butterfly house 

me and my sis washing the car 

bug handling  

world war 1 rachens 

we did latex for Halloween 

me and my friend nikki went
 to sundown adventure land (December) 

making a  spaghetti brige 

mackerel sky 

trying on hats at brodsworth hall 

we made pizza at pizza express 

I made small octopuses 

home ed day at the deep( September) 

beauty and the beast 

One of my many train trips