A toilet disagreement, Gloria gets throttled and Hughie returns home

Above the Llandudno Orme Tram

My plans for digging out the stream had to be put on hold today as Chris took me to Llandudno for some lunch at Osborns and for a spot of shopping which was lovely.
We bought some curtain material for the spare room, added to the mix a poncey cushion from Laura Ashley and then bought some teatime treats in Marks And Spencer.
Before we left the store we went to find the store loo and found a line of sheepish women waiting to go into the "ladies". As we moved passed them a man who was standing in front of the "gents" told us we couldn't go in. "My wife is in there, she couldn't be bothered waiting!" he informed us.
The other women nodded their agreement and looked as though they were just about to join this woman in her jaunt to the gents. That is until I piped up with " Well I don't think that this is quite ON"....
Now before I get lynched for my un PC behaviour, please hear me out here......It is not my fault there is a tiny female toilet in Marks and Spencers (I did point this out in the heated discussion that followed), nor is it my fault that men use public conveniences on average rather more quickly than women do. (another interesting debate here!)
My argument is that as a man, I have a designated toilet to use and I expect to be able to USE it, without it being hijacked by the opposite sex that "just couldn't be bothered to wait".
The women in the queue thought I was an true ogre but I stood my ground, basically because I was annoyed by the fact that they thought that this behaviour was perfectly acceptable.....
If a man popped into a woman's toilet (of heaven forbid a disabled toilet ) because it was an easier option, then I would suggest he would be lambasted by any women waiting in line with some gusto!........The whole thing smacked of double standards...and I hate that!..........
Anyhow the man's wife finally ambled out, without much of a by your leave, and after we had "washed our hands".....Chris couldn't resist turning to the waiting line to say "that lady made a right mess in there--disgusting!"
Getting annoyed at some middle aged woman sitting on my loo....how sad am I?
Answers on a postcard please!

We got home at 5.00pm and when I checked the field I found Gloria with her neck firmly stuck in her enclosure netting. The wire had somehow looped around her neck and initially I thought she was dead!. As I freed her from the wire she flopped onto the ground gasping and floppy and for a minute I thought she had had it!

I picked her up and placed her in front of her house with water and gave her a brusque massage in the sun ;after a minute or so she started to came around just a little, but was still gasping. I lifted her gently into the shade of her coop and put Boris in too for company with food and water. time will tell if she pulls through.

On a brighter note the male Guinea fowl is back (centre of above pic). Without his mate he has presented as a rather forlorn figure in the horse field, but his return to my field has given the little fella a new lease of life as company is definitely something that is never lacking here!

Guinea fowl are funny looking birds....they resemble rugby balls which have an unfeasibly small head super glued to them, and for such a small weird looking thing they make a phenomenal amount of noise!....I hope he stays....I have christened him Hughie after my great Uncle Hughie.