From last weeks Obtiser, the choices I have on offer within my home Ward for Leeds City Council.

(Click for a more legible version)

For my birthday, I treated myself to the DVD of Monty Python, series 1. So far I have only watched one episode, but I particularly remember Arthur (Two Sheds) Jackson, as the routine was also on the first Monty Python Album.

Fast forward a week. Our lawn mower has now passed on and gone to Mower Heaven (The big cage at the tip) and we have decided on a petrol one. The trouble is, with an engine, we can’t just hang it up on a nail like the old one.

So, we find ourselves at Sheds-R-Us on the ring road. We settled on a “Glory Box” similar to this one.

(Glory Box has a straight-forward definition, whilst a Glory Hole could be one of several things, not all tasteful).

We already have a shed, though, a Wendy House quite a bit smaller than this one, which is for playing in

Suddenly, the irony hits. I’ve become Ian (Two Sheds) Grey. Do I write the blog in the shed?…

(See the writing on the wall).

Today we had a short trip into Leeds to visit the Royal Armouries. I didn’t take a photo of the outside but this was in the gift shop (you could buy those swords).

The entrance is a bit messy at present as there is a lot of building work going on.

The foyer space is tall and narrow, giving the impression of a lofty space.

David is admiring the iconic hall of steel tower, which is also the main stairway.

His view:

I’ll let the photos tell their own story.














Alas- David’s favourite exhibit was missing in action.

From my The First post Sunday Paper Digest:

A member of the Labour group on Leeds city council has been caught on tape discussing plans to commit electoral fraud in next week’s local elections. Leader Keith Wakefield instructed canvassers to help elderly voters to complete postal ballots and offer to post them, but then destroy those that were for other parties. (Sunday Times)

If this is true than the man is scum and deserves to get banged up and barred from public life for the next twenty years.

This is really going to give them an election boost on Thursday…NOT!

Funny how he didn’t mention it as a tactic in Winning the battle for ideas in Leeds: Keith Wakefield writes on the upcoming local elections.

UPDATE: The actual story isn’t as simple as the headline suggests, but still very bad. You can see it at Times Online Here and commented on here.