Bat Attack

Just before sitting down in the back garden to have dinner, we had a little visitor in the house.




Click to see the big version!

We had the fire pit going on the logear, which is what I reckon scared him in through the french windows. Thankgod 2 minutes with a fishing net and a big bit of cardboard was all that took to get him back out again.

After a bit of investigation on google, we thinks he's either a grey or brown long eared bat.

Check these links out for a bit more info.

http://www.worlddeer.org/britishbats/clebat.html

http://www.worlddeer.org/britishbats/glong.html

My money's on the grey version, which would be cool as they're the rarer of the two breeds and only populate the south west. Either way, we're sending the photo to the wiltshire wildlife trust monday to see if they can tell us.

Stuff and Things

New job has now started and I've survived the first week. Its been exhausting but I think I'm going to enjoy it, lots to learn, but I'm getting a handle on the basics fairly quickly (hopefully).

The Bank has written back finally refusing to pay up and hats off to them, I don't think I've seen such a finely crafted piece of bollocks in my whole life, its almost a work of art. If they'd managed to work 'synergistically' and 'vision' into that letter it quite possibly could be considered a master piece.
We're onto round 2 now, where I threaten them with court. I suppose it was too much to hope they'd fold quite so early.

An update in several parts.

I have a job, its very exciting. Apparently being interviewed by five people is a good thing and even better, apparently they were impressed. Just got the paperwork through and things like the holday entitlement aren't half bad. 28 days annual holiday, plus bank holidays and such, its as much as the parents get after having signed their formative years away to local government. With opportunities for foreign travel down the road and a good training scheme, I'm a bit chuffed.

But between now and then I've got two weeks of temp work for a company in Bath. Its basically ringing up companies and updating contact records and emails. I've been at it for two days now and I'm about ready to gouge out my eyes. I'm only on the C's.....

Non work related, in an act of consumers activism or something, I've sent one of those 'I want all the money you've buggers have charged me over the years back, you bastards' to the bank. Given that when I added all of my charges up it totalled to something just over £2000 pounds, I don't think its unjustified. We'll see what happens.

Baaaa!

On discovery of a real life's friend blog, I'll follow in hot pursuit. You never know, I might update it more than twice