Today in History 13th February

Hello gentle time travellers. Lets dip our toes into the bathtub of history.

1692: The Glencoe Massacre, Scotland. About 80 members of the MacDonald clan are murdered for not pledging allegience to William of Orange.

1950: Peter Gabriel, co-founder of Genesis and experimental musician is born.

1974: Robbie Williams pop star is born.

2010: Australian Prime Minister Paul Rudd makes an apology to all Aborigenes after hundreds of years of abuse.

#glencoe #petergabriel #robbiewilliams #paulrudd #aborigene

Chilli Lemon Pepper Trout

Hello again Gentle Reader. Here is tonights dinner recipe.

Ingredients
2 x whole trout (cleaned)
One onion
Half red pepper
Half a red chilli
1.5 kg potatoes
5 cloves garlic
Lemon juice freshly squeezed
Olive oil
Salt and black pepper

Method

Peel and part boil the potatoes

Chop the onion, pepper and chilli finely and mix with 2 table spoons of olive oil, salt and a good squeeze of lemon.

Wash the trout carefully and fill the cavity with the pepper/onion mix. Any veg left over and can be placed on top of the fish.

Squeeze on a bit more lemon and wrap the fish loosely in foil. Place these in the bottom of an oven proof dish.

Place the garlic cloves in the bottom of the dish and pour the part boiled potatoes over the top of the fish.

Place in a preheated oven at gas mark 8 for approximately 30 minutes.

weightlifting 2

Hey there again.

If you saw my last post about the smaller femaile weightlifters looking more  masculine, maybe someone can answer this question.

The larger weight girls in the weightlifting look much more feminine.

Rim jong sim of North Korea wins the 75Kg gold at Rio 2016

Is this because they dont use as much steroids or does their larger body frame mean that increased muscle size doesnt mean they lose their feminine features?

Xiang Yanmei wins 69Kg gold at Rio 2016

 I would very much appreciate it if someone out there could answer the question.

Lidia Valentin wins bronze in the 75kg class

 

#rio2016 #xiangyanmei #rimjongsim #lidiavalentin

weightlifting

 

Hello there Gentle Readers. Well the Rio Olympics is underway and the 6 hour time difference means I have not been able to watch as much as I would really like.

One sport that Lena have been watching though is the weightlifting and  we have been really enjoying it.

The female weightlifters are fascinating however because some come across as being really feminine, while others look very much like men, especially in the lighter weight categories.

Hsu Shu-ching wins 53Kg Gold at Rio2016

We are aware that the use of steroids can sometimes make women more masculine looking but Lena asked the question
"Will small young women who develop their muscles become more mannish naturally?"

Sukanya Srisurat wins 58Kg gold at Rio 2016

I don't know the answer to that question. Maybe someone reading the blog out there will.

#rio2016 #weightlifting #sukanyasrisurat  #HsuShu-ching

Today in History 5th August

Well hello again Gentle readers, especially those of you in Russia who have been looking at my blog lately.
There have been nearly 2000 views from Russia in the last month alone.

I have not been blogging much lately. Its the summer holidays after all so please forgive me.

But its time again to heat up the samovar of history and drink deeply from the teacup of time.

1305: William Wallace is finally captured by English troops and taken to London for trial.

1620: The Mayflower departs England on its journey to the New World.

1940: The USSR annexes Latvia.

Latvian flag under Soviet control

1962: Marilyn Monroe dies of a suspected overdose.

1976: Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and national team coach is born.

1985: My niece Janine Gibson is born in London.

#russia #williamwallace #mayflower #USSR #latvia #marilynmonroe #marianspahars #janinegibson

Today in History 15th July

Hello there Gentle Readers. Its been a while so lets brace ourselves against the winds of time while the gusts of history pull us up into the air.

1099. The church of the Holy Sepulchre is captured by Christian armies during the 1st Crusade.

1799. The Rosetta stone is found in Egypt.

1904. Anton Checkhov, Russian playwrite dies.

1956. Ian Curtis, lead singer of The Joy Division is born.

2006. Twitter is launched.

#1stcrusade #rosettastone #twitter #iancurtis #checkhov #july15

Back in Cyprus

Hello there Gentle Reader.
Sorry I have not been on for a while.
The last weeks of school have been hectic.
But fear not my proud, loyal readeship. I am back and blogging from our holiday destination of Pafos in Cyprus.
You may remember we came here last year for our honeymoon. This year Robert is with us and its all about fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.

#pafos #cyprus