Why is it "alarming" when a trust waits to raise the alarm about a public health risk but not when the government does it? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five weeks post bariatric surgery and I can report that I am about 70% cottage cheese and Greek-style yogurt at this point.

Making coffee sounds remarkably similar to opening Dreamies, apparently

Travelodge apologises that this has hit the press and promises to do the bare minimum so we all stop talking about this again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I can now identify the unmistakable sound of a cat pulling a towel off the door it has been hung on to dry.

Hotel says their staff followed the security procedures but then would not say what those procedures were. Apparently, you just need to give the front desk the name of the woman. They will give you the key AND the room number she is in. No more Travelodge for me. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Home office mascot

3rd week post op (gastric bypass on 13th Feb) and I finally got up the courage to get on the WattBike in the gym. Only 15 minutes. It felt good. Well, it felt as good as it feels to cycle nowhere.

First day back after a couple weeks of medical leave. And the towing pilot has continued on without me. Currently up to 750 vehicles towed since the beginning of the pilot, including this one where the plates on the dash don't match the VIN.

How are we STILL finding cars with no plates on the public highway? This is vehicle number 732 that we have had to tow since the beginning of this pilot.

How early is too early to arrive for an appointment to have surgical staples removed?

My current favourite photos of Rage Fluffkin. I promise, there is a cat under all that tail.

Still off work. But here is a cat in a box for your amusement.

We have now towed this Jaguar three times. THREE times. I don't really understand what the issue is with this garage, but they don't seem to be learning.

Crazy games being played with cars today to prevent us from towing. This kid removed a wheel and left the brake drum sitting in the mud to thwart the tow truck.

Here's a 2-fer from today since I will be taking some time off work.

I need to get in the shower but he just settled on my legs. I live here now

Is this your untaxed BMW we lifted this week? It has 63 unpaid PCNs.

We lifted this vehicle last night for having expired tax and MOT. Checked with colleagues in Parking. It also has 60 unpaid PCNs.

As of today, we have lifted 600 cars. Happy 600 Towed Cars Day to those who celebrate.

We have towed this car twice in as many weeks from the same road for being untaxed. Glad we're not spending public money on this nonsense!

One more time for the people in the back row: if you take the plates off your car, it will be towed.

If this is your Ford parked on double yellow lines, it's just been towed.

Would you consider this van to be abandoned? Tax expired in November and it's uninsured; 4 flat tyres and a broken wind screen. The owner is saying that it was vandalised. Sure. But that doesn't explain the tax and insurance issues. We towed it.

I made a smug lunch today: egg mayo with homemade mayonnaise served on a lentil flat bread I made with cumin seeds. I will probably end up having McDonald's, but the intention was correct this morning.

This is a weird one: Thursday night we find this Tesla with no tax. So we lift it and take it to the pound. Then this guy busts through the electric gate on the pound and drives off in the Tesla. Police called. They have seized it. It's in their pound. It also has 58 unpaid PCNs.

Towed this one last night for having no plates on the public highway. The owner claims he bought it like that. Except, the plates are inside the vehicle. That's going to be an expensive lesson.

Every January should involve sunny skies, a sandy beach and a massage. It's good to get away. Of course, I STILL got messages about bloody cars back home with no plates on....

This makes two Porsches we have towed for having no tax, no MOT, no insurance.

Can you believe we have had to tow this one TWICE from the same location for the same offence? This is after an extensive conversation with the guy who left it there about why it was towed and what would happen if it returned to the road in this condition. Did he think I was joking?

During the first 3 months of the towing pilot, we have: - Towed 411 vehicles - Referred details to parking for 227 unpaid tickets - Seized a stolen blue badge (supporting a prosecution) - provided info to police that led to 2 arrests

Darth has some strong opinions about the neighbourhood birds.

There will be a slight pause in road sweeping activities this morning....

Since beginning a 12-month towing pilot in September, we have lifted 400 abandoned or untaxed vehicles from the public highway and housing estates. Happy 400 Towed Cars Day.

Anyone remember this Porsche we towed? No registered keeper, no tax, no insurance, unpaid parking tickets. Now a guy with no proof of ownership reckons he should be able to claim it from the pound because he's a nice guy. That's not how this works.

Ordering tea in England: apparently "just black" means "quite a bit of milk, please."

Rage is rather distressed to find the sausage have been removed to the fridge.

All the cool kids are doing it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Christmas at our house has always had it's little traditions

Based on the number of cars we have towed that have no registered keeper, I doubt this graph is an indication of a change in overall traffic levels.

What are the chances that an untaxed vehicle also has more than 20 unpaid parking tickets? Pretty good, I would say.

Is this your Porsche 911? Maybe pay your parking tickets once in a while.

I'm staying in a hotel this weekend outside of London. A lot of people on my floor apparently read The Sun and the Daily Mirror. I should have ordered Private Eye to be delivered.

I am currently on the phone with someone who is trying to argue that because THIS was in a pay-and-display bay, that it should not have been towed. What do we think?

"Tricks" people play to avoid getting a parking ticket: 1. Leave an old PCN on the screen and pretend it's from today 2. Take the plates off the car 3. Obscure the VIN

As it happens, the thick gloves were not thick enough this morning. I realize I live in London and their are cyclists in Yorkshire and Wales and Scotland and Canada who are probably in shorts and vests in this temp. But I'm from California. 🥶

What is the likelihood of a link between shady car traders and drug dealers? Here is why I ask: Since we started towing cars, we have been focusing on shady auto trading hot spots. We have lifted: - 3 cars with drugs in - 1 with a weapon

If anyone needs me, I'm taking the rest of the day off and dreaming about what this would look like.

Lifted 21 things from the housing estate. Mostly cars, some motorbikes. And two of these trailers. Got called a "bitch" which was lovely. Still, a good job.

Another day, another housing estate. #towinthesnow