Friday Cat Blogging


George in one of his rare totally relaxed moments


Heidi, devotee of the radiator

Triviality/I Just Don't Care

At a time when the world is facing an economic meltdown, and there is ongoing violence in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Congo, bombing raids in Syria, yet this news story somehow is the leading news item.

More people phone in to complain about two overpaid TV stars ill judged behaviour and show more care for such trivial bollocks than small things like bank bailouts, illegal invasions etc.

Naturally the same old tired arguments from certain sections who have always wanted to kick the Beeb and destroy it, are trotted out, 'abolish the license fee' or 'let the free market decided' (oh the irony considering what the 'free' market has done to the world's economic systems), blah, blah, blah. Frankly head down that path and you end up with the sewer drain that is Fox News.

The BBC is not perfect but I will always support it, I'd rather be in a world with it in than without it

I for one won't be jumping on the tabloid whipped moral outrage bandwagon

Cairo Photo Blogging Part 6


Maadi Cubs and Scouts


Parents of the Cubs, Scouts, Guides and Brownies


Maadi Girl Scouts posing for a photo with my mum


With the various leaders of the Maadi club


A rather lovely restaurant at Al Azar Park




par t of the ceiling of the Mohamed Ali Pasha Mosque


The courtyard of the Mohamed Ali Pasha Mosque

Friday Cat Blogging




Comfy George




Heidi heat stunned from the radiator, she just loves it when the heating is turns on

Cairo Photo Blogging 5


At the Cairo Opera House, after enjoying an evening of old Arabic music


Another shot of the Muhammed Ali Pasha Mosque


Cairo




A camel

Friday Music Blogging

As I have recently returned back from a holiday in Egypt, I thought I'd post two videos which use Egypt as a background to their music videos

Slayer - 'Seasons in the Abyss'



and one of my all time favourite songs

The Stranglers - 'Golden Brown'

Cairo Photo Blogging 4 - Views from a Boat Trip on the River Nile


The waters of the Nile


A church


a villa, owned by a wealthy Kuwait sheik

The Return of Friday Cat Blogging, with special guest stars


George and Heidi sharing a friendly moment





Cairo Cats

Cairo Blogging part 3


The Pyramids of Giza


The Pyramid of Khafre and the Sphinx




A view of the River Nile


Mum and Me

Cairo Blogging part 2


A view of The Al-Rifa'i Mosque (where the Egyptian royals are buried) and The Sultan Hassan Mosque-Madrassa


Panels illustrating Egypt's military history


Statue of Saladin at the Military Museum at the Citadel


Inside the Mohammed Ali Pasha Mosque


a Minbar


The Mohammed Ali Pasha Mosque


A view of the Citadel from Al Azar Park



Me!


On a boat ride on the River Nile


The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As

Cairo Holiday Blogging part 1

I have recently returned back from Cairo, having had a wonderful holiday and so here are a selection of photos from my trip


The view from our apartment


Me at the citadel, next to a Mamluk Mosque


A view of downtown Cairo from the Citadel


The Military Museum


Portraits of the founder of modern Egypt Mohamed Ali Pasha and his son Ibrahim Pasha