Well, the one I was thinking of tends a mailsorting machine on the backshift at the Gateshead post office, but perhaps 'sleeping princess' would be a better description for her. On the topic of blood, and its co;our, the Royal Mail Group own the copyright for the trademark of the colour red. It's one of their prime assets ...

I've calculated the moonrise times for the weekend and they are 12:57 for Saturday and 13:52 for Sunday. Both are in GMT and for Manchester, UK. There's the possibility of a crisp, clear, Saturday lunchtime. There's another solar burst of energy on its way toward us. The auroral images from the past couple of days have been spectaular.