Sunday, 6 November 2011

Quitting pays off


UK's Daily Mail:

Rebekah Brooks received a £1.7m cash payment, a chauffeur-driven limousine and a London office after quitting as chief-executive of News International, it was revealed today.

The former News of the World editor stood down at the height of the phone hacking scandal and was arrested days later.

Ms Brooks, 43, resigned as director of 23 companies related to News International after standing down from her post in July but received a bumper payout, the Observer revealed.

As part of the deal she was also given use of a limo and an office in the centre of London for the next two years. Its location has not been revealed amid fears for her safety.

She started out as a secretary at the News of the World and is a favourite of Rupert Murdoch.


Quitting and then making vast amounts of money... Rupert Murdoch... A recurring theme?

Saturday, 5 November 2011

Lac de Bournazel

There are numerous lakes in our region and this is one of the most picturesque. Lac de Bournazel covers 35 hectares of beauty, peace and quiet. We visited it yesterday. Billy enjoyed using the rustic sports equipment dotted around one of the margins of the lake. Peter and I preferred a gentle walk, taking some photos along the way.



A pensive blogger, looking at the landscape, totally unaware of the camera...




We came across some pretty poisonous stuff.




 Billy likes to keep fit, wherever he is:




Lac de Bournazel looks just as spectacular in winter. This is an old photo, when the lake was almost entirely frozen:


We were lucky with the weather yesterday. It was overcast, but fairly warm and dry. Today it's absolutely miserable, with buckets of rain and quite chilly!

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Funny dog pictures

Grammy97 sent me a great collection of doggie photos. Enjoy!












Thank you, Grammy!

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Together until the end

Moseyon sent me this story from the Huffington Post. It's very touching:



Thank you, Moseyon.