Rusty also posted a picture with this post which nearly made me vomit, so I've deleted it so nobody else suffers. Maybe I'm just too squeamish. Apologies Rusty!
I gather Rusty has strong opinions about Parliament!!
smokie Not a problem Smokie, it was pretty disgusting. I just felt it aptly portrayed a strong image of the festering wound we call parliament following the 'sharks' quote and of course 10 pints of Englands finest.

We did actually see the whale on it's route back down the thames on the barge shortly before it's sad demise as my local boozer is right on the Thames just past the QE Bridge.
Pat, one of the locals had actually seen the whale on its route up the Thames earlier and had alerted the cops at that point that there was a problem. Look how long it took for something to happen !! All too late of course.
Rusty