Mars or London faster?

India has managed to successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars. They have spent the equivalent of £45million in order to do so. The unmanned probe will now start gathering data about the atmosphere of Mars. That is an incredible feet. £45million.

In the UK, we are spending at least £40BILLION on making the journey between Manchester, Birmingham and London slightly faster. That is the cost so far for the controversial HS2. It has already gone up massively from the original budget.  Is it only me,  or is that a massive rip off? Discuss. #Disgust

September 23rd - Autumn Equinox

September 23rd 2014 is the Autumn Equinox for those of us in the Northern hemisphere. It means shorter hours of daylight as we head towards the winter solstice in December. For the next few weeks of the year, we will lose appx 4mins of daylight per day (in UK). Our ancestors would have been acutely aware of exactly what this event meant to their everyday lives. Prepare for longer, colder nights and look out for celebrations such as Diwali, Halloween, American 'Thanksgiving' and Samhain, all of which are connected to the seasonal changes, harvest and winter moons. All leading up to the Winter solstice, wrapped up in the commercially obese spending fest that is Christmas.