Lifesaving rules for the beach and children

Warming sign includes the words, keep off dunes.

Three rules for children on beaches.

1 Do not leave the alone in or beside the water.

2 Do not leave them alone in or beside the sand.

3 Do not build a hole bigger than a child nor let them climb into a hole.

The same applies to making tunnels in the base of a cliff.  The death of a seven year old girl should be the last time it happens. But apparently it happens every year. Time to put warning signs on beaches. Common sense is common but not one hundred per cent. get some local  McDonalds to say, if leaving the beach for a bit, bring the children with you. Do not leave them alone. Do not allow them to build ditches and holes or tunnels not climb inside them.

Update, Sunday March 172024, experts say don't dig deeper than the knees of the shortest person.

Useful Website

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13194937/Distraught-parents-7-year-old-girl-suffocated-collapsed-sand-hole-beach-say-danger-never-crossed-mind-claim-known-overprotective-friends.html 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13196463/Sloan-Mattingly-beach-sand-pit-parents.html

Photo credit

Infrogmation of New Orleans - Photo by Infrogmation (talk) of New Orleans

 

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Identify holes in carpets and find a cure?

Angela Lansbury · 

I sent photos of holes and a fraying edge to one damaged carpet and a hole in another carpet to Rentokil. They did not identify the problem. They quoted for spraying skirting boards twice at a one week interval.

 I am thinking:
Maybe it is a problem I can solve by buying a spray.

Maybe I should vacuum more often. No point in killing the problem if it recurs a week later.

 Do I have moths in clothes and curtains and sofas?

No point spraying against insects if the cause is rats (which might be a different company offering a different solution, such as traps and food for rats to eat. 

Rats - arriving through a hole might be the responsibility and paid for by the building management and not the building flat owners or tenants.

What is the cause of the problem? Who can identify it from my photos, or offer a free visit to analyse the problem?

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

Plaque explaining the holes in Dali's sculpture Homage to Newton

I read it two days later. Vital to understanding the Dali sculpture.

The message is relevant to Sir Isaac Newton in the 17th century, to Dali in 1985, and to everybody today.

A few yards to the right, on the riverside, is a squat and solid bird, also with a hole through the middle of the sculpture. See my previous posts.

http://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.sg/2018/05/the-bird-sculpture-at-raffles-place.html

Author

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.  

Salvador Dali sculpture Homage to Newton In Singapore

It's worthwhile stopping to read the plaque or photograph it so that you can read it later. The hole in the middle becomes meaningful, symbolic.

One of many sculptures along the river in Singapore.

Useful websites for travellers:

https://www.transitlink.com.sg/images/eguide/mrt_sys_map.htm

Mysingapore (app for directions and MRT train)

singaporeair.com  (Singapore Airlines)

visitsingapore.com

How to protect your cabin bag when travelling

I had luggage assist on the railways. Unfortunately, people, trying to help, didn't understand that four wheel bags need to be upright. They insisted on dragging the bags forwards on two wheels. This damaged the front pocket of the bag, leaving dirt and holes, and damaging the beading edge.

I bought a patch in a craft shop. the assistant said to me, "You don't want an iron on patch. You need a glue-oo patch."

Problem
How do I prevent more damage next time? My wheel on luggage gets damaged easily. How can I protect it?

Answer
Do what you see done at the airports. They charge you to wrap your suitcase in what looks like clingfilm.

You could encircle your bag with a strap.
Use clingfilm.
Add bubblewrap.

Wrap an old blanket around it, then a plastic bag.
Place a pretty new pull-on bag inside an already old and dirty larger bag.

Author
Angela Lansbury.