Another Day When We Did Not Take Single Picture,

but a few guests called round,

first thing in the morning Mr.Tony called in, followed in the afternoon by Juu, his wife and wife's cousin, but after they left for us it was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, two mutant brothers, Logan and Victor, born 200 years ago, suffer childhood trauma and have only each other to depend on, they cannot die, one takes the path of good, the other of evil, can they ever be friends again,?

the cover says it all, South Pacific, one ocean, 20,000 islands, a quarter of the worlds water, the area is so vast you could fit the whole of the world's landmasses into it and still have enough room for another Africa, also life has evolved so differently, flesh-eating caterpillars, geckos that can breed without any need of a male, frogs that have never been tadpoles, also mention was made of a ship that I had featured on our blog before, the Essex, that sailed out of Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1819 where the story Moby Dick is based, indeed the ship was rammed by a whale - twice, the Essex sunk, the survivors tell a story of hardship, death, murder and cannibalism, back to the DVD it was beautifully shot, so good in fact we watched the entire first DVD without a break, so we are looking forward to the next one,

next we jumped to Jumper, similar in some ways to the X-Men series, David Rice is a high school student in Ann Arbor, he discovers he can transport himself instantaneously to anyplace on earth, he robs a bank vault, and comes to the attention of a shadowy group of government hunters, eight years later, the hunters, led by the murderous Roland, get a fix on David, will they get the jump on him?

we had not watched Sharpe for some time so it was a welcome change to watch another episode, Sharpe's Regiment, Sharpe is horrified to be told that his regiment,the South Essex, is to be disbanded and discovers a plot whereby corrupt war minister Fenner and other high ranking militarists auction off soldiers privately, keeping the profits but still claiming on paper that the regiments exist, he is determined to expose the scandal at great risk to himself and those around him, then for us off to bed.