http://www.walkmag.co.uk/blogs/christopher-somervilles-a-z-of-walking-e/ The magazine of the Ramblers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.walkmag.co.uk/blogs/christopher-somervilles-a-z-of-walking-e/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 martin campbell Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:24:31 +0000 http://www.walkmag.co.uk/blogs/christopher-somervilles-a-z-of-walking-e/#comment-1016 In Belfast, during the blitz in World War 2, we had a lady zoo keeper who took the elephant home every evening with her for safekeeping and let it roam her back garden. It became quite a sight each evening to see the two of them saunter down the main road on the (relatively) short distance to her house. Last year Terry Wogan got hold of the story and relayed it -in disbelief- to his listeners. However, it was quickly confirmed when the Belfast local evening newspaper published a picture of the said pachyderm, happily munching away in the lady's garden. In Belfast, during the blitz in World War 2, we had a lady zoo keeper who took the elephant home every evening with her for safekeeping and let it roam her back garden. It became quite a sight each evening to see the two of them saunter down the main road on the (relatively) short distance to her house. Last year Terry Wogan got hold of the story and relayed it -in disbelief- to his listeners. However, it was quickly confirmed when the Belfast local evening newspaper published a picture of the said pachyderm, happily munching away in the lady’s garden.

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