Aiyeee...it's a lovely sunny morning, touch of frost and blue skies like the Med. Hope this really is not global warming, but it's so hard to ignore all little warning signs..birds trying to nest already, bumble bees out and about, roses flowering all winter, a beautiful butterfly hanging around on the windowsill- a Peacock or a Red Admiral- looking in the books the colourway was Red Admiral but surely it couldnt have been?

Anyway I try not to think about it cos what can one small person do against the might of global economies such as China? Diddly squat, that's what. It breaks my heart to see the polar bears drowning or turning to cannabalism cos of us - and it is us.

I wasn't actually in here regarding global warming though. I was going to get off my chest a pet hate. Fortunately it's not just my pet hate - it's my friends too. We are not saddos but we do have - manners?

Last night a friend and I went to see Notes on a Scandal at our local family cinema. Now we can understand they have problems competing with the multiplexes- where this also goes on- but, hey, we paid for our tickets same as everyone else, and all through this quiet drama film we had to listen to crunch crunch munch munch, scrabble in the popcorn box for more.... did we want to listen to people masticating over the film dialogue? Er, no, I don't think so. But, nevertheless, this is what we were treated to. And there was nowhere else to move except behind huge people which meant we couldnt see the screen, or right at the front, where being over a Certain Age means you can't see the screen properly. Turning round and remonstrating has no effect on these rude and selfish people. It quite ruined the film for us.

Why oh why do people feel they can disturb others in a public place and its OK? I am an occasional smoker - but I am hounded into social pariahness. If I go travelling by boat or train or plane I am not allowed to smoke anywhere. I am not allowed to smoke in a restaurant or any public venue. But hey, these people can't not eat for 90 minutes or so?? Excuse me. It's really sad. Difficult to stop because cinemas earn extra income so they arent going to stop selling popcorn ( and what a mess people leave with it too) or noisy packets of sweets. It's making going to the flicks an endurance test.

Why are people so rude and selfish? Beats me.

Oh well, rant over. Better get on with today's packed programme.