When I heard the news that Bristol City Council is to raise cattle on a tract of land adjacent to the M32 motorway I did check the date, but April 1st it was not, and I think it shows remarkable initiative for a council not exactly famous for emlightened approaches to anything. There are sure to be protests from veggies, but I would rather see cattle roaming beside the motorway than more new houses built. I assume someone has already investigated the effect on cows (and their ultimate consumers) of prolonged exposure to carbon monoxide.
The title is a mnemonic dredged up during my recent excursions in to tenor territory. If you don’t know it, ACEG are the notes in the spaces of the bass clef. I learned this when I had piano lessons around the age of eight and don’t think I had cause to think of it for the intervening xx years, proving if nothing else that this is a mnemonic that worked!
Ali Bacon, Author 