Snow was forecast for yesterday evening. Snow did indeed fall but not in the copious amounts that the weather warnings had led us to expect. I hear that it’s worse in some parts of the country but here we have just enough to make the pavements rather messy. But the hillsides look nice. The roads seem to be clear. Looking out of the window first thing I thought the pavements looked a little treacherous, so I decided to walk my usual running route rather than risk sliding around in my running shoes.probably a good decision.
Since Tuesday our local buses have not been going into the village to turn round by driving through a housing estate. It’s something to do with pipes under the ground just before the bridge over the River Tame - the famous bridge that featured in the film Brassed Off.
Some or most of the week there has been a big hole, preventing traffic from going through the centre of the village. There was something of a protest from the school run people as they had to do a lengthy detour. They could have parked in Delph and walked the children the half mile over the bridge and up the hill to school but I suppose that might have been too time-consuming for busy parents. The hole has been filled in but the section of road needs to be resurfaced, a bit of work that seems to have been delayed by the weather.
The centre of Uppermill was also closed on Saturday for several hours. It was the annual “Santa Run”, when masses of people dress up in Father Christmas outfits and run through the centre of the village. I wondered why the village needed to be closed for the whole afternoon and into the early evening until I discovered that there was to be a big ”switch-on} of the Christmas lights with carol singers under the tree in the square and then fireworks. That’s Christmas for you!
Next week Boris Johnson is questioned by the Covid enquiry people. I wonder what he will have to say for himself. A bit of Michael Rosen never does any harm, so here’s one of his latest “Boris to Mogg notes:
Dear Mogg
The Times has reported on my superb 200 page defence of my actions during the Pandemic. Like Homer when he read Virgil, the QCs will be stunned to silence by the brilliance of my grasp of history, medicine and epigenealogy.
Mega scamma
Boris
Incidentally, Michael Rosen’s latest thing is a series of conversation between a king and his tutor. Here is the most recent:
'Time for your literature lesson now, sir,' said the King's tutor, 'Macbeth.'
'O yes,' said the King, 'he was bad.'
'No,' said the tutor, 'he was good.'
'What!' said the King, 'Why?'
'Because he tried to fulfil his destiny,' said the tutor.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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