Happy Imbolc

Blogs are a bit like that programme 'Housewife 49', a diary of the trivia of your life mixed up with larger events. And that is all I shall say on the subject;)

So who watched Tony Hall repeat himself again and again about transparency over the charge that there was a gender gap between the pay of women and men on the BBC.  Fascinating television when the top k/nobs are fiercely interviewed over a finer point of legality in public inquiries, this one, taken from ....

"The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee will grill Tony Hall, the BBC Director-General, on Wednesday as part of its inquiry into BBC pay. Carrie Gracie, the broadcaster’s former China Editor who resigned earlier this month over pay inequality, will also be questioned."

Will heads roll? we will see, much as I love the BBC please get your act together and remember the bill of equal pay between men and women dates to 1970 for goodness sake!

The other thing we have watched, courtesy of Netflix, is 'The Crown', a charming, and I use the word with some thought, about the life of our Queen Elizabeth, we are still in the early years of difficult decisions for her as to how to use her authority in the realms of state and country against the forces of bureaucracy represented in this instance by Lord Salisbury and Churchill.  But the drama is a pleasant rollick through the history of Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend.

Today Paul is attending a meeting at a neighbour's house, they are meeting with our councillor Greg West, chimney sweep, to discuss the road problem.  Irene wants the 30 mile sign moved over the bridge. Also notices down Salton Lane about slowing down for pedestrians who walk along there.  We have many notices through the village but though many people heed them there are always the few that speed through. We have no ducks unfortunately....