Today my local weather gives the temperature at 7 degrees, London is apparently 13 degrees. It is cold though, that slight misty coldness. Today we are off to Manchester this afternoon for an Italian meal with Tom and Ellie, this is Lillie's birthday meal. I am seriously thinking of asking for a permanent excuse from going to any of the big towns round here. My next visit is the end of this month when on Prom night we have to vacuate the house so that Lillie and friends can have a sleep in. So it is off to Bradford to Andrew's flat for that one. Did I not tell my family I liked a quiet sedentary life?
I had thought of going to Keswick for a few days but that idea has been put on the back holder. The Lake District is absolutely swarming with visitors. They are also experiencing labour shortages, no service staff to wait at tables, why? because there is no reasonablly cheap accomodation in the town for staff.
Can you not imagine a small snowball careering down the hill getting larger and larger as the problems of Brexit and the economy bouncing lower each day begins to bite. All those promises of house building lie in the dust just lets live of our dividends and renting out second homes to cover the bills. Perhaps one day we will go back to actually making things, think it was called industry. Not that I want that smoke belching of the olden days but green industries, especially in energy, should be part of the picture.
Tired of 'how to live' on 30p a meal a day for people, get out everyone start growing our food, Dig for Britain. Alright I have my tongue in cheek here but instead of the idiotic mouthings at the top of government lets find some more sensible people to govern us! End of small rant.
lets find some more sensible people to govern us!
ReplyDeleteSome chance of that with a Parliament packed with lawyers and party hacks without a single days real world and work experience between them!
So its thumbs down then Will? I think what will happen is there might be a change of government but it will be hauling us out of the mess we currently find ourselves in. Tis the End of the World. Doom, Doom is on the horizon.
DeleteI'm beginning to regret plans to move back🤔... but we have managed to score an allotment, and a supply of firewood (in case the gas runs out). We can make candles out of our bees wax, and the bicycles still work (not so sure about the riders). We will be changing our names to Tom and Barbara....
ReplyDeleteHello Tom and Barbara, never forget they were always cheerful in adversity;) You are lucky to get an allotment they always have 10 years on the waiting list usually. We have a log fire in the coldest North facing room of this house but it doesn't do much for the chill. Although I am gloomy, when I look at the young folk in the family, they have jobs and seemingly content with their lives, though housing is going to figure largely on their horizons.
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