No sooner will I write this than everything will happen at once. Have had no news re Spring Lane. Did give Richard (the farmer) some information on bats as there are some there and they are protected. Told him who to contact. Work still going on at the Dunlopillo site. Nowadays we all leave our cars in our drives as garages full of "stuff". Having this amazing weather has meant that all the dust from the site is in the air and on the tops of our cars. Now it is not winds from the Sahara as we had a few years ago. All woke up to a red dust over everything.No this is dust. Cannot be helped as work must go on. Had to visualize what it will look like when all the houses are there. I sincerely hope that the contaminated earth has been removed and disposed of properly. Many years ago we were asked to meet the management as my husband's great great grandfather John Smith was Curator of the Royal Kew Gardens 1864-86 during the period when the first Ribber seedlings were grown at Kew and then taken by one of the young Kew Gardeners to Ceylon where they formed the basis of the first of the great rubber plantations. A book by Vikki Baum Weeping Wood was written about grandfather and the plantations.
Pannal Primary School breaks up for the summer holidays at the end of the week so peace will reign for us who live on Main Street. For the six weeks we shall be able to drive out at any time of the day and not stay in until after 9am and then either be back before 2.45pm or after 3.45pm Bliss. If we come back when the children are being picked up there are some dreadful mothers who block our drives and then tell us where to put ourselves. Awhile ago I came home to find two mothers talking at the top of my drive and their children playing in our garden. Moving soil onto the drive. When I said Excuse me this is my garden why are your children doing what they are doing one of them said you obviously don't like children Having had four children of my own I just ignored the ignorant ill mannered woman. As I say we all have tales to tell.
It rained today a couple of showers. First time for ages and Tigs and Marble were not happy with that. They have given up chasing butterflies as they cannot catch them so now just watch. Fantastic this year lots and lots of butterflies. Wonderful watching them. Saw a large dark blue one today. Shall have to look him/her up. I shall have to pluck up the courage to empty and clean out the pond but there are frogs at the bottom and whilst one is not afraid of them they jump out onto my head which makes me jump. Heigh ho.
Hope this weather continues and when all my grandchildren come up they can enjoy the garden etc. Have a lovely summer and I will be back soon. Sooner if I have any news re development.
