Not very festive all his rain. Yesterday I went into town. (Having lost my bus pass) in my car and it was so warm I had to wind the windows down. Apparently four other people had lost their bus passes as well. . There was a big pile of bus passes at the Bus Station but mine was not amongst them. I do not make a habit of losing it. Never done so before and for being stupid it cost me £10. If it is a decent day I sometimes walk up and get the bus but if it is a really nice day and I need to go to town I very often walk. Although I am not as quick up Church Lane as I used to be.
The trees on Pannal Green look lovely once more and the Carols on the Green was well supported.
Pannal Surgery closing. Heard the rumour that it was being sold. Wonder what as. Used to be a house then for many years Newsagents and store. When my eldest daughter was a small baby a customer said A little boy oh what lovely rosy cheeks (we did not have central heating) what's his name. I said Susan and it was when that Johnny Cash recorded A boy Named Sue. It was very popular. She looked at me in amazement but I was cross my lovely daughter being taken for a boy. When I did use the Surgery I always found that patients came from Duchy and other places as they all said it was easier to park at than Leeds Road. Sad that Pannal and Burn Bridge do not have a pub. Platform One/Harwood had their moments sometimes great sometimes not. Black Swan or Mucky Duck as we called it was a good pub and we all enjoyed going there. Inside in the winter and in the summer their lovely large garden. Great fun when Mark owned it. Landlords/landladies do make a pub if they are genial mine hosts. Would be good to see it up and running again.
I have just returned from Portugal with family. Have never been before and it was lovely. As we were coming off the plane friends Norma and David were going on to come home. Family laughed as everywhere I know someone. We were standing on a jetty taking a photo of Table Mountain when my parents neighbours said hello. When my youngest son went to Oxford University met Pannal people who were on holiday there. Met a number of other people in various places. Went to Venice and I said Well one thing for sure I have never been here before so will know no one and a voice said Anne Smith I turned to see Maureen and her husband from Walton Park. I said are you staying here and she said no we are on a cruise and have just come off that boat.
Traffic still bad on Main Street and Station Road using us as a rat run. Noticed that many builders lorries are not coming down Church Lane as much but are now going in and out of Rosedale.
All my family a large crowd of us are all here for Christmas and it will be so lovely, Eight of them arrive on the 20th and the other lot on Christmas Eve. The grandchildren are growing up and now I am the only one to still believe in Santa. Everyone humours me.
I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Guid New Year and lang may yer lum reek. Tigs looked amazingly intelligent when I said to her go on wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Then I am afraid she looked her usual dozy self but never the less she does wish you all Compliments of the season. We all wish for peace in this very troubled world. Who of us ever imagined that we would be living with what is going on now. No one I suspect could have foretold this a few years ago.
