Nearly Christmas Pannal included

It is wet and dismal and everyone must be in Harrogate or elsewhere shopping as Pannal streets are very quiet. No one walking around not even all that many cars flying up and down. The rain is getting heavier and The Stray is flooded. Buses are still running but with few passengers from here. West country has been badly hit again and fortunately some of our family are travelling by car. Trains have stopped and coaches are not being provided as roads are flooded down there. Hopefully our trains will run but we have on past occasions not been able to travel from York home as the line has been under water. So pleased we did our shopping early and in dry frosty weather but will have to brave the crowds to get in the fruit and veg. You know, when global warming was first mentioned I thought it meant us having summers like Spain. Quite looking forward to that and I do not think I was the only one as Harrogate Borough Council planted all tropical plants in the gardens at Ripon Park. They soon drowned. What a shame it means wet summers and even colder wet winters. Enough it is the festive season. Carols and midnight mass, fairy lights and the trees on the Green look very good this year. Inside our houses it will be festive. We shall be with or families over the period. We have never spent a Christmas away from Pannal. Our four children and partners and grandchildren come to us. We love it. Great to have everyone together. It is not just at Christmas as we try to arrange holidays where we can all meet up. Last year The Cotswolds and one time Anglesey. Ok over the festive season we are all so busy I do not have time to blog and you do not have time to read it. So have a lovely Christmas and a great New Year. Shall be back in 2013.