Pannal life after the festive season

Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I certainly did. All the family - there were 14 of us staying. A bit of a squeeze but it was fun. Good job I like cooking. Five grandchildren and only one disagreement when One was left out when the others were playing. Soon solved and pretty good for a week together. I went back to Cheltenham and Bristol for the New Year and my lovely neighbour looked after the cats. I left them food in the summer house and of course the feral (I think) ginger cat decided it was a cushy billet in the summerhouse. Something must of frightened him as he came out of the summerhouse via a large pane of glass in the door. Derek very kindly tidied it up and when I came back we did a bodged job with cardboard until it all dries and then we can get new glass etc. Does anyone know who the ginger cat belongs to? It has been around for a few years and comes in to the house via the cat flap and eats my cats food. They are frightened of him so just let him. Not only did I come back to that but the utility room was flooded as the central heating pipe thing (see how good I am at describing mechanical/engineering parts) had come undone. Safe Gas came out very quickly and all was sorted. Could have done without both.
Years ago we bought some conifer trees Miniature they were and planted them. Little did we know that they would grow tremendous. It was like Jack and the Beanstalk out there. My planting those far of years ago left a lot to be desired as I planted them too close. Remember they were supposed to be miniature and they more of less killed each other growing to the gigantic things they grew into. Lesson learnt there. Yesterday the chaps came to fell them and I have spent today clearing up this large space. Did not look all that large when they were there but I can tell you 30 bags later it was. Quite a few trips to the tip called for here.
All quiet at the moment re development in Pannal. The lull before the storm as we know it will all kick off soon and I will keep you informed.
Nice to see the tree lights on Pannal Green still on. Hopefully we shall have the conifer trees decorated next year as they are a good size and that is what they were planted for.