Peaceful Pannal

At the moment all is quiet. Well the village is but the traffic is not. Cars plus builders lorries and skips and of course the banging and crashing from the old Dunlopillo site. Don't think I would want to live there as the ground must be contaminated. With all the spillages and latex over the years and as for that enormous chimney. Sad to see the art deco building the original Bintex headquarters be demolished. I tried my best to save it apart from being the only art deco building we had it was where radar was tested with the workers being sworn to secrecy during the Second World War. I went down to the Peak District to look after my oldest grandson Alex when it was bitterly cold. I said to him have you any homework turn that tv off and get it done. About two minutes later tv back on. Don't tell me you have done your homework. Yes I have. Next day I said bet you got your homework all wrong. Alex said not all wrong just mostly wrong. There was one nice day so after he went to school I thought I would get the bus into Sheffield town. Went to open the front door to find I had been locked in. Could not find the keys then thought I can go out the back way. No I could not it was locked as well. Susan's neighbour I heard come out so I called to her. Carol is there any way I can come through your garden etc. Susan has an extremely long back garden with a pond at the bottom. Very wet. Answer was yes but our garden is very wet. Ok I shall see if I can find some wellies. No I could not but I did find a pair of Dick's boots size 12 no laces put them on went down the garden, climbed the fence boot fell off back I went got boot out of the pond. Put the soggy thing on. Sat on Carol's doorstep changed shoes only one sock on as other soaking. Did get to town. Then Susan and Dick came back a couple of days later and she said did you bring your swimming costume. Yes. Ok do you want to go swimming before Alex goes to school. What. No. So set off after. Cloudy spitting with rain. . Get there to find it is a lido. Outside changing rooms, little doors. wind blowing in the top and bottom. Got in the pool after walking over frozen concrete. Susan swam up and said I have taken your clothes and put them on the bench. Whatever for. Well people might want to use the changing rooms. What people there is only you me and another lady and it is freezing no one will be daft enough to come swimming. (Except me) Then I looked it was raining and my clothes were on the bench. AAgh. Out I got went into the changing room to put them on. Wind blew the mat out of the door and I was once again on cold wet concrete. Susan arrives and says we shall go to the cafe. We did, she bought the coffee and said Oh that is better your face does not look as blue now.