I should have said I am writing a book about Pannal and Burn Bridge Past and Present not just Pannal. Hope to have it out by Christmas, Reason I am doing this is because I am being told (by new residents) when I do talks. You know so much you should write a book. Answer I have written two. A History of Pannal and Postcards from Pannal both out of print but sometimes pop up on Amazon. My other book A Centenary History of Pannal Golf Club 1906 to 2006 is also sometimes there. All more expensive than they were originally. This will be my seventh book as I have written others not connected with this area. Keeps me out of mischief and also at the moment no golf, no gardening and out walking being blown stupid by the wind. Compared to other places we are lucky. Knaresborough when we went, it being half term last week, was flooded in places and Marigold's on Waterside closed. We managed on Tuesday to walk through the park at Otley but the next day we could not have as the river had burst its banks. York was a no no. Not many people walking around at the moment. All in cars. The snow was a surprise on Monday morning and my grandchildren were all so annoyed as they all live down south and very rarely see snow and they missed it here by one day. Cats not so chuffed either. They are sharing a bed as they say they are cold. They are not but they insist they are.Today is dry and sunny. I have had washing out and it dried but can't see that weather lasting.
Hey how about emailing me annesmith.pannal@yahoo.co.uk with news. Be interested in what you have to say. When I wrote for the Harrogate Advertiser I was inundated with emails and telephone calls. I trained as a journalist and it is always very gratifying to hear people saying I am a nice one as I write lovely stories about them. I still receive emails and in the summer I have people looking for relatives that used to live here or are buried in St Robert's churchyard. I have records of whose buried there and at Beckwithshaw so it is easy for me to look people up. I have many many photographs and information on Pannal and Burn Bridge. Photographs that are not in my other two books but will be in this third one.
