Just Pannal

Lovely. Pannal is so quiet. It is because of the temporary traffic lights at the top of the road on the A61.  Have been told "they" will be coming back to Main Street but do not, as yet, know when. Not quiet between 7.30am and 8.15am as great heavy builders vehicles are coming down Station Road and Main Street and going up Church Lane. Why and where are they going? No wonder our roads are so bad with pot holes. I was at a meeting the other weekend someone said Arn't Pannal's roads awful. Agree.

Have had a flurry of people wanting my latest book Pannal and Burn Bridge Their Stories. Only have a very few left if anyone wants one. As when they are gone they are gone. I will not be reprinting. My email address is annesmith.pannal@yahoo.co.uk - business email address. 

We had a lovely lady called Mary Barr who died and David her husband and family have invited a number of us to celebrate the life of Mary. 

Also Joe Buckley Head Greenkeeper at Harrogate Golf Club and Ace golfer has died . He was just a young man and son-in-law of my neighbours. His funeral was on Tuesday. He was well known to Pannal people.

Now do we all think my next blog will contain the news that it is a lot warmer, the sun is shining, we are gardening and golfing and walking in the countryside and our feet are dry and not covered in mud? I hope so as it is cold and rainy and the other day we had hailstones. I have lived in Pannal next year it will be sixty years and in Kirkby Overblow before that. My Mum and Dad lived in Hookstone, Harrogate. In all these years I have never known as much rain to fall. In winter I have seen lots of snow and the Mill Pond freezing over with thick ice. People used to skate on it by candlelight. Last skated on end of 50s beginning of 60s. In those days we expected a harsh winter and I remember a villager saying to me we could do without February as it is always a rotten month. Yes we had snow, frozen ground, ice but not this near constant rain. We will now look on the bright side and hope for a lovely summer and perhaps a warmer spring. 

Don't think it is worth repeating what Tigs thinks of all this. 

Well done to the litter pickers on Saturday who collected a large number of bags of rubbish from Pannal areas.