Well here we go for an extra long holiday. Ackchooly the kids had yesterday off as it was a inset day at local schools.
But what to do?
In this village, on Sunday, we have our primary school's annual fundraiser of a fete and "Duck Race" (Plastic ducks) in the river at the foot of the Waterfall.
Monday sees the street parties in honour(?) of HM's Jubilee so much baking of cakes and pastries + frying of chicken drum sticks to be squeezed in on Sunday.
Tuesday tho' is proving a bit of a puzzler ....... Any ideas (apart from a lot of clearing up and taking down of bunting only strung up yesterday)?
Give HM her due. I got a street party out of her Coronation, another 25 years on and yet another 25 years after that so I'll raise a glass to Her Maj for the fourth time and I suppose, if spared, get another Coronation in before I'm called.
BUT despite all this it just doesn't seem like a Spring holiday at all ..... What happened to the Kids getting new clothes and parading for Whit Walks, where are the Brass Bands of my youth (ackchoooly being from t'South we had silver bands) and where are the church choirs? Gone in the name of "Progress" I s'pose.