2011 Approaches

25th November? Now it’s 30th December. That’s not very good, is it?
Birthday – been and gone
Several Christmas dinners – been and gone
Even Christmas – been and gone

Well this could be the last blog of 2010 then.
Nothing really to talk about, so a feel a bit of rambling (not the walking type) may be in order.

So, the first Christmas lunch of the year was on 1st December. To have it any sooner would have been totally and utterly wrong. The 1st, is just about passable. Not the most exciting affair with it following a 2-3 hour meeting. Tasty enough though, and lots of it. Those who know me somewhat better will know that I’m not a huge desert fan. I will quite happily stuff myself with a starter and/or main and forego the pud. On this occasion, it didn’t seem right though. Christmas pudding with a liberal helping of brandy sauce. Talk about heavy! I was fit to do nothing after that.

What happened next? The folks came to stay. This was after snow... lots of it... everywhere in the country... apart from... West Norfolk. Goddamnit. The worst snow that this country had seen (certainly that early in the year), and we get next to none.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want anyone to suffer that much because of extreme weather, well maybe the odd person or two, but I do like extremes of weather. Not a big fan of the damp, cold, miserable stuff (like we have right now). But I do like it when it’s pretty damn cold but dry. Freshly fallen snow is great. Not only does it look good, it puts a damper on all noise which makes everything seem really peaceful.

Right. Where was I? Folks. Yes. They had quite a bit of snow ooop North, and so were a little concerned about driving down. No such worries though, and they made it down safely.
They came down on a Wednesday evening and I had got the Thursday and Friday booked off work to use up some holiday. Didn’t do a great deal though. Popped across to Fakenham to have a look at the market. It was cold. Very cold.
Much lovely food and drink was to be had though. All good.

Okay. Enough already. This entry is long enough (especially without pics). Part two to follow.