Wintry showers

So we did get a little bit of snow here last night, not very thick. Youngest offspring went out earlu and took some pictures. However, trains are not running on the East Coast mail line, so I expect they had some frost too. Also, the newspaper had a picture of children sledding at the Hole of Horcum yesterday, just a few miles up the road.

We might try to make a snow person later, but on the other hand we might not; it's a bit grey and gloomy.

Big snow no show

The first real snow of the season was expected today, according to the BBC some roads in Pickering are impassable. Now, Pickering is only 2 or 3 miles away from us. Do we have snow? No. A light flurry now and then through the day that did not settle; as I write a smattering is coming down.

There is more than a passing chance I will wake up tomorrow and find a winter wonderland - in which case, woo hoo, snow people! But I might not. I love the weather here; if you don't like what you have, you can walk to the next village and try out theirs.

Cleaning up our act

Good news today - salmon are returning to the River Derwent after having been driven out by pollution. Perhaps we will soon see them skipping their way upstream through Malton...well. maybe not, but it's nice to know anyway.

Seeing in the dark

We had the monthly quiz last night and a really good turnout again. We must have been writing these quizzes for a couple of years now, and still people come along!

The prep for this one was really fun, but I found some strange websites in the process. I had agreed to do another round on farming for one of our regulars (as he had missed the one I did before). The best website I found while doing the research was this one:


The World Carrot Museum


I really need to get a life!

The Reunion

Well, what a great day we had on Saturday! Lots of people showed up - more than we ever expected, and coming from all over the place to take part. It was fantastic to see so many people.


We set up the Hall in the morning. Someone had found some display boards at the last minute in another village hall nearby, and brought them over for us to use. They certainly made the pictures and other documents look much smarter, and easier for people to read.

We also set up tables for tea and coffee so there was plenty of time to chat about what was on show and to share memories.

The picture here also shows you one of our banners. This one was made by villagers for the opening of the Village Hall in 1993. The Hall replaced the old Constitutional Club, which itself opened in 1924.

We also have a banner made to celebrate the Millennium, and I may try and do a later post on the pair of them, as they are very lovely and took a lot of work by many people in the village.

Anyway, as I said, we had a great number of visitors with lots of information to share about living in our village over the years.

In this case, the former Captain of the Ladies' Cricket Team was thrilled to find the team photo from the year they won the League; here she is with it, having spotted herself in the centre of the photo.

With any luck we hope to hold another event in the future. It is simply amazing how much information there is on such a small place.

Village Celebration

Today we are holding a celebration, which started life as a school reunion idea, and grew.

I'll post a write-up later, but hopefully we'll get lots of people dropping by the Village Hall today to look at pictures, share memories, and most importantly, enjoy a neighbourly cup of tea.

You can read more about the village and its history on our website here:
http://www.kirbymisperton.org.uk/index.html

And for locals, the Gazette & Herald, and the Mercury both have print articles, but not apparently on-line copies at present. However, for those interested in local news and events generally, you may enjoy browsing their sites.