Catching up

The irony of a vibrant village community is that it's harder to find the time to post blogs about it. Fancy being too busy with life to waste time on yon t'Interweb!

First of all, we did Halloween stuff. I didn't write it up before the bonfire night post last time. Here is our pumpkin this year. A pumpkin in the window indicates to everyone that you are at home for trick or treat.

In the village you tend to know which particular small witches, werewolves and skeletons will be calling on you, each taking with great seriousness and thoughtful consideration only one sweet from the cavernous depths of the proffered tin, then a cautious second when prompted. Bless!

Meanwhile, the Village Hall is always in need of additional funds (hint - donations can be made through Paypal!) so various people try to come up with ideas to help us raise some cash and have fun at the same time. Recently some neighbours had a very good idea indeed; they cooked a Spanish meal for a small groups of people (12 plus themselves) and charged a ticket entry. Those of us who managed to get tickets had a wonderful evening being wined and dined on a fantastic selection of dishes from tapas starters to home made ice cream desserts. Delicious! (For those of you on Facebook, there are pictures in the Kirby Misperton People group).

Next month it's sausages from around the world. Really. It would seem there are many varieties, including vegetarian. In my personal experience, vegetarian sausages usually fool meat-eaters anyway. In fact, I'm not sure why sausages aren't all vegetarian to begin with. It would seem more honest. Maybe that's just me.

In other thrilling news the council has resurfaced the road. As for the pavements, these are still slippery with leaf mould and pitted with more cavities than Augustus Gloop's teeth. However, the road is lovely with shiny new white lines by the roundabout and everything.

What a wonderful world.