A WET START!

Only one walk this week as Jenny is still working on her life/work balance!  At the start the weather was against us... What started out as gentle rain came down, heavier and heavier, so we got rather wet!

Needless to say we didn't venture up to the fields but kept to the roads!  Being a Friday and market day, we drifted up towards the Market Cross.  The market was being set up slowly in the rain... One stall that is always early is the fishmonger, so we bought some fish!  

As Harold Wilson once said 'A week is a long time in politics.'  But at the moment a day, or even an hour, is a long time with our political landscape constantly changing!  What a difference a week makes...  I just wish that, now our referendum has been decided, everyone would be positive, instead of wringing their hands and telling us we have made the biggest mistake of our lives!

What I do find unforgivable is the abuse targeted at the EU citizens living here.  In Shepton we have a large Polish community - there are two food stores and a cafe in the centre of town who cater specifically for them.  All the EU immigrants I have met are hardworking and lovely, especially the owner of Anna's Attic.  This delightful shop in Town Street always has us window shopping every time we pass it - see Jenny peering in above right!  Anna is so creative and has some great window dressing ideas...

Today is the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 100 years ago, and there are many vigils and services to remember the sacrifice of  thousands and thousands of World War One soldiers.  We went to the Shepton Mallet Cenotaph this morning, after the wreaths had been laid.  I was interested in the flowers as my friend Dawn, who has set up a new flower business, had provided them - more about this in a future post. There were some beautiful blue cornflowers which had come from her garden.

Jenny spent some time reading the names on the monument, something she had never done before.  The amazing thing was that she recognised many of the names, as they were the surnames of children she had been to school with in Shepton!

On a more cheerful note, as we walked back through Collett Park, it brightened up and the sun started coming out.  The park looked very green and glistening...