Busy day today:
1. With mixed feelings we have sold the Shogun. In truth we hardly ever used it and it is a 20 year old gas-guzzling 3.5 litre, non Ulez compliant monster car and one-too many cars for our needs. Sad to see it go but the space it occupied is freed up.
2. Today was Settle's Christmas lights switch-on. Centred on the Market Place, Settle does this exceptionally well. At 5pm there is a stunning fireworks display from the top of Castlebergh to coincide with the switch-on. There was doubt this year about the cost of the fireworks, previously funded by the town council. Into the breach stepped Tarmac Ltd of nearby Dry Rigg and Arcow quarries. The display was better than ever and we were joined on the top of the tower by David and Evgenia, our Ukrainian guests. We warned them about the loud bangs and were worried they might remind them of dreadful happenings from which they had fled. No such problems - they thoroughly enjoyed the spectacle against a gin-clear moonlit sky.
3. Our old downstairs lounge fireplace at The Folly is looking festive again:
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