British Coastline 2014 Daily Telegraph
February 6th
Hi everyone
For those of you overseas, sadly I have no good news today as England is in crisis, the countryside is saturated, the floods are increasing daily. People are evacuating their homes, power supplies are unstable and now the main rail track along the coast into the south west of England has been destroyed as our coastline is being eroded by the huge waves and high tides that buffet our land. Here in the Northwest we are fortunate to be fairly safe from these unprecedented disasters but its still harrowing to know that Britain is under siege from this vile weather that has created this crisis. The USA has suffered too and is still experiencing extreme cold weather and its blown over the Atlantic to plague us.
But life has to go and its true, we can take the rough with the smooth and carry on regardless, I just pray it ends soon….
One sign of change is that the bulbs are pushing up into the light and hurrah, daylight is lasting longer so Spring is on its way. I haven’t seen any snow yet, just freezing 90mile an hour gales, hailstones and sleet but in the higher parts of Bolton they have had a few hours of snow, but it quickly cleared. From my own aspect I want it to snow, I love it, the soft fluffy deep snow is part of our winter scene and the quietness that descends on the town, clear bright daylight and cold crisp fresh air, and the bonus is that it wipes out unwanted bacteria and germs that thrive in the moist warmth of summer…..and overheated homes...... no one seems to open their windows these days.
I went to the Movies to escape another wet miserable day, to see 12 Years A Slave, an excellent film. Based on a book by the slave himself written in the 1800 presenting a different aspect of slavery than what we have learned in the past. There are always people ready to exploit often the most vulnerable in today’s society. The Cockle Pickers of Morecambe Bay are just one example. It’s a sad reflection on all we believe in.
Morecambe Bay Cockle Pickers Disaster
One uplifting moment last month was my granddaughters graduation in Perth Western Australia. She is now a qualified primary school teacher, its been a long hard journey for her, I feel so proud and happy that she is happy. I am also as proud of my daughter who as a single mother has excelled in all she undertakes. Brilliant outcome,love them to bits.
We had a dry day last week, so I hit the Sales. February ! there wasn’t much left but boy did I get some bargains. It was well worth the trip to town and I treated myself to lunch. I don’t shop as much as I used to do, hate window shopping I have to have a list and I am usually in and out quick, but boredom and lethargy was killing me so I made the effort and enjoyed the day.
My friend Betty encouraged me to go along to Bolton Ladies Group who meet up alternate Monday evenings at a local hotel. The Speaker on “ Victorian England” was very good and the company warm and friendly, I was surprised that there where so many there whom I knew, so I decided to join the group. Looking forward to the next meeting, there is to be a speaker on "Hypnotherapy"!!
I think I am slowly coming out of my Winter Blues, its been miserable trapped in-doors all day, because of the horrid weather. I took a lovely walk a few days ago and it really cheered me up. So that’s a Resolution, to get out and about when its fit to do so, I spent far too long indoors when I was ill, and it took a great effort for me to get my fitness back, so there is much to do.
Byee for now dear friends.
