What a difference a day makes
Or maybe two days.
I mentioned in passing that I visited the coffee shop on Thursday and it was an unmitigated disaster. The pain was crippling to the point that I was literally immobilised. I barely made it home before collapsing in a sweat of agony again. I have never felt that bad before.
Two days on, things are slightly different. I am now on a course of steroids and tablets specifically aimed at chemotherapy victims [even though I’m having immunoteraby] to settle the stomach.
Yesterday was a real Spring day for the first time in a while. I headed down to the coffee shop, sans coat, sans jumper and only one step short of wearing a t-shirt. I did some shopping first. No need for rests every few yards, crutch use there for insurance only and only a twinge or two of pain.
So we formed the usual little group on the terrace and just batted the breeze. News and gossip exchanged. A general catch-up on village news and life. I found it hard to reconcile the mood with my previous visit.
Some of the news was a bit annoying. The village is to be shut down in a couple of weeks while they make some fucking film or other. This state of affairs is just dumped on the village by the Council. No compensation or anything like that, just a load of hassle. And then to compound that there is talk of another major film next month. Worse again, it’s Disney who fucked the place up with their “Disenchanted”. The only good thing about that fiasco is that the film name matched the village mood.
But that’s in the future. Yesterday was just for the day – sheer relaxation and camaraderie.
We even had a divine visitor at one of the outside tables.
Love the photo. Did it just happen or was there some judicious rearrangement of the folds?
Also, happy to see you’re feeling better.
That’s exactly as I saw it. No trickery or rearranging. If God can turn water into wine then turning Guinness into Jesus should be no problem?
No compensation for true village , but you can guarantee that the council got their greedy hands on it to spend on some nefarious ideological project that benefits absolutely no one in the village, but some lunatics abroad.
Nail on the head again. I did learn of some plans for the village [by the council with no consultation with the locals] which will frankly destroy the place. They are trying to turn it into a tourist trap with no consideration whatsoever for locals or local businesses. No parking. One way streets. Pavements being enlarged for no reason. If the plans go ahead then village visits will be a nightmare.
So, the plan is to completely rearrange town and start over.
This comes under the heading of ‘Change for the sake of change and no other reason whatsoever. (In other words, politicos were involved.)
It is surprising that one of the businesses I suspect canvassed for the changes managed to benefit as they could now erect outdoor tables on a closed off section of road. I might add that closing that little section causes large problems for traffic and parking.