Happy New Year to you all! Last night we did what we have done for the last couple of years – spent an evening in together, and then walked up Croft Hill to see in the New Year from the top. Well, actually thanks to leaving home a bit late, we think we saw in the New Year half way up, when we stopped for Chantal to catch her breath – unfortunately her pre-Christmas cold has returned, and she wasn’t really in a fit state to climb the Hill at all, only doing so to keep me company, bless her. But as we got near the top, we could hear discussions “Is it Midnight yet? It must be, because everyone is letting off fireworks. Happy New Year!” and so we were there for the “celebrations”.
There is often quite a few people at the top – this year there were about 20 folk, some, like us, with dogs. Not as many as last year, but still a nice chatty atmosphere. Fireworks were going off in all directions, with a couple of big displays close by.
Today was the annual Scraggy Crows clay pigeon shoot, at High Noon at our friends farm, always good fun. As always my performance was variable
The shoot was followed by a barbeque. In our younger days this involved quantities of beer. Now it involves quantities of tea.
We hope you all have a successful and fun New Year.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
