Well how are yu all a’gettin on t’gether?
Here we are t’gether then , 2021 hev shut it’s door und 2022 hev opened it’s door for us to step through. We’ll ha’a see what this year will throw at us, I’ll tell yu suffin that ain’t a’goin t’be easy, Covid ull still be with us which won’t meake anything we want t’du easy. I’ll recon that folk ha’a gotta start thinkin about how what they do will affect other folk, every-one hev gotta ’pull t’gether in the same direction t’keep us all safe und healthy.
During the end of the year I met a’couple o’folk from separate families who aren’t a pullin in the same direction as the rest on us. I aren’t a goin t’tell yu who they are but one couple ,who between um are now a’goin t’five different clubs, don’t do any covid testin und another fella told me he han’t had any covid jabs even though his very elderly mother were a’comin t’stay for Christmas.
Durin December the Missus und I did get out und go und see them lights they had rigged up at Sandringham. My heart they were a rare sight, that were ok until we got about half way round und then Old Mother Nature pulled har chain und the heavens opened.
That were the same tuther day when I went for a walk in the Forest with my Son-in-Law t’hev a look at them Highland Cattle they hev got a’drawin about in there. That started a’rainin hard just as we were a’gettin out of the car, My Son-in Laws dog din’t even want t’git outa the car at all und ha’a be persuaded t’git out inta the rain und go for a walk und see the cattle which were,when we found them, a sheltering under sum trees un were’t a’goin t’move out for us so I ha’a photograph them where they were. I see some o’the cows were a’wearin what looked like cow bells a’hanging round their necks. Now I know they are aren’t bells but are a tag that give orf an electric signal which the farmer use to find um. I’ll tell yu suffin else I lean’t whlle out in the forest …..that my old wax coat want re-waxing cos that were lettin the water in.
If any on yu hev bin through the village arter dark durin December you’ll hev seen the old Church Tower und a Christmas tree all lit up. That were a lovely site as were the houses in the village that folk hed tricolated up with lights.
Them boys up at Carra Road still aren’t playin well, I know that injuries und covid mean that a’lot of the team aren’t fit the play but the thing is some o’the other teams in the same league hev got sum of their players unable t’play but they keep a’winnin a few games. Less hope them canaries hev made the right new years resolutions. Cos folk keep a’sayin that the club orta be a buying some new players during January, the trouble with that is that other clubs at the bottom of the same league (Newcastle) hev a bigger cheque book than Norwich.
I know that I were talkin about the door of 2022 bein open und how the year will go on for us, Cos them farmers will be wondering how thas a goin t’be once they start a’plowin a furrow across 2022. Pig farmers with them gret old herds you see when drivin about still hev plenty o’fat pigs a runnin about cos there’s still a shortage of slaughter house staff und lorry drivers. Farmers with sheep that lamb in the spring will be a wondering what the lambs will be worth later in the year when they cum t’sell them. Arable Farmers will be looking at the weather hoping that mother nature will help them with the right weather at the right time to help them sow, grow ind harvest their crops. I know a’lot on yu who read this aren’t anything to du with farming but I recon buying food grown in this country is part of “all on us a’pullin in the same direction”
At the moment thas to dauby (wet) for me git on the garden but there are still one or two jobs I want t git on with, The roof is a’leakin on one o’my shuds so I want git up the sale yard t’buy some wood so I can re-roof it with new wood und felt. Cos thas still warm out them spring bulbs are a poking their heads through, though I recon thall wish they hant cos they talk of there bein sum cold weather at the end o’the week. (I’ll ha’a check the heater in the green house ) cos thas where I keep the Missus’s tender shrubs durin the winter. If anything happen to them the Missus will only start a mobbin me und I’ll ha’a replace them later in the year.
Fare ye well t’gether und du yu keep a’troshin.