Well how are yu all a’gettin on t’gether?
Thas bin a rum old time since I last hed a wud along with yu. We hev got a new King und a new Prime Minister.
Thas a rummin when yu think that the new Prime Minister is that Mawther who live just down the road und is the member of Parliament for sum on yu what read this. I spuse we knew she were doin to do the job for a while afore she were elected. She hant made a very good start cos folk are already complaining about what her und her chief money man hev done t’try und git us outa the financial muddle the country seem t’be in. Acors she hed a bit of a slow start cos only a couple o’day arter she were appointed har Majesty passed away.
The Queen have bin the only person a lot o’folk hev known on the throne as she took over from har Father 70 year ago. Durin that time she earn’t the respect of a lot o’folk both in this country und abroad. I spus because she hed the house up the road at Sandringham she seemed closer to those of us who live here on Norfolk. I never met har but I hev bin close to har a couple o’times. Once I were driven on a road near Sandringham just arter Christmas when I met a couple o’women on hoss back, cos I slowed down for um und as they rode past I see one on um were the Queen und on the other hoss were Princess Anne. Afore yu think that were dangerous for har to be a’ridin out on har own like that I can tell yu that about 25 yards behind them were a large car filled with folk a’keepin an eye on um. About 55 year ago I nearly went for an interview at Sandringham for a job. The man in charge at Easton Collage was contacted by the royal estate und asked if there were anybody who they could put forward for the job of Farm foreman. At the time I were a’goin to Easton for half a day every other week on a course. The head man asked t’see me und recon he wanted t’put me forward for the job if I were interested? Well a’course I were interested but when that come t’lookin at the job spec. I see that they wanted someone aged 25 und over, I were only 24 year old…… so Easton put somebody else forward und he went got the job.
The trouble is King Charles 3rd aint a’goin t’hev s’long to git his feet under the table as his mother hed. While he hev a’bin waiting less hope he hev bin a learning how t’do the job. As I hev said a’fore That int the power he hold, thas the power he will deny other folk.
Since I last hed a wud along with yu the Missus und I hev bin over the water agin. We went on a coach with sum other folk from Norfolk t’Switzerland t’see what they call a Cow down Festival. We should hev gone two year ago but Covid knocked that on the head. We see some other things while we were there un all. They hold these festivals when they bring the cows down from the high alpine pastures at the end o’the summer. We stayed in St. Anton but ha’a go up the road to another place t’see the cows a’comin down. The local farmers tricolate sum of cows up with head dresses und big bells round their necks und lead them through the village, there were also goats & horses und the local folk dress up in national costumes & perform local dances, Some o’the men did a whip cracking demonstration, my heart that made a rare noise und you ha’a give them plenty o’room. I say t’the Missus that I would’t mind having a go at that……She din’t say anything she just give me one o’har looks………..She told me later that I hev a job to crack the top of me boiled egg let alone trying to crack a whip. That were a good trip, the trouble was a day or two arter we hed got home we both cum down with this here Covid. My heart that don’t half knock the stuffing outa you. even though thas several days since we tested negative I still feel as if I am walkin through treacle. They recon that can take a few weeks till I will be pulling a full furrow so I recon my old bike is a’goin t’hev t’stay in the shud for a few more days.
I tell yu suffin I did afore we went over the water, I went to a show to photograph some Suffolk Horses. There were a good turn-out o’horses und there were a fare few folk there t’see them. That were good t’see several young handlers there un all. As long as there are young handlers then these hosses hev a chance o’surviving cos they are the next generation t’keep a breeding und showing them. There were a class for Mares & their Foals, one o’the foals din’t being separated from its mother while she were being walked und trotted up for the judges, My heart din’t he play up, put the man who were a leading him knew what he were a’doin so no harm was done.
Them boys up a Carra Rood hev got a busy month a’cumin up cos there hev got t’be another break in their games for the World Cup. If they are still in the same place in the league at the end o’the month as they are now most o’their supporters will be happy, there are allus those who recon they could hev done better. If they think they could do any better then they should git in the football pitch und try.
Fare ye well t’gether und du yu keep a’troshin.