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'Tis the season to be jolly...
This morning's CTC meet was the last Wednesday one at Tittleshall until the
new year comes in. The meet is actually held in the Methodist church in the village, and it's a coffee morning run by several ladies of the village who have been doing it for years, week-in, week-out for years primarily for the OAPs in the area, and they have made 'the cyclists' exceedingly welcome. They are a great bunch. I've been popping along for several months now, and I am regularly joined by old Jim who regales me with tales of his wartime naval experiences and keeps me up-to-date on how his family is getting along. Then there's David, a retired GP living in the village, who turns up each week on a bike that is more rust than metal. David looks incredibly frail, walks exceedingly slowly and carefully, yet pootles around the village on his rusting bike. He's a real character. The dog (a sheltie) turns up with her owner and said dog duly does the round of everyone at the coffee morning, on the scrounge for a biscuit, but we are all under orders from her owner not to give her any. The dog never gives up trying, though Sometimes Harry the Cat strolls in. he's a gorgeous pure white little cat who *knows* he rules the place and whenever Harry the Cat turns up, he gives The Feline Look Of Death to the d*g, who immediately retires to the back of the hall, and keeps out of the way, as the d*g Knows It's Place. Anyhow, I am wandering. It being the last meet for a couple of weeks, I thought I'd go festive and my h*lm*t was decorated accordingly. I twined best placcy-ivy, placcy-holly and placcy-poinsettia around the lid and put half-a-dozen blinkies on it. Cycling there on the 'bent, I had the lights on front and back, with several of the back ones flashing. So I set off at 9.30 this morning along the lanes of Norfik, looking a thoroughly demented vision of festiveness. You know I refer to the 'bent as my smilemobile, well today, it was the festive cheermobile. The HGV drivers I passed or that passed me wound down windows to shout "Merry Christmas" The ones with huge arrays of flashing lights on and round the cabs set off their lights a-flashing, grinned and gave a thumbs up or a wave. Even more car drivers waved and smiled too. A tractor driver pulled over, stopped, wound his window down and said, "You look festive and you can really see you coming! Have a lovely Christmas." I got to the hall in Tittleshall and walked in. The old ladies burst into applause and cheered. The ladies running the event were all in Santa hats & Christmassy earrings, & festive stuff, and were chuffed I'd joined in with the spirit of the day. The journey home was a repeat of the earlier journey, with mucho smiling and waving from motorists in all shapes and sizes of vehicles. A simple thing like a silly h*lm*t inna festive stylee seems to have brought much fun Cheers, helen s |
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