We will be going to the North Norfolk coast but not on Bank Holiday Monday when you have to queue for about 40 minutes to get fish and chips that take about 10 minutes to eat.
You do get the idea that things are getting back to normal though.
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As regular readers of the blog know, I try to keep away from politics, and religion is even more of a no-no but I was disappointed that Boris Johnson was allowed to get married for a third time in a Catholic church. That's an interesting point of grammar there. I'm not suggesting that Johnson was married for a third time in a Catholic church but that the Catholic church was the venue for his third marriage.
I do have problems with him being allowed to get married in a Catholic church on the grounds that the other two marriages were in an Anglican church. I wonder whether he said the phrase "till death us do part" in his latest nuptials and whether he said the same phrase in his previous marriages? If he did it is quite obvious that he has not thought about the words or kept to them in any way whatsoever.
Let's just say that our Prime Minister has pretty low morals and leave it at that.
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I find tennis player Naomi Osaka's refusal to speak to the press interesting. She says it's to safeguard her mental health and this may be the case.
I'm not comfortable with any sports people being forced to speak to the Media as part of a contract. That only leads to resentment and you can often see this when the Media are so intrusive with people or teams that have been beaten. You can also tell when a sportsperson just doesn't want to be interviewed, making the whole thing pretty meaningless.
The last thing a tennis player knocked out of a tournament will want to do is face a press conference to justify how they were knocked out and how badly they played. Most will just want to curl up in a ball and have a time of quiet and reflection. And some of the questions asked are ridiculously puerile. "How do you feel after playing that badly?" That kind of thing.
Speaking as a former sports editor, I can see Osaka's point. What is the point in interviewing a player who is desperately trying to hold back the tears? It can all lead to a bad atmosphere and rudeness from both sides. The players are pushed into doing something they don't want to do because of their contracts and that is taking away any choice they have.
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Very pleased to say that the June edition of Hethersett Herald is online at:
https://hethersettherald.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/9/3/11930148/villagemagjune2021.pdf
A few of my new readers may need a little explanation. I live in Hethersett which is a large (and ever-growing) village in South Norfolk - about three miles from the lovely market town of Wymondham and six miles from the wonderfully historic city of Norwich.
For over six years, I have been writing and editing an e-magazine for the village. This is usually published on the last day of each month with the idea of informing and entertaining and keeping readers up to date with what is happening in Hethersett. Even if you have no connections with Hethersett, it might give you an insight into what living in a village in England is like and what the main issues are.
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As I've already said, we didn't venture very far today. Spent the morning in the garden, pulling up weeds and generally tidying up. After lunch we had a short drive to nearby Ketteringham which has a fascinating history which I will relate sometime.
It's a six minute drive or a 50 minute walk away. Usually we walk but we wanted to get to the Orangery tea rooms before they closed. So we took the car. Sat by the river and read Michael Palin's Diaries 1969-79 whilst drinking tea and eating raspberry and coconut cake. Took a load of photographs in the bright sunshine. Hope you like at least some of them. There weren't that many people around so we certainly found an alternative to following everyone else on a Bank Holiday.