Then we set off on a Steward Stroll and my mind started racing on all kinds of subjects which will form the basis of this second blog. Then later on I will publish photos of the countryside walk.
A regular reader of my blogs inquired whether I have ever left the house "without seeing something of interest to stir your desire to search for a story." The short answer to that is "no". There is a potential story/article/blog virtually around every corner and I really enjoy searching them out.
One of the aims of setting off on our stroll was to grab a takeaway coffee from Café Kin in Queen's Road only to realise it shuts on Fridays at 11 a.m and it was already past this when we started out.
The next aim was to take some photos of the former skateboard park at the back of the village hall. As I reported in a previous blog, a new group has come forward with the idea of putting together a new park, probably on leisure land on the North Hethersett development.
You can see from the photographs at the top of the page that there is now no semblance of the original skatepark which had to be pulled down due to safety concerns. I know that the parish council and village hall trustees are looking closely at the use of the land at the village hall and also at the possibility of an extension to the building to give more community space. This almost certainly means that any new skateboard park will be on land elsewhere in the village.
I think a new skatepark is an excellent idea but getting it will involve a shed-load of work by numerous people. If their aims are achieved, it is vital that the park is looked after and cared for. We don't want to be in another position of having to pull it down.
On the way to the village hall, I took a photo of the stretch of Henstead Road that is usually packed with parked cars. As you can see today, under lockdown, it was empty. This once again suggests something that I think a lot of us thought. People park their cars there and catch the bus into either Norwich or Wymondham.
For quite some time this stretch of road has been controversial with many people concerned at potential dangers with buses often finding it difficult to negotiate the corner. It's certainly much easier to get round there at the moment. Attempts to have the double yellow lines extended on grounds of safety have so far failed. Perhaps the lack of cars parking there since lockdown will provide some food for thought.
Another of the pictures above was taken at one of the homes featuring in the Hethersett Art Trail which is continuing this weekend. This mosaic in St David's Road is advertising the trail and I understand there may be some additions to last week. Full details are on Hethersett's Art Project Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/533677463963451/
Finally in this blog I was taken by a message on the noticeboard outside the PACT charity shop (photograph above). It had the following message:
"There is never a storm that will not end." Let's hope that sentiment is prophetic.