But no the photograph has nothing to do with lockdown. My friend Mike Stark took this picture of the B1172 on Friday. As you can see it is deserted. It was all down to the building of a new roundabout between Hethersett and Wymondham to accommodate access end egress from one of the new building developments. We were able to get through the road block on foot but no motorised vehicles were allowed through as the road was shut between Hethersett and Wymondham.
I'm looking forward to Monday. Going to the pub (just because I can), having a look round the charity shops (just because I can), maybe having a ride on a bus (just because I can) and in a couple of days a visit to the seaside (just because I can).
Actually those words in brackets rather miss the point. I think all our lives have become skewed over the past year or so - having to think about what we can and what we can't do and having the goalposts moved on more than one occasion. It will be nice to be able to do things without having to think about whether they can be done or whether they are available etc.
Hopefully those goalposts will now stay firmly put.
And talking about goalposts. Norwich won again today and they are sauntering towards promotion which will undoubtedly be confirmed within the next couple of weeks and possibly next week. What a shame we won't be able to join in the celebrations at Carrow Road with it being likely that we can only do this in our own homes. It's been an unforgettable season in more ways than one.
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Another wander around Norwich today and another set of photographs which I have placed on my You Tube channel. You can see this latest one at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S14dGad_Rc4
One of the areas we visited was Castle Gardens. Now I know about wilding and how good it is but the Gardens are a mess. They should be an important focal point right in the middle of Norwich but they have become an eyesore. I'm not sure whether leaving them to get into this unkempt position is deliberate but there is ugly graffiti and the whole area needs a serious spruce up to become somewhere we can be proud of.
I tried to take a few different angles in my photos of Norwich yesterday and hope you enjoy at least some of them.
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Every Saturday I tune in on You Tube to Robert and Toyah's Agony Aunts. I have mentioned this before but it is a brilliantly entertaining half hour or so.
Every week Toyah Wilcox and Robert Fripp answer questions sent in on anything from their careers to their thoughts on music, from psychology to their life choices.
Last week I sent in a question asking them how they saw the future of music over the next 10 years. I was really referring to the way in which we would be enjoying music, rather than the music industry. But they answered the question. Robert said something along the lines of "Music will be fine. Music will always be fine. My problem is with the music industry." He went on to qualify this but finished with the words "Music Gives Me Hope."
If you want to hear the answer to my question go along to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seFbgqr3TOo&t=375s
My question is answered at around 14 minutes 43 seconds.
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I mentioned my love of the Grand National as a sporting spectacle and today I actually backed the winner for only the second time in the last 10 years.
It was an historic day as Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the race. In this case her gender is irrelevant as Rachael is simply the best jockey.
So how much of a fortune did I win. Well, due to the fact I bet on a number of other horses as well, I ended up with a profit of £2. These new untold riches won't change me or my lifestyle.
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Saturday night television continues to deteriorate. I thought it was bad enough when the awful BBC game show Catchpoint was on. A show where people prove that not only can they not answer questions but they can't catch large balls either!
But now this is beaten by a new game show on ITV entitled "Game of Talents." The basis of this is contestants have to guess what the particular talent of a guest is with the help of a few inane clues. Yesterday the guests included the world's loudest burper. Do I need to say any more?
There have been some real turkeys over the years as far as game shows are concerned. One of the shortest lived was an Anglia TV show called Mouthtrap which was hosted by Don Maclean (no not him of American Pie but the British comedian with the ridiculously white teeth and smile bigger than the Grand Canyon).
I was in the audience for one of these shows. It was truly terrible. In fact it was so terrible that I can't remember anything about it apart from the fact that one of our party won a £20 note before the actual show started. I also remember Maclean telling the same joke three times because our response on occasion one and two wasn't sufficiently over the top. We didn't whoop and holler and roll around clutching our sides. This was primarily because the joke wasn't funny the first time around and by take three we had all lost the will to live. So all we could do was stamp our feet on the ground and pound our fists on the arms of the seats although most of us would probably have preferred to have pounded our fists into Mr Maclean.
So, as usual, I looked the show up on the internet just to check that I hadn't dreamt about being there. This is what I found -
Contestants had to guess what words the celebrities would say on a particular subject. While this guessing went on, the celebs were put inside a nice soundproof living room area (or 'trap', as Maclean insisted on calling it) in the shape of a mouth.
By now you will guess just why this show didn't last very long. I seem to remember sitting in the audience without a clue about what was going on.
Mind you I once won £75 on a quiz show without knowing what the hell I was doing. It was many years ago when I guess £75 was a reasonable amount of money.
It was a Saturday morning. My house phone rang. I picked it up to hear a cheery voice at the other end tell me it was Stewart White from Radio Norfolk. "You are live on Wishing Well. You know how it works and there's just one question to give me the answer to," said Stewart.
I was then asked "Which music hall comedian was known as the Cheeky Chappy."
I had absolutely no idea what the quiz was all about or who had set me up. But I did know that Max Miller was known as the Cheeky Chappy. So I gave that.
"We'll be back after this record," said Stewart (actually I made up what he said as it's too long ago to remember accurately but it was something like this).
Next thing I knew I was being told I had won £75. To this day I have no idea how or why, but I wasn't arguing.
More rubbish from me tomorrow.