Over the past year he has become a beacon and symbol of hope amongst all the darkness. At Christmas, I bought his book for a friend and we were also among the millions who made a donation in his name to support the NHS.
This time last year nobody had heard of Captain Tom outside his family and friends. Now we all know his name and his achievements brought another song lyric to mind. This one again from my favourite singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
Now if a man tried
To take his time on Earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
Well I wonder what would happen to this world
Captain Tom inspired so many people. It wasn't the difficult nature of his task that inspired, it was his humanity, his love of people and the fact that he was there at a time we all needed him. His death has brought the biggest outpouring of national grief since the death of Princess Diana all those years ago.
We mustn't forget, however, that there are thousands of people in our country and throughout the world with the same determination, the same thoughts and the same inspirational attitudes as Captain Tom. We mustn't forget and must celebrate each and one of these unsung heroes even if we have no idea of their names.
There's only a couple of things that concern me about the last few days of Captain Sir Tom Moore which make me feel uneasy.
I don't understand why, when most of us are restricted to staying in our own neighbourhoods and not going more than a few miles, how and why the family went on holiday to Barbados. Also thousands of people have lost loved ones (ourselves included) and not been able to say goodbye or be with them, how were Captain Tom's family allowed to be round his bed. I think this might be something that upsets many people.
Obviously I don't want that to detract from what Sir Tom achieved and what he stood for but I think it's important to mention.
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There are many roads in the UK that I would label dangerous or unpleasant to drive. Many of our motorways are a nightmare. But the worst of the lot is the Northern Distributor Road around Norwich.
There isn't a lot of traffic on this road which might make my comment seem ridiculous, but every time I go on it (and we use it quite regularly) I have a feeling of trepidation.
Now a survey has shown that there have been numerous accidents on the road and former police colleagues of mine have been calling for a change in the ridiculous markings and lanes at roundabouts.
The main problem is there are three lanes leading onto the roundabouts. The first two go straight on or turn left and the third is for turning right. If you want to turn right you get into the right-hand lane (so far so good) but then to go off to the right you have to cut across three lanes. It feels totally unnatural. The camber on the road is dreadful and anyone using the road for the first time will be totally confused. Virtually everyone I know claim it is dangerous and incredibly badly designed. I have been saying this since my first trip on the road when I claimed "this road is dangerous. It's all laid out wrong." I see no reason to change my mind.
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I love watching quizzes on television - all kinds of quizzes. My favourites are the more cerebral ones - Mastermind, University Challenge and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?
The knowledge of students on University Challenge leaves me gobsmacked. I don't understand some of the questions let alone have the ability to answer them. Huge respect to people in their early twenties (or even younger) with this level of knowledge. How or where do they get it from? It's quite stunning.
Not too far behind is Mastermind although I can match most of the contestants on this and the questions seem to be much easier than a few years ago. I wouldn't mind applying but I have no idea what my specialist subject would be - Perhaps accidents on the Norwich NDR!
Then there are quizzes/game shows where the questions are by and large ridiculously easy. Just one step up from "Do you know what your name is" to which the answer is obviously not Jon Smith or Laura Brown but "yes" (one of my readers will have a chuckle at that one).
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Hope you enjoy some of my photographs of Norwich.