And a special thanks to all those who have sent messages of support and said how much they enjoy reading the blogs. This morning went for a Steward stroll to view as many of the Hethersett Art trail entries as we could - I think we achieved 18 of the 20 and walked just over five miles. It's certainly a good way of getting exercise and it would be nice if the trail could be repeated when lockdown is over - perhaps around the same time next year.
I took lots of photos but have promised the organisers that I won't publish any of them for a few days to allow people to find them first. I do know there are a number of people, however, who can't get out and about at the moment and are looking forward to seeing some of the photos taken by various people.
We were stopped by a couple of lovely people on the walk. As I keep pretty anonymous they recognised me from my wife who has appeared in a number of my photographs! It doesn't matter how you recognise us, just say hello.
One subject that comes up time and time again is the parish pit. I am afraid to say that the history of this area is something of a blind spot for me but, as they say, I know a man who will know all about it. Will report back to you on that one.
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Some strange things bring a feeling of calm during these difficult times. I am currently re-reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories starting with A Study in Scarlet and moving through all the short stories. Quite some time ago I bought a copy of the complete works of Arthur Conan Doyle on Kindle. I think it cost the princely sum of 48p. I wonder what Sir Arthur would have thought about the electronic transfer of his entire works onto a small electronic screen at such a low price. Having read a few biographies of the man, I believe he would have been tickled pink.
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Certainly missed having a Eurovision party last night. Had to content myself with re-runs and a rather cheesy run through of this year's songs which will all be consigned to the Eurovision dustbin.
At least not having a contest saved the UK from finishing bottom again and, let's face it, our annoying song this year would certainly have finished in the bottom three again - not because of the old excuse of political voting but because our entry was appalling yet again.
The great British public voted Waterloo by Abba as the greatest Euro song of all time. Mind you they only had about 12 to chose from with the shortlist being put together by some rather dubious so called "celebrities." Some of the songs put forward were a touch obscure. My favourite all time Eurovision song is Nocturne by Secret Garden which won for Norway in 1995 and was a touch controversial as it was mainly a classical music number with a couple of very short verses that led to accusations that it wasn't really a song.
Secret Garden have gone on to become one of my favourite artists. They produce big scale warm anthems with a very classical theme to them. Their most famous song is "You Raise Me Up" which has been recorded by over 100 artists with the Westlife version probably being the best known.