The streets were pretty quiet but a number of takeaway coffee places were open. We had a lengthy walk of just under five miles and I tried to take some photos from different angles and of different subjects.
The weather started sunny with bright blue skies but then it clouded over and the photos probably illustrate this.
So didn't spend much time in Hethersett today.
There were a couple of interesting items from last night's parish council meeting which took place via the Zoom social media site. The chip van which visits the village hall car park on Mondays and Fridays is being allowed to continue on a month by month basis until the lockdown is over.
Then the situation is not clear. Once the village hall is back to normal the car park will be needed by those hiring the hall. In addition if the chip van wanted to make their visits more permanent they would have to apply for planning permission (as they would for any permanent temporary pitch - and that does make sense if you think about it). So we could see the chip van continue for at least another month at the village hall. In addition the parish council has given the go-ahead for a mobile pizza van to pitch up on another evening (don't have details at the moment)
The council also gave a cautious welcome to the news that a group are hoping to set up a new skateboard park in the village. It is unlikely to be at the back of the village hall where the remains of the last one have just been removed on the grounds of safety.
It is much more likely that a new park would be situated on the new North Hethersett development on land set aside for sport and leisure. A new group of people will be looking into costings, grants etc and will be reporting back to the June parish council meeting.
It was good to hear that the village's Jubilee Youth Club in Back Lane has been awarded £10,000 from the fund to support small businesses. The youth club has, like virtually every other venue in the country, lost all its income from hiring and has had to cancel its major fundraiser - the annual fete and dog show.
Finally today. Is anyone else like me hooked on the ITV show Harry's Heroes? It takes a group of former England footballers and sends them on what can only be described as a rampage around Europe - occasionally playing matches on their journey. The fascinating part of the programme is the relationship between the various players - all of whom used to be supremely fit adults but who have now put on some timber and that's being kind to them.
Neil "Razor" Ruddick is a ticking time bomb. Super obese with a heart problem, he is still shown drinking like a fish much to the annoyance of Paul Merson who is an alcoholic with a gambling addiction who is still struggling with his own demons despite now being sober.
The main reason for mentioning the programme, apart from recommending it as some escapism fun, is to point out that the series director is Christian Watt who comes from Hethersett. Over the years Christian has been responsible for some very zany programmes from "The Secret life of Five Year Olds" to "Gordon Ramsey Uncharted," from "An Idiot Abroad" to "Britain's Biggest Hoarders."