well...

Look at me - sitting at home on a Saturday with no work to do!!
Bloody marvellous, and much needed after a long, difficult, tiring season of weekends. Despite having been away a while, I don't actually have much to tell you about. I do suddenly realise, however, that I never reported back about the rather wondrous fireworks display we went to. I think it's been pretty well reported in the annals of this blog that I am a huge fan of Bonfire Night, and this year's was up there with the best of them. Mainly, I guess, because Mathew seems to have inherited my unbridled joy of the occasion, and threw himself into it with the same six-year-old wonder that he throws himself into most things. I had him on my shoulders while the main display was exploding and he was giggling and bouncing around like a Christmas elf full of Red Bull. The display itself was superb, I have to say, although quite short time-wise. The phrase 'quality, not quantity' certainly applies though. It was at a small public venue that hasn't hosted an event like this for over a decade, but is determined to build itself up as an annual must-go-to family affair, and I have to say that if they carry on like this, that is certainly what it will become. I know they probably went a bit full-on for the first year to make it attractive, and that it may not be to this standard every year, but by the sheer number of people that were there - and each of them paying £10 for the privilege - I can't see it doing anything but growing.
I'm going to leave it there for now because I feel like I'm not making sense. My little unplanned gap from blogging has seen me lose a bit of my momentum (and understanding of the written language). Plus - I have a fun day planned with my sons BECAUSE IT'S A SATURDAY AND I'M NOT WORKING!!!

RC 15-11-25