While out dogwalking in Lush Places this morning, I encountered a train of primary school children walking in crocodile formation to the church.
Some had silver tinsel halos and others wore bunny ears.
It’s the time for school Nativity plays across the land.
Shortly after they were shepherded into the church, the heavens opened and rain lashed down in full Storm Bram mode, with gusts of wind careering through like the breath of Satan.
I do hope they got back to their classrooms safe and dry.
The weather is to be expected this time of year. But it’s a bit of a rude awakening for us, to be honest, after spending almost three weeks in South East Asia on a tour of Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.
It’s a trip we promised ourselves for ‘significant’ birthdays, but the pandemic lockdowns got in the way.
It’s been a terrific experience, with beautiful food and landscapes and such poignant tales of suffering which are indescribably sad.
The highlight for me was the gentle kindness of the Vietnamese and Cambodian people. Thank you for your warm hospitality.
I’ve been posting reels on my margerymaddie Instagram account, but below are a few pictures from our trip to give you a flavour.
Now it’s back to normality – we have to put the Christmas tree up again outside the house because it’s blown down in the storm.
And while we’re at it, we’ll change the lights to warm white rather than flashing, coloured lights, because we’ve spoilt the look of the village square and there have been complaints.
Which is fair enough. But just wait until we get our blow-up Santa…
Love, Maddie xxx
Maddie Grigg 