This week-end

 This is a red letter weekend for me and takes the same form more or less every year.   First of all there is always Hallowe'en - it does become slightly more important each year I think as customs spread over the Atlantic and it becomes a more acknowledged festival here.   Hallowe'en has of course always been my birthday but it is only the past few years when there have been any festivities.   It is also usually the week end when the clocks go back and the nights get darker.   Now, in very old age (I am 89 on Sunday) the whole event has become far less important to me.  Friends ring to wish me a Happy Birthday, my son and his wife are coming round for a take away Pizza (after Covid tests) and I chat to my Grandchildren who all live away from here.   Then it is November.   And a Countdown to Christmas.

We used to often have a Pizza delivery at the week end but since Covid we have only had one once, so that in itself makes it a Red Letter Day.  Let's hope there is an improvement in the weather - it has been a dodge the showers kind of day today.   But let's spare a thought for those in the West of the country who have had to cope with such a deluge of rain over the past few days.