Last Saturday in September

It's been a fun news week - NOT! and even though I rarely watch much news on TV - all I've heard this week are warnings ........................

Not enough turkeys for Christmas }

Shortage of fresh pre-packed meat } } these all due to a shortage of CO2

Shortage of bagged salads }

No toys on the shelves for Christmas

Not enough gas to supply everyone for winter

Electric and gas prices shooting up

People waiting 8 hours for an ambulance

And then the fuel thing - NOT a shortage of diesel or petrol, just slow deliveries due to shortage of lorry drivers. If people just carried on filling up as usual there wouldn't be a problem but Media Hype means that when I went out with DiL and the grandchildren yesterday and we needed fuel to get where we were going, the queues were crazy. Sainsbugs had run out of diesel and at the next garage DiL put in ¾ tank full before that too ran out.

It's official......................the world has gone mad. Do you know what I'm going to do next week?...............................Stay at home and read all those library books on yesterday's post!

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The October Parish Magazine has landed through the letter box this week and with things re-starting I've discovered this is a village of Coffee mornings....................

Every Monday there's one in the Old School room - all for free!

Tuesday mornings every week - in the Church - donations for the church

Then on the First Saturday of the month coffee morning and lunches as well- in the Old School Room again, not sure who that's raising money for.

The Rural Coffee Caravan calls on the first Friday of the month - they bring information as well as coffee for free but you have to take your own chair and mug (bit chilly outside)

Then there's an extra one on the first Saturday in October which is a fund-raiser for animal charity.

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Here's a small glimpse at where we were going when we needed to fill up with diesel ....... all the way to the Suffolk /Essex border.

Just as two years ago Son, the archaeologist, was in charge of the volunteers and digging at this site.

More about this on Monday

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Today Youngest Daughter was going to visit but she daren't as she couldn't get any fuel for her car in Leiston. She said the queues were down the road all day! I have to go for a flu jab this morning and annoyingly they're not doing them at the doctors in the village due to building work so I have to go to the other surgery.

Then there's the village yard sales tomorrow, I shall haul my junk out of the garage and see if I can make a few pennies.

I'll leave you with photos of youngest granddaughter,

"Take a photo of me posing Nanna" she said. "Posing?" I said "Yes" she said "like this". 3½ going on 13!!