It was the annual bonfire at the church by the old school. The fire was still burning as I left with all the rest of the old folk ( ok one of us is younger than me). Hundreds had come and bought Hot dogs and pie 'n' peas (thanks to Tony Pollard for the pies and peas), they watched the fire, the fireworks. The church raised loads of money and provided a free show for the village. Everyone wins. Don't they? Yes and no - the whole village was there - loads of rubbish got burned everyone had fun - most of what burned was biomass - no carbon footprint problem so why NO. I don't really know - but in one bonfire - a effigy of Katie price will be burned, in another they still burn the Pope (in effigy of course) - ours had no guy - no hate figure - so it was just part of that end of year celebration that Halloween and All Saints day are part of. I don' t like burning figures, there is no place for the hate of Guy Fawkes - no place for burning Katie Price or Peter Andre (who ever they are :-)) or even an elderly german theologian. The year is ended, Winter has returned, ice on the car this morning.
Snow is coming.
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