Christmas music #3

On our return from town we've just learnt the sad news that Gail has passed on. May she rest in peace until that day when hearts are brave again and arms are strong.https://nicenobbynaughtynobby.blogspot.com/2024/12/gone.html

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Yesterday, a small fishing boat lost its engine as it was coming into the harbour. Within minutes the boat was smashed against the razor sharp rocks. The two fishermen were pulled up the pier wall and rescued by the Coast Guard with some difficulty. Ambulances were called and the injured men taken to hospital :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwDdOWgff8  This morning pieces of the boat and some buoys are all that are left.

Outside chapel some students are on duty ready to answer questions from parents visiting the town for the winter graduation ceremonies. Although it's nearly three hours before the first ceremony they've already had a stream of people asking where to go and what to do. A woman in a very fine sari brings a touch of colour to an otherwise grey morning. She seems oblivious to the cold .

The Christmas trees on offer at the delicatessen in town are small and expensive.

We drive out to the garden centre which has larger and less spindly options. We order an 8 foot one which will be delivered either tomorrow or over the weekend. 'Almost certainly by Monday' says the man behind the counter with that studied imprecision shown by garden centre staff all over the world.

Some of the houses in town are separated from their front gardens by a road. We've never understood the logic behind this odd layout. You have tocross a busy street before you can reach your front lawn. This morning a gardener is busy trimming the privet hedges in readiness for the holidays.

Work has started on the Tiger Woods / Justin Timberlake sports bar. It is supposed to be open for next summers influx of high rolling golfers. The leisurely pace at which the interior is being stripped out raises question marks over whether it will, or will not, be ready. There are four men in orange hi-viz jackets standing outside so perhaps the tempo will pick up ?

Christmas music #3 from South Africa:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0HBKh6DsA

And here for any fellow Scots a brief Christmas freebie thanks to the choir who diligently continue to appear at graduation ceremonies even though it's their revision week :https://youtu.be/VfB9vKh8GJw?t=4969

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