Brigg Christmas Farmers’ Market yesterday seemed to attract only half the visitors it did last year (my estimate). The cold, frosty conditions – with a sprinkling of snow – may well have been to blame, with some who would have driven in from outlying towns and villages leaving the car in the drive, or garage, and staying at home, in the warmth.
Some Brigg folk planning to walk along slippery paths might also have thought twice and not bothered, although there were signs of sanding being carried out in Wrawby Street.
It was a shame for the stall-holders and town centre businesses which would have benefited from additional visitors.
Music came from a Salvation Army band in Wrawby Street and musicians in the Market Place fronted by Town Mayor Coun James Truepenny and Ian Cawsey, Brigg and Goole’s MP.
The weather conditions gave a bit of a Dickensian feel to the town centre. Global warming theory supporters presumably wrapped up in woolly hats, scarves and gloves like the rest of us!
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I've been in London for a long weekend.
I drove into snow around Cambridgeshire on the A1...a day or so before the snow clouds attacked Brigg.
Talking about sledging, one of the best places to go around Brigg is around Elsham Top. Some years ago it was buzzing with people wanting to sledge, or get down the hill in any manner possible...some were even using tin trays, or tough plastic bags as forms of transport.
There were even some merry souls skiing.
One of the dangers of the sledge route was the infamous barbed wire fence which had to be avoided at the bottom of the slope....but otherwise it was a fantastic, spontaneuous occasion.
While in London, I visited the grounds of Alexandra Palace*, (Ally Pally) near Muswell Hill in North London...it's probably the highest point in northern Greater London. Kids were sledging down the hill, while the poor old ducks were frozen out of their lake....and on the opposite side some hearty souls were having a cross-county race in about 2 feet of snow.
From this elevated position...some 8 miles from Central London, I got the best panaramic views of Lodon that I've ever seen.
I could see the east end, the towering cranes building the Olympic Village, Canary Wharf,the Greenwich Obsevatory on the opposite bank. the City of London with the 'gerkin' and the dome of St Pauls, the London Eye and westwards,Big Ben.
*...for the more mature....Ally Pally's tranmitter appeared in the opening sequence of BBC's 'CHILDREN'S HOUR' in the 50's and early 60's
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