VISITOR OF NOTE AT MARKET

You had to feel for the accordian player in the Bandstand in Brigg Market Place late this morning. The rain was lashing down and he must have been suffering in the cold and wet; this open-sided structure doesn't offer much protection against the elements.
The Thursday general market got back to normal today, although the weather meant some shoppers who might have paid it a visit didn't bother.
It was a joy to turn off Bigby Road and be able to negotiate St Helen's Road in third gear - until we reached the cordoned-off hole in the road, previously mentioned on Brigg Blog. It's still blocking one lane.
Highways staff were on the ball this morning, filling in pot-holes (probably snow-related) on the A18 between Briggate Lodge and Castlethorpe Corner.
Perhaps not a moment too soon as it was snowing in Brigg again by lunch-time (for the benefit of those Blog followers no longer living locally). The forecast is for more of the same and for mercury in the thermometer to head down towards the bottom of the glass.