Good afternoon Guardians, I'm sorry that I wasn't able to call in this morning

I very suddenly started suffering with the symptoms of a cold last night. So suddenly that I thought it might be an allergic reaction to something. I certainly hope that I'm not starting with hay fever. It's quite unpleasant anyway

I slept very badly, but was hoping to call in, before going to the market, but before I was even out of bed, my phone started ringing. I spent the next 2 hours dealing with neighbours ringing me about our road, and dealing with the Council. Hopefully, the matter is now resolved, but I'm not sure when I became responsible for such matters, particularly as the feller in charge of dealing with Conservation Area issues is on over ยฃ50,000 a year (he was on that 15 years ago)

I hadn't been able to have breakfast, and by the time I left for the market, I was feeling pretty ropey from the cold symptoms, and lack of sleep, as well as not having eaten for 18 hours
It's like a summer's day here today, so there was a nice atmosphere in the market. I had some gifts for Tool Man, and something for Ex-Para Steve, and I ended up buying coffee and doughnuts for everyone. Tool Man was stuffing his face as usual, and we had plenty of visitors, including Harry Hotballs, Our Cake Man, Big J, Slimline Scott, Otley Mick, Gravel, and 3 ageing Teddy Girls. I had a walk down to see Golden Gordon and Robert The Badge, and also went to see Nobber Al. I needed to get back home to do some work though, so after 2 1/2 hours, I headed off home. I think I might need to get a nap before doing my work
An old pic of Otley Mick & Slimline Scott:
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I hope everyone is having a great day
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