Zig-Zag

   So another week passes by, another wet Bank Holiday Monday due, another government fiasco regarding GCSE results - did they or didn't they influence the Examining Boards? Another Royal embarrassment by all accounts but I'm still puzzled by what the BBC described as a "naked photo". What on earth is a "naked" photo? I presume it is something different to a photo of a naked person - or am I just being my usual pedantic self?

   To top it all, yet more idiot drivers throughout the week parking on zig-zag lines and one in particular causing mayhem on Saturday. Some things change for the better, some things for the worse - some things never change at all but when an accident happens and someone gets seriously injured or even killed on the pedestrian crossing on South Street, don't say you weren't warned. See The Highway Code Rule 191.

Black Ice

A partial thaw and sleet and rain removed most of the snow that was still lying but in the town centre this caused streams of water to run from the Market Place and Lower Market Place towards Bath Street resulting in large swathes of black ice. One unfortunate lady whilst visiting the public conveniences became a victim and necessitated the calling of a paramedic closely followed by an ambulance to take her to hospital.

Trouble For Someone

It's often said that a day can make all the difference and after yesterday's rain, today much much better but for some people it was most definitely not a good day. Walking home with the family this lunchtime after a visit to the museum, we heard an almighty bang as we crossed Regent Street. At the opposite end we could see a silver car at an angle so we rushed up the street to see if we could be of assistance. When we reached the top we found another vehicle underneath but others who had rushed to help had found the driver of that black car was not seriously injured and the two occupants of the other one, although trapped, had also said they were OK. The emergency services arrived within minutes so as we could do no more to help we left the scene. Later we found that both the driver and the passenger in the silver car had been taken to hospital - not a good start to the Bank Holiday weekend.