Outstanding

Sunshine in my garden

 With local council elections on the horizon I am sending a warning shot across the bow so that you don't vote for Reform UK. I live in an area that is controlled by Reform and I am not impressed. My Council Tax for this coming year is much more expensive than last year. This is despite Reform's big promise to reduce the bill. I know for a fact that those elected in my area are not engaged with the community and across the country there have been spectacular incidences of Reform Party officers falling on their swords. For one, Nathan Gill has been detained at His Majesty's Pleasure for bribery. Another candidate, Rupert Lowe - once of Reform UK - has been accused of workplace bullying. Reform candidates are not nice people! Considering how few of them have been elected, the percentage of wrong-doings is spectacularly high. Outstanding in fact. 

Friends gathered at my home to solve a murder mystery this weekend. We had a pack with all the clues and all we needed to do was work together to find out who dunnit. We lost focus and played cards instead so we now need to reconvene to find the solution. Our sleuth abilities were certainly not outstanding but we did laugh a lot. For the time being the murder remains unsolved. 

Murder!

The weather remains unsettled and much more like winter than Spring. I heard that we are nine days ahead of where we should be due to climate change. Yet it feels nippy and unpleasant to play tennis when the wind is just short of hurricane speed and the temperature feels barely above zero. At least the daylight hours are drawing out and our evenings will be getting longer from now on. Small blessings.

It is also the Easter holidays this coming week. My son and his friends are off on a cycling holiday in Brittany. They are doing it in style with matching outfits. Apparently the company they bought the outfits from have gone under so they got them cheap. My feeling is that they should be paid to wear this gear. They look like they have measles! Outstanding style!

Striking cycling gear!

Finally, our world is in a terrible state but I remain optimistic. I have noticed how polite and helpful a few young boys have been to me recently. The youth of today will run our world tomorrow. With people around like the boys who gave me directions and the others who let me pass when I was cycling, I am confident we are in good hands.