Carole Gunning – The Village Advertiser

Who remembers the dystopian days of lockdown? It does seem a long time ago but sadly the dreaded virus has not gone away. It has led to everyone looking the same when masked up and I hope parents have been fetching the right child from the school gate and not been taking home the wrong little ‘bandit’.

Schools are back in the education business at long last. It must be better for pupils, staff and parents to have a normal, or near normal routine and a return to a timetable.

During these uncertain times, remember to be kind to all. And perhaps check on a neighbour who may be living alone

Dear Readers and Advertisers Well, how are you coping? Life has certainly changed over the last two months or so. Normal life has been suspended and we all might see normal as something different in 2021 than it was in 2020. Things could get worse before they get better but everyone must live in hope.…

Rest assured we will still be publishing the latest version of the Village Advertiser right here on our website and plan to bring you more news from our advertisers on our News Blog over the coming weeks and months.

Well, if it isn’t one thing it is another. Everything calms down after the General Election, Christmas out of the way, the New Year heralded, some dry weather finally arrives and WALLOP – Covid 19 arrives on everyone’s doorstep.

March, the month when spring gets into full swing. We are lucky in that the square miles covered by our circulation area is surrounded by farmland, many fields of which will be full of cavorting lambs

Dear Readers and Advertisers The shortest month is upon us and there never seems to be much on except, of course, St Valentine’s Day. Yes, February 14th is the day that all men and women think fondly of partners either real, imagined or hope for in a romantic way. Out of season roses are imported…

Dear Readers and Advertisers Another new year, another new government and another Brexit deadline and another month to take that Christmas present back as Auntie Flo always gets the size wrong. The more things change the more they stay the same is an old adage that rings truer and truer. However a new year should…