wind in the willows with famous five

I've been making some videos of the house and downloading onto youtube to share with Chris and Ray however I'm a bit worried that potential burglars could check us out not that we have anything worth stealing but you never know so as they watch them I'm deleting them. Which is a bit of a shame as they would be good to keep if you thought only nice people were going to watch them not everyone or anyone who might use them for nefarious reasons.

Essex is not a good place to work for at the moment as colleagues are being made redundant all around me and I will be lucky to escape. It feels like a sea disaster movie when the ship wrecked passengers are all in a circle in the sea surrounded by sharks and gradually they get picked off and the circle gets smaller. Will we be rescued before the sharks eat us all?
Worked at H today which as per usual is a hot bed of mess and lack of leadership which is grossly unfair with Ofsted looming and the operations managers in line to take all the flak.
Can't remember what else I was going to talk about today. At the weekend R and I walked through the Granchester meadows which was lovely. I've been wanting to do that walk for ages. Its very popular but also like a lost time with the canal meandering along and people picnicking on the banks or gliding past on punts or like us just walking by.

Cambridgeshire is full of people either cycling or picnicking another cultural difference to where we lived before where a picnic might consist of a few sandwiches and a couple of cans of lager followed by a visit to the nearest pub. Here its a very organised affair with large beautiful wicker hampers (our local John Lewis has loads in stock). Rugs are laid out and wine coolers with bottles placed on the ground. the food always looks interesting with lots of home made salads and savouries with cakes to follow. You see whole generations of families sitting by the river bank or playing games or tying the punt to a bank while they all get out to picnic. Its like going back 50 years and I love it...going back to Wind in the Willows filled with the famous five.