best wishes as ever
by uzwi
Southern England just doesn’t seem as nice as it did, dear, so your father & I are moving north before Thames Valley prices drop even further. We were thinking of somewhere in the Harrogate area. Above 100m, obviously, and with a bit of ground for the dogs. It will be such fun for them, especially Pinnie. The fact is, darling, your father and I are rather surprised that this has happened to people like us. You do see why some of the Somerset people complained, don’t you, but I think we’ll always vote Tory. Anyway, best wishes as ever, and I’m sure you’ll do well with your little wellington boot shop.
the m john harrison blog 
heh heh!!
Good old Pinnie. Does so well, even with the gammy leg.
Yes Harrogate should do it…
The Drowned World re-written by Hyacinth Bouquet.
I think ya got another winner on yr hands here….
And spare a thought for those with second homes on the Levels. So cruel to see both a refuge and an investment washed away.
It’s the rats I feel sorry for – washed out of house and hole. But does Nick Clegg speak up for them? Does he heck.
Mind you, yesterday’s “Evening Standard” ended up in a very Ballardian neck of the woods: “Shepperton was worst affected, with some families evacuating the area around Thames Meadow. Jonathan Fish, 50, struggled across the waters to dry land” … Zoom evolution, or what?