High Street

It was quiet in the village this morning. Maybe everybody shops in supermarkets on Saturdays. We hear so much about the threat to traditional High Streets posed by the big out of town stores, but here we are surviving well. Excellent butcher, fishmonger and greengrocer, a small supermarket and many smaller shops do good business, and this brilliant little hardware shop is so well stocked that they never fail to find what we want, tucked away on a dusty shelf somewhere. Imagine having to put this lot away at the end of business! "Open All Hours" comes to mind.
The magpies were making a terrific din this morning. They were obviously very upset about something so I went outside to investigate only to find our tiny cat Coco dozing in the sun, no threat to anyone! She got up when she saw me and the magpies were satisfied, threat over.