A couple of things to report

Two main things happened today: I renamed the Beale Park Blog, and some guys came from Wilson's of Kinver and took bits of our cratch away.

Since the next IWA National Festival is at Shobnall Fields, Burton on Trent, I’ve renamed the blog Shobnall Fields Forever, and done a brief explanatory post there. As last year, I won’t start posting regularly there until much nearer the time, when my daily witterings, or haverings for those North of the Border, will appear on it rather than here.

We’d had two problems with the cratch, with the wood frame round the glazing bowing out so that there was  a gap between the wood and the glass, and with the cratch cover when rolled sagging down because it’s too long and needs an extra strap on each side.

This being Wilsons, there’s no problem about them fixing it, and they’ve taken the offending items away to do so.

Elanor and Sally have joined us for the night, in the hope that the fireworks will be less disturbing for the pooch here in the rural calm of Great Haywood than in the middle of Burton. Shugborough Hall is having a bonfire do of some sort, but not until tomorrow night.