Local Knowledge from Weeden..

Comment by John Wilshire on the Blog about Weeden back in November last year

Glad to see your used the local facilities at Weedon. The butcher has retired and is now our district councillor. The guy looking in the bins is not the guy in the "wanted" poster. His name is Bobby and he has lived around Weedon for many years.

I always try to use the local shops to buy needed supplies, maybe they don’t get too much because I shop with Tesco Home Delivery, but I always use butchers and bakers wherever I can….

Ha looking back at that blog last November had me rolling up again about those two blokes with the stop go boards at the bridge.. I have yet to see something to beat that on my travels so far!

Tim Coghlan has written a bit about Mr Finch called The Remorseful Day which makes interesting reading.. and also I noticed that Chris of NB Sirius seems to believe he had been broken into at the end of May this year by this cheeky and annoying man..

While I writing this, and looking at Chris’s blog, you must take a read of his hairy ride down the River Trent last winter… here’s a bit…

We then carried on under our own steam, albeit too fast for the engine, and we overheated, and the engine cut out in the middle of the river, with the tide flowing out we quickly started to drift backwards out of control!! Panic stations!! Anchor! After a few tense minutes the Anchor had turned us facing up stream and dragged us onto the river bank.

Anyway, thanks John for your comment