Having not posted a blog since 28th September I must first of all apologise for this ‘break of service’, especially as I have discovered from the ‘webmaster’ that I have quite a healthy ‘readership’ for which I am very grateful.
This is the time of year when, in he Humberside region, one can see, and hear, ‘jaw-dropping’ flocks of geese flying daily to and from the Estuary. I described this in more detail in last year’s blog at this time. I then contrasted the flight of the geese with the daily commute of the gulls.
Autumn, so far has been relatively mild with relatively little rain (at least on this east coast). As in the summer the weather has been dominated by a succession of low-pressure systems moving eastwards from the Atlantic, generally shedding most of their rain in the west and on the Pennine range. Despite having weather-warnings from the meteorologists the tail-ends of Caribbean hurricanes have not been as destructive as forecast.
Recently decided to sign-up for some volunteering ‘opportunities’ arising from Hull’s City Of Culture status, partly through fear that the activity level of each of the volunteers would one day be published and I would be at the bottom of the list of 2500. For each of the three activities I, and others, were basically doing the same thing – that is interacting with the public rather than the display/activity relying on an information board, or he like. The two art installations at Haltemprice Leisure Centre and at Princess Quay were rather ‘querky’ although they both had a similar ecological message (once you worked it out). At the shopping precinct on Greatfield estate we were interviewing the public about services on the estate. Greatfield has some extra money as it is designated an area of high deprivation, this is the one I liked best as I was pleasantly surprised at the level of positivity and politeness. The people of Greatfield are great.