Ginge in Germany

British postboxes.  I love them all: Wallboxes Lampboxes Pillarboxes All cyphers, especially rare gems such as E VIII R. I'll keep it short and sweet.  Here are two of my favourites, both  in hamlets near Bedale, North Yorkshire.  Theakston Here's a wider view: https://www.google.com/maps/@54.2656301,-1.538078,3a,75y,146.82h,87.08t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOVEpEhxZ-s_wixD-_X3O3g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.9200000000000017%26panoid%3DOVEpEhxZ-s_wixD-_X3O3g%26yaw%3D146.82!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Rookwith Long live the postbox!

(Wordpress is not playing ball.  I give up.)   Today I had a quiet day at work (for once).  It occurred to me that I have not blogged for months.  Here's my latest thoughts that have come to me. Thornton Watlass is a picture postcard village in the Yorkshire Dales with: Village pub facing onto: The village green/cricket pitch Old oak tree, well over 500 years old, probably much older Church with 13th century tower - see pic below Schatz and I visited Thornton Watlass in August 2019 during a whistle-stop tour of the Dales, namely: Masham Thornton Watlass Burriill (the hamlet where I was baptised) Bedale Leyburn Magical Mystery Tour through some of the villages Before popping into the pub for coffee and chat, Schatz and I took a look around the village church, including the churchyard.  Unlike in Germany, graves are not rented for twenty or so years.  The grave and gravestone stay there forever.  My paternal grandfather and grandmother are buried th...