Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 29th July 2018
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. D-Town citizens
stood with cricked necks and open mouths, and allowed a small amount of dribble
to escape, as they stood in awe to watch the cosmological phenomenon known as a
“Red Moon” on Friday night. For those
not in the know, the phenomenon is caused on a regular basis when the light of
the sun is filtered through the thick flames and smoke on Salisbury Plain,
caused by the Army firing live rounds of ammunition during manoeuvres. It is related to the old Wiltshire saying: “red
sky in a morning, shepherds’ fair warning; red sky at night, Salisbury’s on
fire”.
2. And following the
extended period of no rain, and long, hot sunny days with blue skies (locally
known as “Summer”), the skies finally opened yesterday, bringing bouts of
torrential rain, localised flooding, and gusting winds. This phenomenon is known by weather experts
as “perfectly normal” and “nothing to get excited about”. Local doom-sayers are now worried that the
area will be subjected to long periods of “weather” and may even suffer from “various
climactic conditions” over the next few months.
More realistic citizens, however, are predicting that The Vize will
merely suffer from “Autumn” and possibly later from “Winter”.
Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2018
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