Drivel From Devizes: Dateline – Sunday 14th August 2022
Here is our weekly round-up of events from D-Town:
1. Once again citizens of the borough have been badly caught out by the totally unexpected advent of Summer. Following a long cool Spring and gradually increasing temperatures, the clocks going forward, and a significant and prolonged lack of rainfall, locals have been totally gobsmacked to discover that we are now living through a heatwave, there is a drought declared, and a hosepipe ban is in operation. One local remarked “I think the Council should be warning us about such unexpected events as Summer. After all – what are we paying our taxes for, eh?”
2. And the cost of living crisis continues to bite into properly enjoying the Summer. The cost of a disposable BBQ (previously £7.99 at Morrisons) has now risen to hundreds of thousands of pounds since they have been used so effectively to set fire to tens of acres of tinder-dry farmland. It has come as a bit of a shock to some people that taking a device which can reach 200C for several hours, and which has no known method of completely safe disposal, into areas that have had no rainfall for several weeks, could be considered risky and dangerous. Who knew?
Copyright Andy
Fawthrop 2022
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